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our outreach, and the many ways people honor Our Lady. We welcome your input
and your comments.
To celebrate the month of August with Mary:
Marian Commemoration Days
Mary Page offers a variety of resources inviting study, reflection and
meditation. We also list important Marian dates for each month of the
year. Please see Marian Commemoration Days for the month of
August.
Rosary Markings
Rosary
Markings is an answer to John Paul II's proclamation of "The Year of
the Rosary" (2002-2003). Rosary Markings will explore various facets
of the rosary all through this anniversary year. It will be updated frequently.
See our recent addition from
July 29. Previous Reflections are listed on our Rosary
Index.
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A section on international
stamps with images of Mary has been added to our Resources index. The
latest added was Mexico. Expect more countries to follow.
A section on Marian Spiritualities has
also been added to our Resources index. The
latest additions were papers on the spirituality of three famous converts. Expect more articles to follow.
We have also posted our answer to a reader's
question, Who is
Our Lady of Atocha?
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MSA Call for Papers
"The
Immaculate Conception: Human Destiny and Vocation" is the theme of the next
meeting of the Mariological Society (Houston, Texas - May, 2004).
Suggested areas for papers include recent bibliography on the Immaculate
Conception; Scriptural foundations; anthropological, pastoral, symbolic, and
ecumenical implications; original sin in Eastern and Western approaches; the
Immaculate Conception in art. Those wishing to make a presentation
should send a precis to the MSA Secretariat (Marian Library) by October 1,
2003.
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Current Exhibit Extended
Rosaries
of the World will remain on display in the Marian Library Gallery through August
8, 2003. The Gallery is open 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
weekdays. A virtual exhibit may be seen on our Gallery section under Current
Exhibit. For more information, or to arrange for viewing at another time,
call (937) 229-4214. Crèches are also on display in our museum through
Nov. 2003.
An article from U.D.'s Campus News Digest about the
exhibit may be viewed online at
http://www.udayton.edu/news/nr/070303.html.
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Major
Exhibit Coming Soon
The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute invites you to
visit The Mother of God: Art Celebrates Mary, thirty-eight paintings and
sculptures from the permanent collection of The Vatican Museums, spanning
seventeen centuries of Christian art and reflecting cultures worldwide.
September 4 - November 10, 2003
Roesch and Marian Library Galleries in Roesch Library on the University of
Dayton Campus.
Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to
6:00 p.m.
Free Admission -- Parking Available
For tours and information call: (937) 229-4254 or email: VaticanExhibit@notes.udayton.edu.
See also the
article
by Pamela Gregg in the August 22 issue of U.D.'s Campus Report.
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International Marian Research Institute
Course Schedule
The schedule
of IMRI courses for Fall 2002 - Fall 2003 is now available for view.
Courses for the Summer
(2003) ended on August 1.
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Personal thoughts and reflections
about Mary
from our readers
We've added a section to our Research and
Publications section showing selected personal comments from our readers about
the Virgin Mary. Click here
to see comments received within the past month. From this page, feel free
to submit your own personal thoughts on Mary.
We also encourage our readers to submit their
opinions on various styles of Marian Art through an on-line
art survey.
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Fatima USA 2003
The Maria Stein Spiritual Center in Maria Stein, Ohio will be transformed
into Fatima, Portugal to honor the Mother of God on Friday evening, August 8 at
7:30 p.m.
AUGUST 8, 2003 at the Retreat House in Mari Stein, Ohio
For more information visit their web site at www.spiritualcenter.net
Click this link for a list of all of the current Marian
Events by geographical position.
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You are invited to help us pray for our
Prayer Corner intentions. Please take a look! This site has
been updated and enhanced and now allows users to directly submit prayer
requests or to volunteer as a prayer partner for these intentions!
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ST. MARY MAJOR TO CELEBRATE THE MIRACLE OF THE SNOWFALL
VATICAN CITY, JUL 29, 2003 (VIS)
On August 5, as it has done for
centuries, St. Mary Major Basilica will celebrate the miraculous snowfall
that occurred during the night of August 4-5, 358 on the site where the
basilica was built, according to a communique from the basilica
administration.
Three days of preparation, in which Cardinals Francesco Mario Pompedda,
prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, Sergio Sebastiani, prefect of the
Prefecture of Economic Affairs of the Holy See, and Virgilio Noe, archpriest
emeritus of St, Peter's Basilica will participate, will mark this annual
event. The highlight on August 5 will be a Pontifical Mass celebrated by
Cardinal Carlo Furno, archpriest of the basilica. During both Mass and
Second Vespers the most noteworthy moment of this feast day occurs when
there is a shower of flower petals from the ceiling of the basilica, to
commemorate the 358 August snowfall.
According to tradition, the Virgin Mary appeared in a dream to two
faithful Roman Christians, the patrician John and his wife as well as to
Pope Liberius (352-366), asking that a church in her honor be built on the
site where snow would fall the night of August 4-5. Pope Liberius traced the
outlines of the church in the snow and the first basilica was built on that
site. It was completed about a century later by Pope Sixtus III, following
the Council of Ephesus in 431 during which Mary was declared to be the
Mother of God.
The basilica is called St. Mary Major as well as St. Mary of the Snows and
the Liberian Basilica, for the Pope who ordered it built. It is famous for
housing the relic of the crib of the Baby Jesus as well as the image of
"Salus Populi Romani" which is revered by Romans, and which
tradition says was painted by St. Luke.
