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Call For Papers
Meeting of the Mariological Society of America Papers are sought related to the theme, "Mary’s Cooperation in Redemption." Some possible topics:
If interested in making a presentation, please send the title and a brief synopsis of the presentation, by February 15, 2008, to Father Thomas A. Thompson, S.M., Marian Library, University of Dayton; Dayton, OH 45469.(thomas.thompson@udayton.edu). Mary in Books, Films and Music The Catholic Film Association in Poland invites you to the Twenty-Third International Catholic Film and Multimedia Festival Niepokalanov 2008 organized by the Catholic Film Association and the Franciscans of Monastery Niepokalanov on January 31, 2008. For further information click into festiwalniepokalanow.pl or email Zygmunt Gutowski at ksf@neostrada.pl. Please note that in previous years both our website, The Mary Page, and our promotional documentary, All Generations Will Call Her Blessed, received awards from this festival. Radio Maria From The Marian Library Francesca Franchina, MS. Ed., a long-time member of the Marianist Family, will be doing a series of Marian broadcasts through the local station for Radio Maria WHJM (FM 88.7) in Anna, Ohio. Called "Francesca and Friends: Why Mary?", the program airs every Wednesday from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM EST focusing on what is going on in the world about Mary, how to speak with others about Mary, and Mary in Scripture. On Wednesday, January 23, 2008, Francesca Franchina will meet with Mike Duricy to discuss the contents of The Mary Page (e.g. prayers, art, meditations, essays, news, film info, questions, etc.)--a website with everything you want to know about Mary! The broadcast may also be heard on-line at radiomaria.us [Click on the BVMary photo ... Scroll down to RADIO MARIA USA (English) ... Click on the windows icon or whichever media program you have on your PC.]. The web site also provides access to some previous broadcasts. We'll keep you informed about future programs. An encore of each show is broadcast Monday night from 8:30-9:30 pm EST one week after the original. Her series, Through the Tummy to the Heart, airs every Tuesday except the first Tuesday from 5:00-5:45 PM on RADIO MARIA WHJM and also online. The series encores Saturdays from 3:00-3:45 pm. Tune in 88.7 FM (WHJM) in the northern Archdiocese of Cincinnati and on line at www.radiomaria.us from anywhere in the world. Send email to Francesca with questions, comments, suggestions at fran@866333mary.com. Send email while the programs are going on if you cannot get through or if you are listening outside of the USA. CALL IN TOLL FREE; PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM (during the live show); 1-866-333-6279. On Tuesday, January 22, 2008, Francesca continues her discussion of "Prayer of the Heart," St. Teresa of Avila’s Prayer; Discalced Carmelite Spirituality; Intercessory Prayer, Prayer of Reparation, and also discusses the week of prayer for Christian unity and the liturgy of the hours. Francesca shares her favorite recipe for Riso Minestrone and crostini (croutons). Fran has informed us about a new program on Radio Maria. Thy Kingdom Come, will air on Thursdays from 3:00-4:00 pm EST (2:00-3:00 Central Time). Father Ed Wade CC (Companion of The Cross) Associate Director of The Catholic Charismatic Center in Houston Texas, Founding Member and First Director of The Fraternity of Priests headquartered in Steubenville, Ohio, hosts a weekly hour program on Radio Maria addressing the fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit and Marian Teaching in the Roman Catholic Church. Father Ed shares how people of all ages are experiencing the power of the Holy Spirit and utilizing the gifts of the Holy Spirit in personal and Church ministries and how lapsed Catholics are returning to the faith in great numbers and being empowered with the grace of the Holy Spirit. Informative and inspiring teachings, lively discussion, engaging talk and more! Father Ed Wade CC was born in Pennsylvania; Former US Marine; Attended Saint Francis Seminary and participated in the M. Div program. Ordained in 1972 for the diocese of Camden, New Jersey, where he was a parish priest for seven years. He was released from Archdiocesan parish ministry in 1979 to work full time in evangelization giving parish missions and speaking at Catholic Charismatic Conferences at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Gibraltar, Germany, England, Wales, Scotland, Prague, Ireland, Canada and the USA. Father Ed also worked at the University of Steubenville in student life and evangelization and spent three years in Belfast, North Ireland working with an ecumenical community for reconciliation. He joined the Companions of the Cross Community in 1993. His mission is Marian, magisterial, Eucharistic and charismatic evangelization. Father Ed is the Associate Director of The Catholic Charismatic Center in Houston, Texas, the largest Catholic Charismatic Center in the World built at the request of the Bishop of Houston. Marsha Morthland Radio Maria Presenter (Family Spirit Alive! Mondays 11:30-12:30 PM EST) also teaches at the CCC. Radio Maria also broadcasts Hispanic programming in Spanish at the Center to the Houston, Texas area. From the Marian Treasure Chest Chaminade Day--January 22 (by Brother John Samaha, S.M.)
