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Apr
21
2025
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Thousands expected at the National Shrine for Divine Mercy Weekend 2025

By jmcaleer

More than 15,000 people are expected to attend the annual Divine Mercy Sunday Weekend festivities on April 26-27. An international broadcast of the Marian Fathers’ celebration will air on the EWTN Global Catholic network beginning at 12 Noon ET on Sunday, April 27.

Apr
21
2025

Pope Francis, rest in peace

By jmcaleer

The Holy Father has died, age 88. Pope Francis’ pontificate was relatively long and eventful, but the Marian Family will always remember those times where our charisms found special expression. Here's a look back.

Apr
19
2025

Happy Easter! Go forth in holiness!

By Anonymous (not verified)

Happy Easter! The knowledge that the Father wants to raise each of us up with Christ gives us great cause for rejoicing, but it doesn't give us a magic wand. We have to respond.

Apr
18
2025

North American Sanctity: Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin

By jmcaleer

Reduced to a “zero,” as she put it in her own words, Bl. Marie-Anne Blondin (feast day April 18) was the foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Anne in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada.

Apr
17
2025

Poem: "The Old Soldier and the Young Disciple"

By Chris Sparks

In this poem. Br. Stephen Camara, MIC, imaginatively explores what it might have been like to be the Roman soldier on guard outside the tomb of Christ those thousands of years ago.

Apr
14
2025
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Part 20: Jesus the Social Prophet

By jmcaleer

In this weekly web series, Dr. Robert Stackpole leads us step-by-step through the life and historical evidence of the Founder of Christianity, from Bethlehem to Galilee to Jerusalem. Part 20: Jesus the Social Prophet.

Apr
12
2025
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Bookends of the Spiritual Life: Palm Sunday and Good Friday

By jmcaleer

Palm Sunday, April 13, and Good Friday, April 18, are bookends of the spiritual life in a lot of ways. Let us welcome our King, the Son of David, with hosannas. Let us lay our palms beneath the feet of His mount, and never forget that the palm is an ancient symbol of martyrdom.

Apr
10
2025
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In Memoriam: Marc Massery, 1990-2021

By jmcaleer

On his fourth anniversary, please ask St. Faustina to pray for Marc, for all his family and friends, and for everyone affected by his life and death.

Apr
09
2025
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REVIEW: All hail “The King of Kings”!

By jmcaleer

The latest offering from Angel Studios, makers of "Sounds of Freedom and "Cabrini," is ideal viewing for the entire family, arriving just in time for the observance of Holy Week and Easter. 

Apr
07
2025

First vows of Brother Austin Rose, MIC

By kroche

The ceremony of the first vows of Br. Austin Rose, MIC, took place on March 30 at the chapel of the Franciscan Sisters of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother in Toronto, Ohio.

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