This week happens to be much quicker “Mondays with Mary” since I have written on these three National Marian Shrines in the past. It is fascinating that three of the major Marian […]
The origin of Our Lady of Mount Carmel begins in Israel (near present-day Haifa), the first place ever dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. A chapel was built in Our Lady’s honor […]
When we think about shrines dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, we often think of the many places in Europe, however, there is a very popular pilgrimage site located on this side […]
It seems that I lost track of time today – so in order to provide you with something on this first Monday of October, I am going to list some posts I […]
Well, it’s been three weeks since I last wrote on here. I return to you as a newly and very happily married man. It was just over 2 weeks ago when my […]
For today’s “Mondays with Mary”, I would like to continue my explanation of the different National Marian Shrines across the world. For today’s particular article, we are going to focus our attention […]
Our Lady of Meritxell has been part of the country of Andorra dating back to the 12th century. On January 6, in the middle of the winter, inhabitants from the village of […]
As I have done in the past, this being the tenth article on the Assumption, I have found quotes about the great Solemnity we are celebrating today in the life of the […]
On November 29, in the year 1932, five children from the ages of nine to fifteen years old were playing as they were walking in the direction of a railway bridge. They […]
One of the most famous and popular Marian Shrines in central Europe is found in the Styrian Mountains, 50 miles southwest of Vienna, Austria. Covered in snow for most of the winter […]
The city of Lujan is 43 miles west of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The city is home to Our Lady of Lujan and the basilica that is dedicated to Mary under the same […]
If you were to visit Algiers today, you would find a much different country than in years past. Although Algiers today is very much a Muslim country, it was not so for […]
Over the past months I have been racking my brain to come up with good “Mondays with Mary” articles for you all to read. And although I have lots of Marian books […]
Today as I was pondering on what to write for this weekly series, I came upon an intriguing idea in a book a recently acquired titled, Dictionary of Mary. In this dictionary, […]
For today’s “Mondays with Mary”, I found a prayer associated with the Miraculous Medal (Source: Association of the Miraculous Medal – http://www.amm.org/Default.aspx) where the specific prayer intention is for employment. The reason […]
This past Saturday the Roman lung of the Catholic Church celebrated the great Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Saturday devotion follows the Friday devotion of the […]
One month ago, it was like Christmas, Easter, and my birthday all wrapped into one when at the parish we received over 20 boxes of Catholic books. The boxes of books came […]
TOM PERNA 