PRAYER OF DEDICATION TO MARY'S APOSTOLIC MISSION
O good Jesus,
Mary, our Mother,
We ask this grace Amen. For more information, click into The Marianist Corner. Also, note that the University of Dayton is celebrating its Marianist Heritage through February 28, 2008. Alumni Update Brother Bede Ahn, S.M., an IMRI graduate, is being reassigned from his position at a secondary school in Inchon, Korea, to become the Director of the Korean Marian Library on March 1, 2008. He also hopes to visit The Marian Library in Dayton in the near future. Also, Dr. Virginia M. Kimball, IMRI graduate and current Vice-President of the ESBVM-USA informs us of the following exciting news: ESBVM - USA, the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virginb Mary U.S.A., is now a member of Pontifica Academia Mariana Internationalis(PAMI.) [ESBVM-UK has been a long-standing member, also] See accademiamariana.org under the category of "ecumenical societies." Br. Cecchi there has told me how excited they are to have us come to PAMI's international congress in Lourdes, 2008. The theme is a broad consideration of the topic of "apparitions," since it is the 150th anniversary of Lourdes. I have been given the task to assemble a small conclave of ESBVM members who can give a 1/2 hour presentation at the congress. On the PAMI site, click on the scrolling news line to see the description of the congress. I need to submit the names and titles of presentations to them by the end of January. Those interested should email Virginia right away. New Exhibit! When Words Become Pictures: Our Lady Calligraphed The Marian Library gallery is showing the works of Dayton Artist, Ann Bain, from January 15 - March 30, 2008. A Valentine Reception will be held for the artist in The Marian Library at 7 pm on February 14. Click here for virtual exhibit. Visit also our year-long Creche exhibit featuring paper nativities of Bill and Annie Baker and works of Malaika Favorite. The Marian Library Gallery is located on the seventh floor of Roesch Library. Free and open to the public, hours are Mon-Fri, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm or by appointment. Call 937-229-4214 or 4254. Additional Web Addresses for The Mary Page In order to make our web site more accessible, The Mary Page may now be reached at the following URLs: lapagedemarie.org; lapaginademaria.org; marypage.org; themarypage.org; marypage.udayton.edu; campus.udayton.edu/mary; and themarypage.net. The original address on the University of Dayton site, campus.udayton.edu/mary, remains active as well. Web Collaborators Two important Catholic websites have added The Mary Page to their list of Media Partners. CatholicWeb.com highlights items from The Mary Page in their section on Catholic News. Catholic.net includes a Mary Channel on their navbar with articles from The Mary Page. Please visit these sites in return. We expect continued collaboration with them in the future. Radio Maria broadcasts from Milan Italy, heard in forty-nine countries; WHJM broadcasts out of Louisiana across USA, including FM 88.7, an affiliate station in Anna, Ohio (north of Dayton) which airs regular Marian talks from UD's Marian Library every Wednesday at 11:30 am EST. International Marian Research Institute Course Schedule IMRI courses for the Fall 2007 semester concluded on November 9.
