This title honouring mary appears in early Christian history.  In return for financial assistance in renovating the church of St. Mary Major in Rome, Pope Sixtus III (432-440) granted land to the people of Genazzano, Italy.  Eventually, a church consecrated to Our Lady of Good Counsel was built there and entrusted to the care of the Augustinian Order.

Mysteriously, an Albanian icon, Our Lady of Shkodra (Good Counsel), arrived at this church in April 1467.  The image depicts Mary and the Christ Child.  Numerous healings and miracles have been attributed to the intervention of Our Lady of Good Counsel.  She is a patron of many women’s groups, including the Catholic Women’s League.