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7 Quotes by Pope Benedict XVI on the Assumption of Mary

By Tom Perna on August 15, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

World Youth Day 1993: 25 Years Later

By Tom Perna on August 11, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

This morning I checked the inbox of one of my email accounts to find an email from a friend sharing with me an article that George Weigel wrote titled, WYD 1993: The Turning […]

Beard Balms and Socks: Two things this Catholic Man Really Likes

By Tom Perna on August 10, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Recently I wrote an article talking about the changes to this website/blog, it was titled – TomPerna.org Gets a Facelift. In that article I wrote about how I was going to start […]

Reflecting on the Sisters of Mary for the Memorial of St. Dominic

By Tom Perna on August 8, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Today in the Catholic world, we commemorate the life of Saint Dominic de Guzman, who is most notably famous for being the Founder of the Dominican Order. If you want to know […]

“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Beauraing (Belgium)

By Tom Perna on August 6, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

TomPerna.org Gets a Facelift

By Tom Perna on July 31, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

As you probably have noticed in the last couple of weeks from being on this website/blog is that I have redesigned the page. For the longest time, really since I began writing, […]

“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Mariazell (Austria)

By Tom Perna on July 30, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Quick Lessons from the Catechism – The Sixth Commandment (50th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae)

By Tom Perna on July 25, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

With today being the 50th Anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical, Humanae Vitae, I thought I would return to a series I haven’t written for some time. I am not going into […]

“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Lujan (Argentina)

By Tom Perna on July 23, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

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 […]

“Saint Mary Magdalene: Prophetess of Eucharistic Love”

By Tom Perna on July 21, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

For four weeks this past April and May, I led a book study for 30 or so of our parishioners on Tuesday morning focusing on the text, Saint Mary Magdalene: Prophetess of […]

“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Africa (Algiers)

By Tom Perna on July 16, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

“Mondays with Mary” – National Marian Shrines from Around the World

By Tom Perna on July 9, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

“Mondays with Mary” – Marian Chronology

By Tom Perna on June 25, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

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, […]

“Mondays with Mary” – The Miraculous Medal and Employment (and my new position at the parish)

By Tom Perna on June 18, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

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 […]

“Mondays with Mary” – 10 Quotes on the Immaculate Heart of Mary

By Tom Perna on June 11, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

“Mondays with Mary” – 34 books added to my Marian Library

By Tom Perna on June 4, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

“Mondays with Mary” – The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth

By Tom Perna on May 28, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

Since this upcoming Thursday is the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (and my Mom’s Birthday), I wanted to briefly share with you a reflection on Mary and Elizabeth’s encounter as well […]

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