about the Mother of Christ: the dogma of Mary Mother of God, defined at the Ecumenical Council of Ephesus in 431 (in common with the Orthodox); the dogma of Mary Perpetual Virgin, defined at the 3rd Council [...] Church, the Orthodox Church and the many churches stemming from Protestantism. Concerning the Virgin Mary, of course these three great traditions have a common reference text, the same Bible. The Protestants—in [...] its theological reflexions from the treasure of its liturgy, the devotion of the Orthodox Church to Mary is so rich that its tradition abounds in great Marian prayers, which have become prayers of reference

The Titles of Mary The following excerpt from the Litanies of the Blessed Virgin Mary gives an idea of the number and majestic beauty of titles and other names with which generations of faithful have praised [...] prayed Mary over the centuries. As many titles (and the list is far from being exhaustive) recognized by the Church who made an official prayer, of them, called the Litanies of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Litanies [...] Litanies of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Immaculate one, conceived without sin - Mother of Mercy - Mother of the Eucharist - Mother of Hope - Mother of the Church - Mother of All People - Virgin of the Poor

prayer to the Virgin Mary, announced by the ringing of bells. Everyone would stop working to pray "the kind mother of God and our mother." Eventually the bells were consecrated to Mary (sixteenth century) [...] Sisters are close to the Brothers of Taize in France. The Virgin Mary has a significant place in their liturgy. F. Breynaert The Virgin Mary and Protestant Liturgy Swiss Shrines Montagny: Our Lady of Tours [...] characterized by the use of Nordic Baroque Art. Since the nineteenth century, other shrines dedicated to Mary have also flourished in predominantly Protestant regions. ...and among Protestants In 1979, the working

turned toward Mary. The President, Diego Torres e Beaumont, used to recite the little office of Our Lady every Saturday; state representative members placed themselves under the protection of Mary and promised [...] soldiers who had fought with a rosary in their hands, proclaiming that Mary was their captain. Pius XII called this country the "Mary's Garden." The national shrine is near the little town of Ipiales and [...] In addition, drug trafficking is a source of extreme tension in Colombia. A people who turned to Mary In Colombia, not only do parishes bear Marian names, but also regions, rivers, mountains, beaches

life). The fact that Mary, betrothed, lived the Annunciation in the house where she lived before living with Joseph (when the angel said to him "do not be afraid to take in your house Mary your betrothed" Mt [...] Annunciation to Mary by the archangel Gabriel, the small town of Galilee, humble and then quite set back, has become a high place universally recognized as the historic place where Mary's "yes" to Divine [...] a small Galilean town of Palestine, however, is where Jesus spent his childhood with his parents, Mary and Joseph. Nazareth was then an obscure, little town and, as in the rest of Palestine, under Roman

us. Mary attracted his presence at the time of the Incarnation and still attracts his presence in our lives today. The column, like Jacob's Ladder, unites heaven and earth. It is the symbol of Mary because [...] strength to a building: the column is a symbol of the strength of Mary's steadfast faith and love and the symbol of the people's trust in Mary. The column is the fundamental architectural feature that a building [...] most important shrine in Spain. Its influence has global outreach. History A church called the "Saint Mary House" already existed in Saragoza before the Muslim invasion in 711. In 1118, the Aragonese conquered

continually referred to as "Jesus Mac Mary" (i.e. Son of Mary). Besides certain Latin hymns, a number of canticles, hymns and litanies celebrated the Blessed Virgin Mary in Irish, such as this very striking [...] century the Blessed Virgin Mary was commonly called "Sun of Our Race." Manuscripts of the time reveal a string of feasts dedicated to Our Lady: the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, the Annunciation, the Pu [...] important philosopher-theologians of the High Middle Ages. He argued for the Immaculate Conception of Mary and had considerable influence on Roman Catholic thought. Blessed John Duns Scotus O.F.M. was of Irish

interdisciplinaire, Fayard, Paris 2007. Chapter: Anne and Joachim, Mary's parents (Panorama) Is Mary a Daughter of David? The Conception of Mary [...] Saint Anne is Mary's mother, known by Tradition through a 2 nd century apocryphal book, the Protoevangelium of James. Therefore she is Jesus' grandmother. Origin of the shrine* From September 1623 to April [...] has been known to seemingly grant miracles. On July 5, 1624, the apparition said to him: "I am Anne, Mary's mother." She added: "God wants me to be honored here." On June 24, 1625, a deaf child was cured

dei Cinque continenti, Ed. Segno, Udine, 1997. Vatican II Speaks about Mary Marian Shrines in Australia Darwin: Cathedral of Saint Mary's Star of the Sea [...] 1606 by a Spaniard named Queiros. English colonization began in 1788. The veneration of the Virgin Mary predates this time though: a stone statue of the Virgin is conserved today in the museum of Brisbane [...] built the first Catholic Church, dedicated to Our Lady Help of Christians, in Sydney. Since 1844, Mary Help of Christians is the patroness of Australia, and her feast day is celebrated on May 24. (1844

about the love of God and neighbor than Mary. No creature practiced that knowledge more than Mary did. In the New Testament, Christ is the head of male virgins, and Mary is the head of female virgins. She is [...] clarity and insight into the things of God and humankind. Mary was totally at one with her Divine Son The conjecture of the doctors is that inasmuch as Mary and Jesus were so totally at one, she actually wanted [...] Christ is the spouse of virgins Isidore defines the Virgin Mary as the new earth, upon which the torrent of the Holy Spirit poured down: Mary, the Virgin Mother of the Lord, is quite properly called “earth”…