Artists of every age have sought to depict the profundity of the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and there is a wellspring of sacred art to turn to in prayer.” “Mary stands as a guide for the ...

To honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Vatican offers a special Marian ... The Pieta was the only work of art that Michelangelo ever signed. Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic ...

I note Mary’s presence at Pentecost because, as some art historians argue, the Blessed Virgin was left out of depictions of Pentecost in favor of just the Apostles (usually Twelve, in keeping ...

After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the Scripture), 'I thirst.' A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and ...

Is the assumption of the Virgin Mary referenced in ... To celebrate the assumption of Mary into heaven, plant flowers around a statue of the Blessed Mother in your yard, read books about the ...

Blessed Virgin Mary is among three out of five parish schools ... prekindergarten through eighth grade and part-time staff for art, gym and the library. “The sisters of the Immaculate Heart ...

Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, at the corner of MacDade Boulevard ... hall which is also the site of a community food cupboard. Art imitated life when scenes for the 1988 movie “Clean and Sober ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin celebrates the belief that at the end of her earthly life, Mary was "taken up body and soul ...

The callous creep used a rock to desecrate the statue in front of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Parsons Boulevard in Jamaica at around 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, the Diocese of Brooklyn said.