The Memorial of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (July 16)

Who is Our Lady of Mount Carmel and how does she relate to the scapular devotion?
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq21.html

What is a scapular?
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq78.html

Marian Shrines of the Carmelites
www.ocarm.org/eng/santeng.htm

Chile: Our Lady of Carmel of the Maipú
campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/engtwo.html#chi

                    Related Devotion of the Carmelites

Can you tell me about the Infant of Prague?
A special devotion to the Divine Child originated with the Carmelites in the city of Prague, Bohemia, in the beginning of the seventeenth century.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq164.html

Who was Mary?
Rev. Eamon R. Carroll, O. Carm.
A Carmelite reflects on Mary.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/carroll.html

An Icon of the Sign
by Sr. Mary Grace, O.C.D.
The saints surrounding the central image are especially relevant in Carmelite history.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/artists/SMGocd.html

Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Victor Gohler Santos & Retablos
campus.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/artists/gohler.html

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The Memorial of Saints Ann and Joachim,
Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary (July 26)

Who are Mary's parents?

The story of Mary's birth and details about her aging parents, Joachim and Anne, come from apocryphal writings known as the Protoevangelium of James the Lesser that was written by an unknown author.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq13.html

Where was Mary born?

According to old traditions Mary was born in Jerusalem. Joachim is said to have been the owner of a home in the vicinity of the temple, more precisely near the Sheep Gate and its pool called in Hebrew Bethesda.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq184.html

Did Mary have any brothers or sisters?

As it stands, the sources dealing with the life of Ann, Joachim, and Mary do not mention brothers and sisters of Our Lord's mother.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq193.html

What do we know about Mary's life?

Includes a possible timeline.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq01.html

Does the liturgy give us any hints about Mary's life?
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq03.html

What do we know about Mary's life from apocryphal sources?

There are a number of ancient texts not in the canon of Sacred Scripture which claim to present details about the life of Mary. The Protoevangelium Jacobi (First Gospel of James) (ca. 150) ...
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq05.html

What are the aspects of Mary's person and life, which are related by the various apocryphal writings?

Scripture is tight-lipped regarding details of Mary's personality and life. It speaks only to the essentials of her religious vocation and role ...
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq28.html

Saints Anne and Joachim: Grandparents of Jesus, 30 min, 1998.
Contact The Marian Library at 937-229-4214.

What does scripture tell us about Mary's life?

A frequently asked question:
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq02.html

What about Mary's death?

A frequently asked question:
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq24.html

What do we know about Mary's life from apocryphal sources?

There are a number of ancient texts not in the canon of Sacred Scripture which claim to present details about the life of Mary. The Protoevangelium Jacobi (First Gospel of James) (ca. 150)...
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq05.html

Encyclical Munificentissimus Deus by Pope Pius XII

Defining "ex cathedra" (from the chair of Peter) the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/P12MUNIF.HTM

Mary and the Church: Assumption (eschatological image)

A list of quotations on the Assumption from post-Vatican II magisterial documents such as this from Lumen Gentium, Chapter 8: "in the Blessed Virgin the Church has already reached that perfection whereby she exists without spot or wrinkle (cf. Eph 5:27)." 65
campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs4-5.html

What are the Marian dogmas?

There are four Marian dogmas:
1) Divine Motherhood - Council of Ephesus 431
2) Mary's Virginity
         a) Virginal Conception through the Spirit - Baptismal symbols since third century.
         b) Perpetual Virginity (virginal birth and no other children) - Baptismal symbols since fourth century (first
          in eastern church)                        
3) Immaculate Conception (Mary's freedom from original sin) - Pius IX, 1854
4) Mary's Assumption (body and soul) into heaven--Pius XII, 1950
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq186

Development of the Liturgical Celebration of the Assumption

It is often stated: As the Church prays, so she believes. The great prayer of the Liturgy aided the development of the doctrine of the Assumption.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assmp02.html

A Variety of Customs Associated with the Assumption

A variety of local, regional and national customs are associated with the Feast of the Assumption on and around August 15.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assmp03.html

Which are the Marian feast days?

There are many Marian feast days celebrated in the Catholic Church, but the principal ones are the Solemnity of Mary, the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple, the Annunciation, the Assumption and the Immaculate Conception ...
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq04.html

Marian Feasts Past and Present

The following feature points to the evolution of Marian Feasts in the recent past. It shows the feasts in vigor before the liturgical reform of 1969, the changes made in 1969, and the further developments of 1986.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/dogmas.html

Does the liturgy give us any hints about Mary's life?

Several events concerning Mary's life are commemorated during the yearly liturgical cycles of the Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian Churches.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq03.html

An Overview Page

The following overview page gives direct links to assist in varied ways to contemplate Mary’s assumption into heaven. At the end of the links is a select bibliography.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assumption.html

Historical Background: Belief in Mary's Assumption

Introduction: Belief that Mary has been taken up and is now in heaven with both her body and her soul has been part of the teaching of the Catholic Church since the earliest centuries of Christianity.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assmp01.html

Mother of the New World

The meaning of the Assumption is that of a culmination and a new beginning. With the Assumption, the promises of the Lord were fulfilled for Mary, and as always, beyond all expectation. ... Rev. Johann G. Roten, S.M.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/MotherofNewWorld.html

A Reflection on the Feast of the Assumption

The following contribution to The Mary Page on the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a contemplation on a fifteenth-century Greek Orthodox icon painted by iconographer Andreas Ritzos ... by Dr. Virginia M. Kimball
campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/kimball.html

Prayerful Reflections on the Assumption

St. Alphonsus de Liguori is one among the saints who writes that Mary died for sheer longing and love of the Savior. Below is a quotation from his seventh discourse, "The Assumption of Mary."
campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assmp05.html

Mary's Flowers During the Middle Ages

Includes a section on the custom of bringing herbs for a blessing on the Assumption.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/flowers.html

How do religious names of flowers originate?

Includes Assumption lily.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq209.html

Explain the 'Marian Year' celebrations.

There was a Marian Year in 1950. It coincided with the proclamation of the Dogma of Mary's Assumption by Pope Pius XII.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq33.html

Why do we call Mary Queen?

Assumption and Coronation must be sharply distinguished.
(See more under Queenship memorial)
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq73.html

The Rosary in Image and Text Meditations Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church

Includes the Glorious Mysteries and therefore the Assumption
campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/rosmed.html
campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/glorious.html

Assumption

The following poems celebrate the mystery of Our Lady's Assumption. The reader will also find here poetry which explores the relationship between the season of summer and the Blessed Virgin's role in salvation history.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/assumpp.html

Marian Poetry

Includes: Assumpta est Maria en Coelum
campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/ordinary2001.html

What are the fifteen symbols of the Immaculata represented on the famous tapestry of Our Lady in Reims, France?

The famous tapestry of Our Lady in the Reims Cathedral comprises fifteen tableaux relating the life of Mary.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq204.html

What is the meaning of the crescent moon that Mary is sometimes pictured standing upon?

Includes: The crescent appears under Mary's feet in paintings of the Assumption (Meister of the Luzien-Legende, 1485) and signifies her glory and victory over time and space.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq244.html

Bibliography (only of) Articles in Marian Studies

1950--Present: summary list in May 1999, the Mariological Society of America celebrated its fiftieth year as an academic theological society. For each of the fifty years the society published, the papers presented ... include work on the Assumption.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/msarticles.html

Marian Theology Tape 2 (Lecture by Anthony Tambasco), 100 min, 1990.
Contact Marian Library at 937-229-4214.

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