FEAST OF SNOWFALL/ST MARY MAJOR VIS 030729 (320)
OCTOBER: INTERNATIONAL RETREAT FOR PRIESTS IN LOURDES
VATICAN CITY, JUL 24, 2003 (VIS)
The Congregation for Clergy has organized
an International Retreat for Priests during the Year of the Rosary in the
Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes from October 11 to 15 which coincides with the
25th anniversary of John Paul II's pontificate.
The "Totus Tuus" International Retreat in which many priests from
all over the world are expected to participate and whose theme is, "Contemplating
the face of Christ in the school of Mary," will be led by several cardinals
and bishops. In preparation for the Jubilee in 2000, similar international
meetings took place in Fatima, Yamoussoukro, Guadalupe and Jerusalem between
1996-1999 as well as in 2000 in Rome.
The inauguration will take place on Saturday October 11 at 4 p.m. with a
procession to the Grotto of the Apparitions and a prayer to Our Lady. Later,
Cardinal Jean Marie Lustiger, archbishop of Paris, France will preside at a
Eucharistic celebration in the Basilica of the Rosary.
On Sunday October 12, after Lauds and a meditation, Cardinal Dario
Castrillon Hoyos, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, will preside at a
Mass, linked by television to St. Peter's Square in Rome in order to follow
the Holy Father's Angelus and message to participants. In the afternoon,
Cardinal Castrillon will give a talk which will be followed by Eucharistic
adoration and the Rosary with meditations.
On Monday October 13, there will be a penance service presided by Cardinal
Joachim Meisner, archbishop of Cologne, Germany, as well as confession,
exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and time for personal prayer. At 3 p.m.
in the Basilica of the Rosary, Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, archbishop
of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolovia, will preside at a Eucharistic
celebration. Later there will be a conference and in the evening a
torchlight procession will take place.
On October 14, Bishop Jacques Perrier of Tarbes and Lourdes will preside
at the Way of the Cross. At 10:30 a.m., Cardinal Ivan Dias, archbishop of
Bombay, India, will preside at a Mass in the Grotto of Apparitions. In the
afternoon, the cardinal will address the retreat participants, followed by a
procession to the Grotto of Apparitions and an Act of consecration to Our
Lady.
The retreat will end on Wednesday October 15 with a Eucharistic
celebration in the parish of Lourdes presided by Cardinal Antonio Maria
Rouco Varela, archbishop of Madrid, Spain, and a presentation of
conclusions.
Priests wishing further information can contact "Opera Romana
Pellegrinaggi":
Telephone: 3906-698-96285/ Fax: 3906-698-80513/ E-mail: totustuus@orpnet.org
The total cost to participate in the pilgrimage is 660 Euro, and includes
plane fare from Rome.
INTERNATIONAL RETREAT PRIESTS/LOURDES VIS 030724 (440)
ON TUESDAY, JULY 29, FEAST OF ST. MARTHA,
according to an annual tradition
the Rosary will be prayed in the Vatican Gardens for the Pope's intentions,
upon the upcoming 25th anniversary of his pontificate. Those who wish to
participate in this prayer, which is organized by the Vicariate of Vatican
City, must be at the Arch of the Bells at 7:30 p.m. The cloistered Carmelite
nuns who live in a small monastery in Vatican City will follow the Rosary
and the final prayer via a link through Vatican Radio.
Entertainer Bob Hope died a Catholic, cardinal says
LOS ANGELES (CNS)
Entertainer Bob Hope died a Catholic, according to Cardinal
Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles. "One of my greatest joys is knowing that
Bob Hope died as a Catholic," Cardinal Mahony said in a July 28 statement.
"Over the years I would invite him to join the church, but he would respond
in his typical humor, 'My wife, Dolores, does enough praying to take care of
both of us.' But eventually her prayers prevailed and he was baptized into the
Catholic Church and was strengthened these past years through the regular
reception of holy Communion." Hope was 100 when he died July 27 at his home
in Toluca Lake outside Los Angeles. Although he became a Catholic after retiring
from show business -- his last NBC special was in 1996, when Hope was 93 -- the
comic and actor was long associated with Catholic endeavors nationwide, often in
partnership with his wife, a lifelong Catholic.
From
Zenit
Nocturnal Rosary for Papal Intentions in Vatican Gardens
VATICAN CITY, JULY 30, 2003 (Zenit.org)
The Vatican Gardens witnessed a luminous procession on Tuesday night with the
Rosary in Latin, now a tradition for July 29, the feast of St. Martha.
Thousands of faithful entered the Vatican Gardens' arch of bells at 7:30 p.m.
with torches offered by the Sts. Peter and Paul Lay Association.
On this occasion, the Rosary was dedicated to John Paul II's intentions. The
Holy Father himself was at the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, where
he is spending the summer holidays, in the 25th year of his pontificate.
The procession "aux flambeaux" took place in St. John's Tower,
before the image of the Virgin of Divine Love.
The Rosary, prayed entirely in Latin, ended with the singing of the
"Salve Regina" at the foot of the statue of the Virgin of Mercy.
Those unable to participate in the ceremony were able to follow it on Vatican
Radio.
During the final prayer, Vatican Radio was connected with the convent of
cloistered Carmelite nuns who live inside the Vatican, by the express wish of
the Pope.
The Schola Cantorum of the parish of St. Anne of the Vatican, under the
direction of Maestro don Gaetano Civitello, sang Marian motets, which were
alternated with the 33rd Canto of Paradise, interpreted by Claudio Capone.
From L’Osservatore
Romano
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