6Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary dates back to at least the Middle Ages, and has been promoted by a wide variety of saints, always alongside a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The devotion to the Sacred Heart focuses on reparation for Jesus' suffering and gratitude for his merciful love, while a devotion to the Immaculate Heart is focused on a desire to emulate the love, devotion, and obedience of Our Lady. Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1944 to be celebrated on August 22, coinciding with the traditional octave day of the Assumption. In 1969, Pope Paul VI moved the celebration to the Saturday following the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (the third Saturday after Pentecost). But the August devotion to the Immaculate Heart still remains, and the month contains important feast days in honor of Our Lady. In this month's booklet you'll find prayers for the Feast of Our Lady, Queen of Angels and the very cool associated Portiuncula Indulgence of St. Francis of Assisi, also for the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the feast of the Queenship of Mary, which now occupies the octave day of the Assumption.There are also prayers and devotions in honor of August saints including St. Lawrence, St. Clare, St. Bartholomew, St. John the Baptist (for his second feast day of the year, commemorating his death), and the mother-son pair of St. Monica and St. Augustine.