The chill of autumn clung to the air on October 13, 1917, as more t

The Maternity of Our Lady is kept as a feast for October 10th each year.

Alice von Hildebrand once offered Father Benedict Groeschel a striking way of contemplating the mystery of Bethlehem. The Blessed Virgin did not suffer the ordinary physical pains of childbirth when she brought forth the Son of God, yet this did not mean that the Nativity was without sorrow for His Mother.

Fr. Scott A. Haynes High on the Holy Mountain of Athos, within the ancient walls of the Serbian monastery of Hilandar, there is an icon unlike almost any other in the Christian world. The Mother of God holds the Christ Child close to her, just as she does in countless Byzantine images, yet anyone who pauses to look carefully will soon notice something extraordinary: beneath the familiar image appears a third hand. That additional hand belongs to an ancient story of persecuti

Celebrate the birthday of Mary. Implore Our Lady for divine assistance and let God's graces flow.

The miraculous image of Our Lady in Czestochowa, Poland, is believed to have been created by St. John sometime after the Crucifixion.

Fr. Scott A. Haynes On May 13, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, offering a message that would echo across the ages. Among her most comforting promises was this: “My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God.” In these few words, Our Lady offers not only consolation but direction—a path forward in times of spiritual confusion, fear, or discouragement. What does it mean to take refuge in her

We learn true devotion to Mary through the theology of the Marian Doctor, St. Bernard.

Consider how Mary's Assumption has roots in the Old Testament in the person of Eliah, as well as in Enoch and Moses.

Each year on August 5, we recall the snowy miracle heaven sent by Mary's intercession.

As St. Francis entered the gates of the Portuniuncula Church, St. Francis beheld Our Lord and Our Lady surrounded by a multitude of angels.

St. Anne, barren for years, prayed for a child. When God finally gave her Mary, as her bundle of joy, St. Anne presented Mary in the Temple.

On this feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, we hear the contribution of the young Handel.

Learn the connection between Our Lady and the Burning Bush.

Pray the Novena to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (July 7 to 15) to prepare for her feast on July 16th. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us.

Fr. Scott Haynes Feast of Our Lady of Montserrat April 27 There are moments in life when words fail us. When suffering presses too deeply, when confusion clouds the mind, when even prayer seems distant or difficult. In such moments, the Church places on our lips not a long formula, but a single word—ancient, universal, and full of power: Mother. This is how the Christian heart learns to pray when it can no longer rely on its own strength. It is the cry of the child who does n

Fr. Scott Haynes When a family prepares for the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart, a beautiful question sometimes arises: should the Immaculate Heart of Mary also be honored in the home? The question is not merely decorative, as though one were simply choosing which holy images should hang in the living room. It touches the very structure of Catholic devotion, the biblical vision of the Kingdom of David, and the place given by God Himself to the Mother of the King. The answer

Join in the Novena of Our Lady of Perpetual Help to ask her intercession.

Fr. Scott Haynes A Meditation on Mary's Queenship May 31 Long ago, in the kingdom of Israel, the king sat upon his throne. He wore the crown. He held the royal power. His word carried authority throughout the land. Yet beside him there was often another throne. It did not belong to the king’s wife. It belonged to his mother. In the kingdom of David and Solomon, the mother of the king had a special place of honor. She was the Queen Mother. She stood close to the king, not as h

On this final day of the month of May, the Church fittingly crowns her Marian devotion by celebrating the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.