COMMENTARY: Today’s feast is directly linked to the jubilee years of 1975 and 2000, making its observance this jubilee year a ...

On this day we celebrate the feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary. For an explanation of the feast, see The Liturgical Year, the great classic by the Right Reverend Dom Prosper Guéranger ...

and in thanksgiving to Mary for the victory on her feast day in 1683, Innocent XI would later extend the celebration of the feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the Universal ...

"The most Blessed Virgin Mary ... feast of the immaculate conception. Getty Images In the United States and some other countries around the world, December 8 is celebrated as a holy day of ...

How and where is the Feast of the Assumption celebrated? Is the Feast of the Assumption a holy day of obligation? Is the assumption of the Virgin Mary referenced in the Bible? What prayers can be ...

12 since 1683, the Catholic Church has celebrated the feast of the Holy Name of Mary. Officially instituted as a feast day for the universal Church by Pope Innocent XI, the celebration dates back ...

The names of Mary and Lazarus will be added to the July 29 feast on the General Roman Calendar, the universal schedule of holy days and feast days for the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.

This year, the solemnity falls on a Monday and is not a holy day of obligation in the U.S. The solemnity is abrogated whenever the feast ... motherhood of Mary and the most holy name of Jesus ...

On August 15, Catholics worldwide mark the Virgin Mary being brought into heaven with a feast, known as the Feast ... It's considered a Holy Day of Obligation, which means Catholics are obliged ...