St. Louis IX (feast day: Aug. 25) is the only French king to be declared a saint, a model Christian monarch. With boundless energy and deep piety, he brought peace and prosperity to his kingdom, with a keen determination to administer justice at all levels of society, especially among the poor.
Eight days after the liturgical feast of the Assumption of Mary, the Church celebrates the Queenship of Mary (the octave day, Aug. 22). There is an integral connection between Mary’s Assumption and Queenship, writes Br. Eliot, MIC.
On Aug. 21, the feast of Pope St. Pius X (1835-1914), we recall the Holy Father's special role in the Marian Congregation and its renovation by Bl. George Matulaitis.
Known as “Doctor Mellifluous,” as praise of Jesus “flowed like honey” from his lips, St. Bernard of Clairvaux (feast day: Aug. 20) was a strong defender of the faith even during trying times with not one but two popes: the antipope Anacletus II, and the true Holy Father, Pope Innocent II.
Saint John Eudes (1601-1680), whose feast we celebrate on Aug. 19, was one of the leading proponents of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He also discerned a close connection between the Heart of Jesus and Divine Mercy.
A great proponent of devotion to the Blessed Virgin, Blessed Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon (feast day, Aug. 17) chose “All for Jesus through Mary” as the motto of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.
The feast day of Our Lady of Knock is Aug. 17. Watch Fr. Chris Alar, MIC's talk on the great Marian apparition in Ireland!
Come, let us, with one mind and heart, praise the Lord on this Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, Aug. 15 (a Holy Day of Obligation). 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.
In this month when we celebrate Mary’s Assumption into Heaven (Aug. 15) and Coronation as Queen of Heaven and Earth (Aug. 22), Maria Gallagher offers a meditation on the Fourth and Fifth Glorious Mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary.
For many of us in the Marian Congregation, our favorite week of the year is known as “Marian Week," from Aug. 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption, to Aug. 22, the Feast of the Queenship of Mary. Join us at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy!
The Employee Picnic for the Association of Marian Helpers on Aug. 13 was memorable, to say the least, reports Peter Markavage.
St. Maximilian Kolbe, whose feast day is on Aug. 14, had a zeal for Our Lady, and built an entire city in Poland dedicated to her.
