by Fr Josemaria Barbin, FI | Oct 1, 2020 | 2020, Missio Article, The Immaculate: Mystery and Revelation
“The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is why I have not put in, or have cut out, practically all references to anything like ‘religion’, to cults or practices,...
by Msgr. Arthur B. Calkins | Sep 8, 2020 | 2020, Missio Article, The Marian Issue
By God’s design, Mary is united with her Son Jesus in the work of our salvation, not in a passive way, but by her active cooperation. This is why Mary is said to “occupy center stage” in our redemption—not substituting for or replacing Jesus, but never separated from...
by Fr Donald Calloway, MIC | May 16, 2020 | 2020, St. Joseph
For nearly two millennia, the Church has found solace in the Virgin Mary’s motherly embrace. St. Joseph has historically assumed a much lower profile, but this situation has been changing, especially since Blessed Pius IX declared him Patron of the Universal Church in...
by Msgr. Arthur B. Calkins | Mar 9, 2020 | 2020, Mary and the Saints
“Piously meditating on [Mary] and contemplating her in the light of the Word made man,” the Second Vatican Council states, “the Church with reverence enters more intimately into the great mystery of the Incarnation.” The recently canonized Cardinal John Henry Newman,...
by Sr. M. Ancilla Matter, F.S.G.M. and Fr. Elias Mills, F.I | Feb 4, 2020 | 2019, The Immaculate: Mystery and Revelation
In this second part of the article on the Stabat Mater we see the Golden Thread of the Franciscan Order includes this important meditation on the compassion of Our Lady Coredemptrix. With the help of the Franciscan mystics, Ven. Mary of Agreda and St. Veronica...
by Sr. M. Ancilla Matter, F.S.G.M. and Fr. Elias Mills, F.I | Oct 25, 2019 | 2019, The Immaculate: Mystery and Revelation
Saint Maximilian Kolbe believed the Immaculate Conception was the “Golden Thread” running throughout the history of the Franciscan Order. This article examines the claim that one could say this “Golden Thread” has shades of coredemption in it as well. We recount in...
