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Mary in the News: Aug. 27, 2019
By Michael Duricy
Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.
Marian Library and International Marian Research Institute Features
Updates
You are invited to the Thesis defense for the Licentiate of Sacred Theology of Father John-Luke Stahr with the International Marian Research Institute (IMRI) Friday, August 30, 2019 starting at 1:30 p.m. in Roesch Library room 501.
Mary's Contemplation of the Eucharist: A Study of the Mariology of Jean Gerson Found in His Commentary on the Magnificat
You are welcome to attend and also to offer prayerful good wishes for Father John-Luke. A reception will follow the defense. If you plan to attend, it would be helpful to RSVP by email to imriacademic@udayton.edu by Noon on Wednesday, August 28, 2019.
Mary in Media: Books, Films, Music, etc.
New Radio Maria Newsletter
Click here to read the August 2019 Newsletter from Radio Maria--USA [in PDF, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]
From the Marian Treasure Chest
Brother John Samaha, S.M., sent us the text below with the following comments: "August 25 is the anniversary of Father Emile Neubert's passage to eternity. He is an extraordinary apostle of Mary in the spirit of Blessed William Joseph Chaminade."
Homage to Father Emile Neubert, S.M. (1878-1967) by Brother John Samaha, S.M.
On August 29 we mark the anniversary of the entrance to eternity of Father Emile Neubert, Marianist extraordinaire. The Marianist Family offers tribute to this outstanding Marianist who was a renowned Mariologist and also a collaborator with Frank Duff, founder of the Legion of Mary, and with St. Maximilian Kolbe in promoting the honor of Mary. Additionally, the anniversary of his death reminds us of his voluminous contribution to treasured Marianist writings about Mary and Marianist spirituality.
For more than a quarter century, Father Neubert served as rector of the Marianist International Seminary in Fribourg, Switzerland. Earlier, his groundbreaking dissertation about the patristic theology on Mary in the pre-Nicene Church was hailed as the first doctoral dissertation in theology centered on the Blessed Virgin Mary. His Marian scholarship and writing earned him membership in the Pontifical International Marian Academy based in Rome, and singular recognition in the Mariological Society of France. He also enjoyed the reputation of a valued spiritual director. Father Peter Resch, one of his former students, characterized him as the "foremost doctor of Mariology among the sons of William Joseph Chaminade."
A fellow countryman and contemporary, Most Reverend Paul Richaud, Archbishop of Paris, wrote to Father Neubert these thoughts of appreciation when the original French edition of La Mission Apostolique de Marie et la Notre first appeared in 1956. "It is always a grace for me to read your work. You excel in clear and simple words which contain a solid and profound teaching. Our dear Father Chaminade ... has bequeathed to you a real charisma for speaking of the Blessed Virgin. Drawing close to Mary under your guidance means approaching with ease and in complete security to the very channel of grace.... [This particular book] underscores an aspect of devotion to the Blessed Virgin which has not been sufficiently emphasized and responds in a most suitable way to the concerns of today's Christians.... You show the chosen and irreplaceable role which Mary holds in any apostolic endeavor."
Archbishop Richaud stated further: "'Do whatever He tells you.' It is only the Mother who can make us attentive and responsive to Jesus' directives.... The apostolate is an art. Everything depends on the way it is done. It is only the Mother of Jesus who knows the ways of Jesus.... The apostolate is a sublime form of parenting. It is only the Mother of souls ... who can obtain for us this grace."
The North American Center for Marianist Studies (NACMS) has in stock the English translations of books by Father Emile Neubert. Dipping into the works of Father Neubert and using them to enhance our Marianist apostolic life is a way of offering our homage of respect and affection for this revered apostle of Mary.
Marian Events
Title: Miracles of France
Dates: September 12-20, 2019
Location: France with stops in Belgium
Join "Miracle Hunter" Michael O'Neill at sites of miracles in France and Belgium.
See places of apparitions at Lourdes, Miraculous Medal, Sacred Heart, Pontmain, Beauraing, Banneux and more.
Join Relevant Radio® and EWTN® television host and Our Sunday Visitor author "Miracle Hunter" Michael O'Neill and Father John Broussard, CPM, rector of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help (the only approved Marian apparition site in the US) in exploring the miracles of France and Belgium!
Travel to the famed site of Lourdes with its Marian apparitions and healing waters, the place where St. Margaret Mary Alocoque experienced visions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the location where the popular Miraculous Medal was supernaturally inspired, and the spots of the twentieth-century Vatican-recognized Marian apparitions of Belgium (Our Lady of Beauraing and Our Lady of Banneux). See other major Marian apparition sites like Our Lady of Hope (Pontmain) and Our Lady of the Green Scapular, the Eucharistic Miracles of Douai and Brussels, and the incorruptible bodies of St. Bernadette Soubirous in Nevers and St. Catherine Laboure in Paris. Daily Mass and spiritual reflections will be offered along the pilgrimage route.
Mary in the Catholic Press
Poland: Over 60,000 pilgrims at Jasna Góra on Feast of the Assumption (Zenit) August 16, 2019
Good is always greater than evil, there is more good in the world, because good is a path of love, and love comes from God, because God is love--said Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski, Delegate for Pontifical Representations, on August 15 at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Jasna Góra, during the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the restoration of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the Republic of Poland.
Over 60,000 faithful, who came to Jasna Góra in walking pilgrimages, participated in the solemn Eucharist. Most were pilgrims from Warsaw....
Mary in the Secular Press
Some 80,000 Catholics visited La Vang shrine to celebrate the Assumption of Mary (asianews.it) August 22, 2019
Vietnamese Catholics are still feeling the joy generated by this year's great turnout for the celebrations on August 15 of the Assumption of Mary at the shrine of Our Lady of La Vang, Archdiocese of Huế.
Coming from every part of the country as well as overseas, about 80,000 people made it to the famous pilgrimage site in the central province of Quảng Trị.
The day before, a prayer vigil was held at the shrine, in which gospel choirs from all over the country took part....