Mary Shows Up, and Mrs. Bucket…

It’s the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary — and you’re reading The Tuesday Pillar Post. You probably know the story of Our Lady of Victory, and the Oct. 7, 1571, Battle of Lepanto. A European armada of warships aimed to defend Venetian outposts on the island of Cyprus. The Ottoman Empire wanted Cyprus, so that it could use the island as a launching point to invade Italy and take the city of Rome…

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