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"The Mother of Jesus continues in this present world as the image and first flowering of the Church as she is to be perfected in the world to come." Vatican II: Constitution on the Church |
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DOCUMENTS Vatican II: Dogmatic Constitution on the Church See Chapter 8: The Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part 1, Section 2 Mary, Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church On the Immaculate Conception Pope Pius IX: Ineffabilis Deus (1854) On the Immaculate Conception Pope Pius X: Ad Diem Illum Laetissimum (1904) The Queenship of Mary Pope Pius XII: Ad Caeli Reginam (1954) On Praying to Mary During May Pope Paul VI: Mense Maio (1965) On Prayers to Mary for Peace Pope Paul VI: Christi Matri (1966) On the Blessed Virgin Mary Pope Paul VI: Signum Magnum (1967) For the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion To the Blessed Virgin Mary Pope Paul VI: Marialis Cultus (1974) On the Blessed Virgin Mary Pope John Paul II: Redemptoris Mater (1987) Address to Women Religious, Turin, 1988 Pope John Paul II. May the Mother of the Church be an inspiration for the discovery of a new feminine identity Pope John Paul II's General Audiences on Mary 67 audiences between 1995 and 1997 Pope John Paul II often ended his documents with a section on Mary. Here are some of those sections, taken from encyclicals and other letters
Our Lady A Pastoral Letter by Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick of Newark, NJ "And the Mother of Jesus was there..." A Pastoral Letter Commemorating the Marian Year from the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference, 1988 ARTICLES, PAPERS, TALKS Woman of Many Names: Mary in Orthodox and Catholic Theology By Brian E. Daley in Theological Studies, December 2010 Our Lady of China: Marian Devotion and the Jesuits By Jeremy Clarke, S.J., in Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits, Autumn 2009 Galilee: A Critical Matrix for Marian Studies By Elizabeth A. Johnson in Theological Studies, June 2009 Theologies of Guadalupe: From the Spanish Colonial Era to Pope John Paul II By Timothy Matovina in Theological Studies, March 2009 Maximus's Mary: A Minister, Not Just an Icon By Sally Cunneen in Commonweal, Dec 4, 2009 Galilee: A Critical Matrix for Marian Studies By Elizabeth A. Johnson in Theological Studies, June 2009 Theologies of Guadalupe: From the Spanish Colonial Era to Pope John Paul II By Timothy Matovina in Theological Studies, March 2009 The Past Her Prelude: Marian Imagery in the Old Testament By Sandra Miesel, in Ignatius Insight, 2008 Beyond Word and Sacrament: A Reformed Protestant Engagement of Guadalupan Devotion By Ruben Rosario Rodriguez in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Spring 2007 A Gringo's Devotion: Our Lady of Guadalupe & me By Gene Sager in Commonweal, Dec 7, 2007 The Mary We Never Knew: New Light from the Syrian Tradition By Sally Cunneen in Commonweal, Dec 21, 2007 The Soteriological Significance of the Feast of Mary's Birth By Nicholas E. Denysenko in Theological Studies, Dec, 2007 Mary in Byzantine Doctrine and Devotion By Brother John M. Samaha, S.M., in Ignatius Insight, 2007 The Gendered Dynamics of Kenosis and Theosis in the Traditional Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Surprising Theological Possibilities for Inclusive Theologies of Gender and Sexuality By Michael Carden, a biblical scholar and honorary research advisor in the School of History, Philosophy Religion and Classics at University of Queensland, 2007 The Soteriological Significance of the Feast of Mary's Birth By Nicholas E. Denysenko in Theological Studies, December 2007 The Prophetic Dimension of Joseph By Giorgio Buccellati, director of IIMAS—The International Institute for Mesopotamian Studies, co-director of the Mozam/Urkesh Archaeological Project, director of the Mesopotamian Lab of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, and Professor Emeritus of the Ancient Near East and of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, in Communio, Spring 2006 Through Mary's Memory to Jesus' Mystery By José Granados, assistant professor of theology at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in Communio, Spring 2006 Saint Anselm and the Development of the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception: Historical and Theological Perspectives By John Janaro, Christendom College, in The Saint Anselm Journal, Spring 2006 Mary, Daughter of Sion: The Mother of Jesus in the Scriptures By Dieter Bohler in The Way, 2006 There's Something about Mary By Craig Uffman, Anglican pastor and an editor of Covenant Truly Our Sister: A Conversation with Elizabeth Johnson on Mary By Clint A. Schnekloth in Word & World, Winter 2005 Feminist Mariologies: Heteronomy/ Subordination and the Scandal of Christology By Kilian McDonnell in Theological Studies, Sept 2005 A Mary for Our Times By Marist Brother Tony Butler, 2005 Anglican Understanding of Mary By Revd Br Brian Harley SSF Mary(am): Mary in the New Testament and the Quran By Brenda M. Johnson, M.A., at