Tag: Mary

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Fr. John Zulhsdorf, For the Catholic Herald

Answering Our Lady of Fatima’s call

PINE BLUFF — This year we are observing the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima, Portugal, from May to October 1917.

Central to the messages given by the Blessed Virgin Mary during those apparitions, and then for years afterward to one of the seers at Fatima, Lucia, was the urgent need of the faithful to do penance and make reparation for sins committed by humanity against Mary’s Immaculate Heart.

Promises of Mary

The Mother of God said that if her requests were heeded, many disasters could be avoided.

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Bishop Robert Barron

History lessons of Our Lady of Fatima

This past week, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady to a group of shepherd children near the Portuguese town of Fatima. The series of Fatima appearances — lasting from May until October of 1917 — is one of the most extraordinary in the history of the Church.

It has also beguiled political and cultural commentators outside the ambit of the Church, and it is this wider implication that I would like to explore.

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Kevin Wondrash

Pontifical Mass at the Throne to be celebrated for the Feast of the Queenship of Mary

MONONA — On Wednesday, May 31, at 6 p.m., at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Monona, His Excellency Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, will celebrate a Pontifical Mass at the Throne for the traditional Feast of the Queenship of Mary.

The Mass will be in the Roman Rite’s older, traditional form, sometimes called the “Extraordinary Form.” The music will be in Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony, with hymns in English.

All are welcome.

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Bishop Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison

Meditate on Mary during month of May and special Fatima year

Dear Friends,

This month of May is, as always, a month for honoring and devoting ourselves to Mary, the Mother of God.

And in a particular way, as was marked by Pope Francis last week during his Apostolic visit to Portugal, we commemorate 100 years since the Blessed Virgin appeared several times to the three “shepherd children.” The two of those children who died in their youth are now Saint Jacinta and Saint Francisco Marto, having been canonized by Pope Francis on Saturday, and the third, Servant of God Sr. Maria Lucia, who only passed from this life in 2005, has her cause for canonization underway.

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Kevin Wondrash

Day Festival to be held at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Monona

MONONA — On Memorial Day weekend, Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) Catholic Church and School in Monona will be hosting a “Backyard Bash,” a community celebration to help kick off summer.

The event will be held behind IHM School, located three blocks west of the Monona Golf Course at 4913 Schofield St. The festival begins on Sunday, May 28, and continues on Monday, May 29, following the Monona Memorial Day parade.

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Kevin Wondrash

Mary’s Rosary Garden celebrates Fatima

MINERAL POINT — Mary’s Rosary Garden located on the Wiesbrook Farm near Mineral Point will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Mary’s appearance at Fatima with a Mass on Saturday, May 13, at 1 p.m.

The Rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13; Thursday, July 13; Sunday, Aug. 13; Wednesday, Sept. 13; and Friday, Oct. 13. Mass will be celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 15, at 1 p.m.

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Julianne Nornberg

Honoring our earthly and spiritual mothers

Everyday Faith column by Julianne Nornberg

Whether you are one, have one, or are married to one, mothers affect every person in the world.

My eight siblings and I have been blessed with a very gentle mother who simply and genuinely reflects many of the same characteristics of Our Blessed Mother.

Lasting memories

My earliest memory of my mom was when I was “helping” her bake a cake by moving the small plastic containers of decorative sprinkles from one side of the kitchen to the other.

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