PHOTOS: Jesus Adored on the Bayou on Assumption Solemnity
11th-Annual Fête-Dieu du Teche: The Eucharistic Flotilla in Cajun Country
11th-Annual Fête-Dieu du Teche: The Eucharistic Flotilla in Cajun Country
The Holy Father encouraged Catholics to renew the Mother of God’s song of praise — known as the Magnificat — in their own lives. At his Angelus he said: ‘Mary, whom the Risen Christ carried body and soul into glory, shines as an icon of hope for her pilgrim children throughout history.’
COMMENTARY: With her bodily glorification in heaven, Mary assumes the role of mother not just with regard to Christ, but towards all those who form part of the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ.
At the helm for the past 45 years, Sister Merris Larkin is helping her students succeed in countless ways, while making sure Christian hope finds a home in their hearts.
COMMENTARY: The ordinary meets the divine along the ‘River of the Immaculate Conception.’
Pope Francis spoke on the Solemnity of the Assumption.
ROSARY & ART: The Fourth Glorious Mystery is the Assumption of Our Lady
Pope Pius XII in 1950 formally defined the dogma of the Assumption of Mary, which had been held by early Church Fathers.
During Mass in the Sistine Chapel on April 8, 1994, Pope John Paul II called the chapel a 'sanctuary of the theology of the human body.'
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