the Mount Saint Agnes Theological Center for Women, 2004 The Ever-Virginity of the Mother of God By Fr. John Hainsworth of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, 2004 Tomb of the Virgin Mary The Francsicans tell us about the shrine in Jerusalem Thoughts on the Place of Marian Doctrine and Piety in Faith and Theology as a Whole By Joseph Ratzinger, 2003 Guadalupe at Calvary: Patristic Theology in Miguel Sanchez's Imagen de la Virgen Maria By Timothy Matovina in Theological Studies, December 2003 Virgin Mother or Bastard Child? By John Dominic Crossan, Emeritus Professor, DePaul University, in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2003 Mary's Role in the Incarnation By Jacques Servais, Rector of the Casa Balthasar in Rome, in Communio, Spring 2003 Mary: Icon of Trinitarian Love By Anthony J Kelly CSsR, Australian Catholic University, member of the International Theological Commission Thoughts on the Place of Marian Doctrine and Piety in Faith and Theology as a Whole By Joseph Ratzinger, in Communio, 2003 Mary By Jacques Gaillot, Bishop of Partenia, August 2002 Mary – Our Lady of Social Justice By Bruce Duncan CSsR, in The Catholic Weekly, Sydney, 9 June 2002 Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mother of a New Creation By Fr. Virgilio Elizondo, Spring 2002 Habiger Lecture, Center for Catholic Studies, University of St. Thomas – St. Paul, MN Bishop Christopher Butler, Mary and the Church By Aidan Bellenger OSB, first given at the International Congress of the ESBVM at Chester, UK, 2002 The Eve-Mary Typology and Women in the Orthodox Church: Reconsidering Rhodes By Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald in Anglican Theological Review, Summer 2002 The Typologies of Adam-Christ and Eve-Mary, and Their Relationship to One Another By Maja Weyermann in Anglican Theological Review, Summer 2002 Mary of Nazareth, Prophet of Nonviolence By Father John Dear, SJ, December 2001 Transforming Visions? Apparitions of Mary By Chris Maunder in The Way, 2001 Roman Catholic Solutions to the Marian Question in Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue By Leona M. English in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Spring 2000 Pulchra Ut Luna: Some Reflections on the Marian Theme in Muslim-Catholic Dialogue By Tim Winter in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Summer-Fall 1999 The Priesthood of Mary By John Wijngaards in The Tablet, 1999 Our Lady of Guadalupe: A Guide for the New Millennium By Virgilio P. Elizondo in St. Anthony Messenger, December 1999 Mary's Magnificat By Daniel W. Casey, Jr, Professor of Biblical Interpretation and Archeology, Scholar in Residence at Tantur Ecumenical Institute, 1999 Re-imagining Mary at Christmas By Kim E. Power in Re-imagining Newsletter, 1998 Select Circle: What Do We Know about Those Closest to Jesus? By Stephen M. MIller about Mary, John the Baptist, Peter, James and John, in Christian History, 1998 Mary, Mother of the Church By Kathryn Morse of Suite 101, February 1998 Mary Over Bethlehem By Kathryn Fleming, Winter 1998 'Woman Full and Overflowing with Grace': The Virgin Mary and the Contemporary Church By Tina Beattie in The Way, 1998 Mary, Our Mother By Pope John Paul II at the general audience of Wednesday, April 29, 1998 Mary is Our Model and Guide in Faith By Pope John Paul II at the General Audience of Wednesday, may 6, 1998 Mary, the First Disciple By Raymond E. Brown, S.S., in St. Anthony Messenger, 1997 Mary in the Gospels By Raymond E. Brown, S.S., from Scripture from Scratch, May 1997 Mary, Model of Liberation By Michael Crosby, OFM.Cap Mary's Role in Salvation History According to Saint Louis Mary Grignion de Montfort. By Rev. Patrick Gaffney, SMM Spirituality for Today, October 1997 Articles include: From Atlas to Mary; Hail Mary, Full of Grace; The Secret Treasure; October - Month Of Our Lady; Bendita María, Símbolo de Nuestra Libertad A Discipleship of Love: Mary of Bethany and the Ministry of Women By Tina Beattie in The Month, May 1997 Mary of Nazareth for Today By Judith Gray in The Way, 1997 Mary, an Icon of the Church that Baptizes in Jesus Christ By Corrado Maggioni in Tertium Millennium, 1997 Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture By Jaroslav Pelikan, 1996 Mary, the Virgin Priest? By Dr. Tina Beattie in The Month, 1996 Mary of the Gospels: True Believer and First Disciple By Dr. Gerard Hall, Head of School of Theology, McAuley Campus, Australian Catholic University, in The Catholic Weekly (Sydney), May 1996 Mary, the Virgin Priest? By Dr. Tina Beattie in The Month, December 1996 Mary in U.S. Catholic Culture By Rosemary Radford Ruether in National Catholic Reporter, Feb 10, 1995 On Mary: Constructive Ambivalence By Ann Loades in The Way, 1994 Our Mother of Perpetual Help Who is Our Mother of Perpetual Help? History of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. How she helps us? Meaning of the icon. Prayers. The Archconfraternity. From the book Miraculous Images of Our Lady by Joan Carroll Cruz, 1993 A Place for Mary in Protestant Ministry? By Beverly R. Gaventa, Princeton Theological Seminary, in Word & World, 