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Mary in the News: Jan. 29, 2019
By Michael Duricy
Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute news and updates.
Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute Features
Updates
Nominations are being accepted through February, 15, 2019. This award recognizes the efforts of people on our campus to change the atmosphere and the potential for women's achievements at the University of Dayton (UD). You may nominate an individual or a group of UD Faculty, Staff, or Students.
Mary in Media: Books, Films, Music, etc.
New Book on the Rosary from Franciscan Media
Do you struggle with praying the rosary: finding time, fighting distractions, worrying about your mind wandering? In Praying the Rosary Like Never Before, Edward Sri offers practical suggestions that come from the rosary's tradition and, most especially, St. John Paul II. These helpful tips will make the rosary a constant companions through the different seasons, moments, and challenges we all face.
From the Marian Treasure Chest
Brother John Samaha, S.M., sent us the text below with the following comment: "Thoughts for the beginning of a new semester ..."
Marianist Philosophy of Education by Brother John Samaha, S.M.
Below is the general context for the education they offer.
Based on one's understanding and concept of God and of the human person
Integrate this with all we do as educators
Synthesize all elements
Make connections and practical applications
Meaning of Education
Formation
Draw out, not pour in
Act with enthusiasm--in God
Zeal, fervor, passion, inspired
Done with verve and excitement; gung ho
Active, not passive
Act with conviction
Colors our teaching
Influences our whole approach
cf. Vatican II, Declaration on Christian Education and Father Paul Hoffer, The Pastoral Role of the Christian School
Marian Events
Theme: True Devotion to Mary--Study Group at Saint Albert Parish
Dates: Mondays from February 4 - March 25, 2019, 7:00 - 8:15 p.m.
Location: The Spirit Center [behind the playground] of Saint Albert Parish
The group will discuss True Devotion to Mary by Saint Louis Marie de Montfort and Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus Christ through Mary by Father Hugh Gillespie. Free tea and coffee will be provided by the Legion of Mary. For details, contact Gloria Dodd by email at gdodd1@udayton.edu.
Mary in the Catholic Press
The Meeting of the Son With the Father and the Brothers (Zenit) January 31, 2014
... Let us contemplate Mary and Joseph while they go to the Temple of Jerusalem to offer Jesus to the Lord "just as it is written in the law of the Lord: "Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord" and to offer the sacrifice of a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons," in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord."" (Luke 2, 24-25. Once again we have been told of the poverty of the parents, who don't have the opportunity to offer a lamb but with a heart full of emotion offer all they have: two small birds, innocent and pure. They do not know that the one they hold in their arms will be indicated by John the Baptist as "the Lamb of God."
The offering of Jesus to the Father, accomplished in the Temple, is the prelude to His total offering on the cross. This act of obedience to a legal ritual, the fulfillment of which neither Jesus nor Mary were required to do, is also another lesson of humility like the one which was given to us at Christmas, when we beheld the Son of God and His Mother in the moving but humble frame of the manger...."
Mary in the Secular Press
The director and editors of All About Mary under the auspices of the International Marian Research Institute do not necessarily endorse or agree with the events and ideas expressed in this feature. Our sole purpose is to report on items about Mary gleaned from a myriad of papers representing the secular press.
1980 Approved Marian Apparition Echoes Fatima (One More Soul) January 22, 2019
The year is 1980. The town is Cuapa, near the middle of Nicaragua--59 straight miles northeast of the capital of Managua and 96 miles via highways and roads.
The date is April 15. While carrying out his work as a simple church sacristan in what was called the "old chapel," Bernardo Martinez sees a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary producing a supernatural light--heaven's way to announce he would soon see the Blessed Mother.
He would later recount for his bishop this beginning and everything to follow. There was no natural explanation because "the light came from her," he would write. "That was a great mystery for me, with the light that came from her one could walk without tripping. And it was nighttime...."