Anthonian Association of the Friends of Saint Anthony Northeast Ohio Tour Beginning on Friday, June 8th, 2 holy first-class relics of St. Anthony of Padua will be making a tour throughout the Diocese of Cleveland and the Diocese of … Continue reading
Virgin Mary
May, the Month of Mary
May is often called “the Month of Mary.” Why? How did that custom originate? Church historians tell us that during the Middle Ages, a tradition arose of a “Tricesimum,” or 30 days of devotion to Mary. The centerpiece of … Continue reading
2017 Fatima Conference
“In the end, my immaculate Heart will triumph” The Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon invites you to their annual Fatima Conference, May 12–14. Featured speakers are Fr. Wolfgang Seitz, Catherine Moran, and Captain Guy … Continue reading
The Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes
The Story of Our Lady of Lourdes On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in the apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus. A little more than three years later, on February 11, 1858, a young … Continue reading
October 15th Rosary in Youngstown
Saturday, October 15, 2016 11:15AM Come Pray the Rosary for America Procession begins at St. Columba Cathedral and makes its way to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Basilica Those who cannot participate by walkling may join by car. In case … Continue reading
54 day rosary novena
Traditionally a novena is nine days. Thus, Our Lady’ ’s words to young Fortuna — “make three novenas of the prayers of the Rosary in petition, and three novenas in thanksgiving. ” The novena consists of five decades of the … Continue reading
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Devotion to the immaculate Heart of Mary is primarily based upon the Sacred Scriptures. In the New Testament, there are two references to the Heart of Mary in the Gospel according to St. Luke: ..”Mary treasured all these things and … Continue reading
The Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception means that Mary, whose conception was brought about the normal way, was conceived without original sin or its stain—that’s what “immaculate” means: without stain. The essence of original sin consists in the deprivation of sanctifying grace, and … Continue reading
October – the month of the Holy Rosary
The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. According to an account by fifteenth-century Dominican, Alan de la Roch, Mary appeared to St. Dominic in 1206 after he had been praying and doing severe penances because of his … Continue reading
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The feast of the birth of the Blessed Vir gin Mary goes back to the sixth cen tury and is often cel e brated on Sep tem ber 8. The Scrip ture does not tell us about the birth of … Continue reading