In Mary's month we will be coming to the conclusion of the Easter season, honoring the Ascension of her Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, on May 19, with Pentecost Sunday (the coming of the Holy Spirit), the week after. And by month's
Father Patrick Briscoe reveals how a Catholic convert can help the faithful delight in Mary. Raïssa Maritain is “one of the 20th century’s greatest writers about the Virgin Mary,” he writes. He adds: “The Virgin Mary is not just a subject of
Before 200,000 pilgrims at Fátima, many of them with tears in their eyes, Pope Francis called for a new Marian devotional title -- "Our Lady in a Hurry" -- to describe how Mary hastens to care for all her children.
"There are many
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Of the more than 1,300 Marian images crowned around the world, one of the first to receive this honor does not have a crown today. For over 350 years, Michelangelo’s Pietà, instantly recognizable by Catholics and non-Catholics alike,
As the Church and the faithful prepare to celebrate the Virgin Mary in a special way throughout the month of May, Father Patrick Briscoe reflects on the well-loved poem “The May Magnificat” by Jesuit Father Gerard Manly Hopkins. Father Briscoe writes: “‘The
While many Catholic devotions come and go out of popular use, Mary is ever present, even on Catholic college campuses where the waves of secularism threaten inundation, educators and religious told Our Sunday Visitor. “Mary has been receiving renewed attention from our
For Sarah Hart, writing a new hymn is always about pleasing God.
"I do think, 'God, I hope this is pleasing to you. I hope that this thing I'm doing is my prayer to you,'" she told the Tennessee Register, newspaper of the
As Ukrainians turn to their faith amid the ongoing tragedy of Russia's invasion of their nation, many who follow both the Orthodox and Catholic traditions will look to an unusual icon of Mary as a symbol of the solace they seek.
In some
Although its pews were packed during Mass Oct. 10, there was a moment when the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine held a solemn silence as a couple processed to the altar with two gold crowns.
Silence reigned as Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra of
Pope Francis devoted his most recent general audience to prayer in communion with Mary. During his audience, the pope reminded us that Christian prayer is raised to God “through Christ, with Christ and in Christ” and noted that Christ “is the only