We have updated our Korean-language material (e.g. News through January 22, 2008).
World's Most Famous
Shrine Celebrates 150 Years of Healing
The Grotto of Lourdes, located in southern France, is the most visited Christian shrine in the world, attracting
over six million pilgrims each year. The spot where Catholics believe
that the Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous, a French
peasant girl, will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2008.
Lourdes attracts visitors from all faiths seeking healing and spiritual peace.
Here visitors bathe in the famous healing waters, uncovered by St. Bernadette
during her apparitions. More than sixty-seven medical cures have
been documented by medical experts over the last 150 years.
The principal event for the Lourdes Jubilee Year, running from Dec.
8, 2007 to Dec. 8, 2008, will be the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the
shrine at Lourdes at the end of May 2008. In the United States, the
main event will be the celebration of Mass by Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl,
Archbishop of Washington, on February 11, 2008 (the date of the first
apparition of the Virgin Mary to St. Bernadette). This Mass, to be held
at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in
Washington, D.C., will also mark the World Day of the Sick.
A new website,
www.friendsoflourdesusa.com, has been established to help others
learn more about the shrine in Lourdes as well as the Virgin Mary’s
apparitions to St. Bernadette. The website is also designed to help
national and international media prepare for the pope’s trip and answer
basic questions about the shrine and local celebrations to be held
within the United States. The website is sponsored by Friends of
Lourdes USA. Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I., Archbishop of
Chicago, is the organization’s Honorary Chairman.
To find out more about Lourdes 150th Anniversary Celebration, go to
friendsoflourdesusa.com.
The director and editors of The Mary Page under the auspices of the
International Marian Research Institute do not necessarily endorse or agree with
the events and ideas expressed in this feature. Our sole purpose is to report on
items about Mary gleaned from a myriad of papers representing the secular press.
What Standards Did the Schools
Not Meet?
As a graduate of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary school and a resident of Port Richmond, I agree with the overall sentiment of
sadness that reporter Nancy Petersen captured in her Jan. 15 article, "Three Catholic schools in Port Richmond merging into one."
I also concur on the point that the residents want to do the best for the children of the community.
In one paragraph, Mary Rochford, assistant superintendent in the Office of Catholic Education, said, "None of the
three [schools] was meeting the standards for quality Catholic education." I am curious to know which standards she is addressing.
Is she saying that these schools do not adhere to the outcome-based standardized tests touted by the government, or is she
talking about the religion standards that are untested and unmeasured by the archdiocese?
Having approached Rochford's statement from several angles, I must say that what she says has the ability to hurt the new
regional school on many levels. The faculty members, many of whom are hoping to come from these existing schools, are entering into a
situation in which their professionalism has been undermined. In addition, the relationship that the students have to their own
intellect and the community's unique culture has been reduced to sub-par, not "meeting the standards."
The residents of Port Richmond may not have caused a riot over the merging, but they should feel strongly about Rochford's
words. She is essentially marginalizing all that the faculties and students have created and transformed throughout the years even as
they continue to strive toward the high academic standards that they have set in place for the children in this neighborhood.
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!
Marian Commemoration Days To celebrate the month of January with Mary: The 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 January. Symposium Sponsored by The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute Title: Mary in the Life of the Parish Date: July 21-23, 2008 A compelling Symposium for Priests and Pastoral Ministers will be held at The University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio (overnight accommodations on campus). Topics will include Catechesis, Liturgy, Outreach, Shrines, Apparitions, and Devotions. The program will include a concert of contemporary and traditional music, a banquet, and fellowship with parishes from across the Midwest. For more information please email Father Francois Rossier, S.M. at Francois.Rossier@notes.udayton.edu or phone him or Michelle Foley at 937-229-4214 or click here. The Mary Page web site is updated frequently. Please stop in again and see What's New.
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