The Nativity of Our Lady, Sept. 8, falling nine months after the Dec. 8 observance of the Immaculate Conception, is a joyous feast day when Maria Gallagher remembers, in a special way, the model of grace that Mary represents.
By tradition, the Virgin Mary was presented by her parents, St. Joachim and St. Anne, to the Temple in Jerusalem at a very early age. We celebrate the feast on Nov. 21.
Part 6 of a new weekly series on the formation journey of Josh, a first-year novice at the Marian Scholasticate, the house of studies in Washington, D.C.
Do you have trust issues with God? On March 25, let Mary be your guide. The Solemnity of the Annunciation can teach you how to place your expectant trust in Him.
Fr. Gabe Cillo, MIC, from the Marians of the Immaculate Conception at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy explains the importance of Motherhood and would like to give all the Marian Helper Mothers a blessing for Mothers Day!
Mary is the Mother of the Church, of all the members of the Body of Christ — and she is mighty to help us. We honor her on the Monday after Pentecost, May 29.
There's a good reason why the Feasts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (June 16) and the Immaculate Heart of Mary (June 17) are celebrated next to each other.
No hardships restrained St. Lawrence of Brindisi (feast day: July 21) from tirelessly pursuing the spread of the Gospel of Christ and “calling the greatest number of people to eternal salvation," according to Pope St. John XXIII, who declared St. Lawrence a Doctor of the Catholic Church.
Come, let us, with one mind and heart, praise the Lord on this Solemniity of the Assumption of Mary, Aug. 15. Mary's bodily Assumption into Heaven is the fulfillment of God's promise to recover all gifts to mankind. The Immaculate one lived and lives as all human beings were destined to live.
On Sept. 8, the Catholic Church celebrates the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God! This feast day is celebrated exactly nine months after the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8. Be sure to honor Our Lady and wish her a Happy Birthday as we look to her as our Spiritual Mother!
