The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary ... commemorating the faith of her parents, Joachim and Anne, and the purity of Mary.

Monsignor Robert N. Bush passed away at the age of 81 on January 17, 2025, in Abilene, Texas. His parents were James Victor Bush and Marie Aline Delahoussaye. He was born in Waco, Texas, on July 5 ...

The origin of the liturgy is traced to the consecration of the church in Jerusalem in the sixth century that has been traditionally known as St. Ann's Basilica ... the Birthgiver of God and ...

In medieval art the Blessed Virgin is often shown kneeling at a priedieu, totally taken up in reading and prayer. Renaissance art sometimes shows the child Mary reading a book, with her parents ...

This time of year is special for many different faith communities in the southwest metro. As the strange and bewildering saga of 2017 comes to a close, tradition butts up against a world of ...

Gisella Cardia purchased a statue of the Virgin Mary at Bosnia and Herzegovina's Medjugorje, where thousands of religious pilgrims flock annually. The Sicilian native created her own pilgrimage site ...

Shortly after, Mary Anne started a 30-plus year tenure as the school secretary at St. Ann School in Groesbeck. It was often said that Mary Anne was the driving force at the school and ran it more ...

Mary Anne McAlpin, 75, of Pensacola, FL died peacefully at home on February 5, 2025. Mary Anne was born on March 10, 1949 in Union, SC. She graduated from Pensacola High School in 1967 and H.

St. Justin Martyr, "Dialogue with Trypho the Jew," c. 155 A.D. "Those Gnostics, therefore, who allege that He took nothing from the Virgin do greatly err.... For why did He come down into Mary if ...

During a Mass on Jan. 31, 2025 at St. Mary’s Church in Rockville, Sophie Durandal, a fifth grader at St. Mary’s School, ...

Anne Mary Ghegan (nee Long), devoted grandmother ... School in Philadelphia and culminated with a BS in Education from St. Joseph's University. She enjoyed teaching and dedicated 37 years to ...