Ginny Kubitz Moyer is author of the award-winning Mary and Me: Catholic Women Reflect on the Mother of God. She lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area and blogs at blog.maryandme.org.
The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God is a liturgical celebration observed on January 1st. It is a holy day of obligation for Catholics, meaning that Mass attendance is required (though the Mass obligation is sometimes ...
The answer to this lies in the Jewish marriage customs of the time. During this period, there were two distinct parts to the marriage process. The first was betrothal, which was a binding exchange of consent made ...
Over the centuries, there have been thousands of reported Marian apparitions. Very few have been officially approved by the Church. Even those that are approved (including Guadalupe and Lourdes) are considered “private revelation.” In other ...
In June of 1981, six children and teenagers in the town of Medjugorje, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina) reported having visions of the Virgin Mary. Over ...
