Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of Relevant Radio

December 12, 2022December 9, 2022 Articles, Mary

The last feast on our Miracles, Mysteries, and Mary calendar is incredibly close to our hearts as associates of Relevant Radio. Today is 491 years since the appearance of Mary’s ... Read more

Our Lady of Loreto… Patroness of Aviation?

December 10, 2022December 9, 2022 Articles, Mary

In 1920, aviation experts and pioneers asked Pope Benedict XV to bless their work and the skies. He obliged – after all, if Our Lady was the delight of mariners, ... Read more

Defining the Definition of the Immaculate Conception

December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Articles, Mary

Today’s great Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary is a doctrine that is misunderstood by many. If you have ever correctly explained this teaching to someone else, congratulations! You’re ... Read more

Our Lady of Kibeho

November 28, 2022December 14, 2022 Articles, Mary

Our Lady of Kibeho is the only Church-approved Marian apparition in the fifty-four nations of continental Africa. Spanning eight years and three visionaries at Kibeho College in Rwanda, it all ... Read more

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

November 27, 2022November 23, 2022 Articles, Mary

Catherine Labouré was only with the Daughters of Charity in Paris three months before she was awoken in the night by a call. At the foot of her bed stood ... Read more

Lessons from The Presentation of Mary

November 21, 2022November 18, 2022 Articles, Mary

The Presentation of Mary, celebrated today, is traditionally found in the Protoevangelium of James – a non-canonical gospel account from around 200 AD. This text reveals to us the names ... Read more

Our Lady of Good Help: Go and Fear Nothing

October 9, 2022November 18, 2022 Articles, Mary

When Adele Brise received her first communion in Belgium, she decided to devote herself to Our Lady and educating children in the Catholic faith. Her plan was thrown for a ... Read more

Holy Mary, Ransom of Captives

September 24, 2022November 18, 2022 Articles, Mary

In 1960, the feast of Our Lady of Ransom was officially added to the liturgical calendar, celebrating the foundation of the Order of the Mercedarians (or the Order of the ... Read more

Hope in Our Lady of Sorrows

September 15, 2022December 16, 2022 Articles, Mary

Today the Church reflects upon the sufferings of Mary, most notably remembered through the Seven Sorrows and the Seven Sorrows Rosary (popularized by the Servite and Dominican Orders). But for ... Read more

Power in the Name of Mary

September 12, 2022November 18, 2022 Articles, Mary

As Pope Innocent XI watched the overwhelming Ottoman troops close in on Vienna, Austria, vulnerable and with little allied support, he did the one thing we should all do in ... Read more

The Joyful Invitation of Our Lady’s Birth

September 8, 2022November 18, 2022 Articles, Mary

When celebrating the saints, the Church most often commemorates them with one feast day. Naturally, for the Blessed Mother, we celebrate many more. We recall her Immaculate Conception on December ... Read more

The Resilience of Our Lady of Częstochowa

August 26, 2022November 18, 2022 Articles, Mary

In August 1384, Władysław Opolczyk, an advisor to the King of Poland and Hungary, passed by the town of Częstochowa with a Hodegetria Marian icon in his possession. His horses ... Read more