The Catholic Church dedicates the entire month of May to the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God and spiritual mother of all.

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The three most important Solemnities on the Church’s calendar (and the three most important mysteries in her life) are Easter, Christmas and Pentecost. Without Easter, people should all pack up and go ...

With Mother’s Day landing in the month dedicated to Our Lady, women from different walks of life share their favorite ways of ...

"Happy New Year!" If you're from Denver, you not only might repeat that greeting through the month, but also leave your Christmas lights on until Jan. 22, the last day of the National Western Stock ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin celebrates the belief that at the end of her earthly life, Mary was "taken up body and soul into ...

One reads the prize-winning author Rachel Cusk for perspectives rather than plots. Her recent novels do not even flesh out her characters. It is as if she were telling parables; too much detail would ...

The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary A Reflection for the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Blessed are you, holy Virgin Mary, deserving of all praise; from you rose the ...

Shaped by God’s grace and by welcoming Jesus through her faith and “virginal love,” Mary is the “perfect model of what the ...

The inner mystery of God is the mystery of a family, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Our prayer life is shaped by this central mystery of our faith, as we pray to the Father, in the Son, and by the ...