For many centuries in the liturgical calendar, December 18 was the day the Catholic Church celebrated the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was celebrated for centuries up until they changed […]
The Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth sits on top of what is believed to be the house of the Virgin Mary when she resided there. It was at this residence that […]
The apparition of Our Lady of Knock occurred during the vigil of the octave on the Feast of the Assumption on August 21, 1879. The individuals who saw Our Lady appear were […]
With the Thanksgiving holiday on the calendar here in the United States this week, I wanted to provide for you some articles that I have written in the past about the Eucharist […]
As I was trying to determine what to focus on today, I realized that there are four Marian days, mostly memorials, that are coming up over the next few weeks that I […]
Back on October 15 and 16, and then again, this past Saturday, I gave a talk at Saint Mary Magdalene Catholic Church first to a group of our parents and then to […]
Yesterday, along with four female saints, Saint John Henry Newman, the famous Anglican convert to Catholicism, was canonized by the Holy Father. There isn’t a convert I know that doesn’t look to […]
It’s been some time since I have written a “Mondays with Mary” and I can’t think of a better return than with a post on the Holy Rosary. The Holy Rosary is […]
Since today is the memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I thought I would write a blog post since I have not written one in a few years. Like […]
Since Wednesday is the memorial for Pope Saint Pius X, I thought I would share with you a Marian prayer that he wrote. This prayer was written for the fiftieth anniversary of […]
Today, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven. It is one of the great Marian Solemnities of the Catholic Church and a topic that I have written about […]
One of the great saints of the 20th century is Saint Maximilian Kolbe and known to many as The Great Saint of Auschwitz. A man that really needs no introduction in most […]
Tomorrow, July 16, is the feast day of Our Lady of Carmel, a very important feast day in the life of any Carmelite and really anyone that wears and has a devotion […]
Although I said I was going to write about the Sacred Heart of Jesus last week, life got in the way and had to focus on purchasing a new vehicle for our […]
Since yesterday was the Solemnity of The Most Holy Trinity in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, I found today fitting to focus on Our Lady’s relationship to the Holy Trinity, […]
Today, in the Roman Catholic Church, we celebrate the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. It is a very new memorial created by Pope Francis, which was first […]
Every once in a while, something comes up on a Monday where I am unable to write a “Mondays with Mary” – one of those Monday’s happened to be yesterday. So, today, […]
TOM PERNA 