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Happy Birthday, Dear Mother Mary!
Mary was, is, and always be “the” woman, chosen from among all women for all time, to become the Mother of the Redeemer and his Co-Redemptrix.
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Marian Pilgrimage: New Dates and Developments
I’ve scheduled three new trips for Marian Pilgrimage: Discovering Mary Across the USA. You’ll want to mark the dates on your calendar right away so you can follow along!
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If Jesus is the King, Who is the Queen?
My spiritual director once pointed out to me that, since the folks in heaven don’t really need anything, it would make sense that they would give rather than expect gifts on special days like holidays and birthdays. Since our Blessed Mother Mary loves us purely and without bounds, wouldn’t that Read more
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On the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Blessed Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary!
With great joy the Church celebrates this feast day of our Blessed Mother, the day on which we commemorate her bodily resurrection and glorification of the Lord at the end of her life.
On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII announced the Apostolic Constitution, MUNIFICENTISSIMUS DEUS, defining the doctrine of the Assumption. Speaking to a jubilant crowd of more than 500,000 people packed into St. Peter’s Square, Pope Pius XII proclaimed, “Immaculate Mother of God, the ever-virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body (more…)
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Marian Pilgrimage: Discovering Mary Across the USA
I’m partnering with Ave Maria Press on this project, which will take me to nine different Marian pilgrimage sites coast to coast throughout the United States. I’ll be posting about my travels here on this blog and on my social media as well. The resulting work will be a Read more
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Marian Pilgrimage: Miracles Still Happen at the Only Marian Apparition Site in the USA
Miracles do indeed happen, and they’re happening every day in Champion, Wisconsin. That’s the site of the only Marian apparition site in the United States – the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in the Diocese of Green Bay. I visited there recently as part of Marian Pilgrimage: Read more
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Marian Pilgrimage – First Stop: Our Lady of Good Help Shrine, Greenbay WI
I’ll be visiting the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help on June 23. It’s the only Marian apparition site in the United States and I’m inviting you to come along!