1993 Time to Search for Mary between the Lines: What Does She Mean in the Post-Piety Age? By Robert F. Drinan in National Catholic Reporter, May 1993 Make No Assumption with Images of Mary By Demetria Martinez in National Catholic Reporter, August 13, 1993 Mary, Maid and Mother in Art and Literature By Jerome H. Neyrey, S.J. in Biblical Theology Bulletin, 1990 The Virgin Mary and the Feminist Quest By Ann Loades in After Eve, 1990 The Akathist Hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary Why the Need for Signs and Wonders? By Angela Tilby in The Way, 1990 Reclaiming Mary: A Task for Feminist Theology By Mary Grey in The Way, 1989 The Passionists: Compassion, 1988 Articles by Father Victor Hoagland on Mary, including: ---------- Mary the Mother of Jesus ---------- Mary in Christian Tradition ---------- The Presence of Mary in the Life of St. Paul of the Cross ---------- Marian Prayers ---------- Feasts of Mary We Sing Mary's Song By Bonnie Jensen, American Lutheran Church Women, in Word & World, 1987 Articles in SIDIC Periodical, 1987, No. 2 ---------- The Mother of Jesus: Reflections of a Christian Living in Israel By Marcel Dubois ---------- Mary of Nazareth: Why the silence of Judaism By Avital Wohimann ---------- The Beauty of Eve Reflected on the People on Mt. Sinai, on the Church and on Mary By Aristide Serra ---------- Teaching the faith as Mary did - Learning from her life as a Jewish woman By Anne-Catherine Avril ---------- The Magnificat: Mary's Psalm By Marie-Helene Fournier The Mystery of Mary the Mother of Jesus Chapter 10 of the electronic edition of the New Edition (1985) of Andrew M. Greeley's The Great Mysteries: An Essential Catechism Mary and the New Testament By David Lonsdale in The Way, 1984 The Holy Spirit and Mary By Kevin McNamara in The Way, 1984 The Mariology of Three Popes By Peter Hebblethwaite in The Way, 1984 The Cult of Mary as Development of Doctrine By Richard Hanson in The Way, 1984 The Immaculate Conception in Ecumenical Perspective By Donald Dawe in The Way, 1984 The Fruitful Virginity of Mary By Desmond Connell in The Way, 1984 The Sanctity and Glory of the Mother of God: Orthodox Approaches By Kallistos Ware in The Way, 1984 The Theotokos, Creation and the Modern World By Mary Ann De Trana in The Way, 1984 The Mystery of the Annunciation is the Mystery of Grace By Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, in Ignatius Insight, from Daughter Zion: Meditations on the Church's Marian Belief, 1983 Our Lady of Sorrows By John O'Connell, The Prayer Book, 1954 Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary By Herbert Thurston, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912 The Blessed Virgin Mary By Anthony Maas, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912 Tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary By Barnabas Meistermann, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912 Immaculate Conception By Frederick Holweck, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910 Feast of the Assumption By Frederick Holweck, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907 On the Perpetual Virginity of the Blessed Virgin Mary St. Jerome Saint John Damascene on Mary Saint Gregory Nazianzen on Mary The Mirror of the Blessed Virgin Mary St. Bonaventure St. Bonaventure on the Blessed Virgin Mary Saint Thomas Aquinas on the Hail Mary Saint Thomas Aquinas on the Hail Mary A Homily on the Dormition of Our Supremely Pure Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary St. Gregory Palamas Cardinal John Henry Newman on the Blessed Virgin Mary Meditations and Devotions John Henry Cardinal Newman's works edited by Rev. W. P. Neville. Part I is all about Mary Understanding Catholic Devotion to Mary By Thomas Merton Who Was Mary? By Rev. Eamon R. Carroll, O.Carm Bible Passages on Mary the Mother of Jesus Courtesy of East Lewis County Catholic Community in Washington Mary From the Marianists at the University of Dayton MISCELLANEOUS SITES Popular Devotions Our Lady of Guadalupe Lourdes Official site of Lourdes Thomas Merton's Marian Poetry Irish Marian Poetry Marian Poems by John Donne (1572- 1631) The Mary Page Maintained by Michael Duricy of the Martin Library-International Marian Research Institute. Contains answers to frequently asked questions, monthly news, a Marian meditation, and information about the Marianists and the Institute Mary and Holy Orders Includes a variety of quotes from different authors Mary as a Sacrificial Priest Includes a variety of quotes from different authors Mary's Special Relationship to Priests Includes a variety of quotes from different authors Our Lady's Page Mary's Gardens Mary's Gardens was founded in 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to research the hundreds of flowers named in medieval times as symbols of the life, mysteries and privileges of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus - as recorded by botanists, folklorists and lexicographers; and to assist in the planting of "Mary Gardens" of "Flowers of Our Lady" today Marian Groups, Associations, and Shrines Broken links? Suggestions?  Email webmaster Gerald Darring |