On Oct. 13, 1973, the anniversary of Our Lady’s last apparition at Fatima and the Miracle of the Sun, she reportedly appeared to Sister Agnes Sasagawa in a convent in Akita, Japan.

When Sister Agnes Sasagawa, the visionary of Akita, Japan, died at age 93 on Aug. 15, on the Solemnity of the Assumption, the messages she was purportedly given and their connection to those of ...

Sister Agnes Sasagawa, a Japanese nun who purported visions of the Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Akita, died Aug. 15 at age 93. Friday, June 27, 2025 A service of EWTN News ...

Akita, Japan — I woke up early in the morning and I looked over the window from my room at the Metropolitan Hotel in Akita and I was greeted by a sight that I rarely see… snow falling on the ...

Beginning in January 1975, the statue reportedly wept on 101 occasions over seven years. A Japanese television station even filmed this phenomenon, further fueling interest and devotion to Our Lady of ...

Thousands of healing experiences and conversions are attributed to the apparition of Our Lady of Akita. According to the EWTN Apparition Archives, the extraordinary events began on June 12, 1973 ...

The nun of the Servants of the Eucharist to whom in 1973 Our Lady entrusted a message calling the world to conversion, penance and prayer passed away on the Feast of the Assumption. In 1984 the ...

Sister Agnes Sasagawa, a Japanese nun who purported visions of the Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Akita, died Aug. 15 at age 93. Friday, Jun 20 2025 News ...