The Month of May with Mary

Devotion Mense Maio: On the Occasion of the First of May Encyclical of Pope Paul VI promulgated on April 30, 1965. The pope urges the faithful to pray to Mary more than ever during the month of May, in connection with this exhorts all to seek peace by negotiation and prayer. vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/                     Coronation of Mary, Brief History of Coronation Since the Council of Nicea in 787, the Church has often asserted that it is lawful to venerate images of Christ, Mary and the saints. http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/crowning.html What is the origin of the custom to place a crown on Mary's head? http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq123.html Why do we call Mary Queen? Assumption and Coronation must be sharply distinguished. Whereas the assumption has been the object of dogmatic definition (1950), the coronation of Mary has never been ... http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq73.html May Crowning, May, Mary's Month, Marian Coronation May, often called Mary's month in popular devotion... http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/crownmed.html Music May Hymns (oft requested traditional hymns for May) http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/mayhymns.html   Poetry May Poetry Our Lady of the May, To Crown the Queen of May, The Gift of the Springtime, The May Queen, Galilean May, Our Lady of May, May Day Pageant, The May Magnificat (and more) http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/may.html Prayer The Rosary The Glorious Mysteries ... invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix. The Coronation of Our Lady, the "splendor of an entirely unique holiness" http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/glorious.html  Return to Top Return to The Mary Page This page, maintained by The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio 45469-1390, and created by Michael P. Duricy was last modified Tuesday, 05/01/2007 15:25:11 EDT by Kris Sommers. Please send any comments to Johann.Roten@udayton.edu. URL for this page is http://www.udayton.edu/mary/liturgicalseasonsMay.html