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Mary in the News: May 18, 2020
By Michael Duricy
Marian Library and International Marian Research Institute Features
Updates
Since its founding in 1943 by the Society of Mary, the Marian Library has collected materials that document popular devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Very common in these materials are appeals to Mary for intercession in healing and protection from danger. Primary and secondary sources in the Marian Library--photographs, pamphlets, and artifacts--depict Mary's role in medical cures and miracles at the shrine in Lourdes, France. This material has supported U.D. undergraduate classes such as English 497, Narrative and Medicine.
As people worldwide contend with the coronavirus pandemic, many are turning to the Blessed Virgin Mary. To document this activity, the Marian Library is encouraging contributions of stories and photos that have been shared and using Archive-It, a web-archiving tool, to collect material on the Internet that documents Mary's ongoing role in the world and in the global Church.
Mary in Media: Books, Films, Music, etc.
New website of the Marian Missionaries of Divine Mercy
The full text of the website of the Marian Missionaries of Divine Mercy was posted on May 13, 2020 as may be accessed free of charge at URL https://marianmissionaries.org/.
Marian Events
Title: Annual Global Rosary Rally
Topic: Pray the Rosary unite with your country and help encircle the world in prayer.
Dates: June 19, 2020
Time: all day depending on time zone
Location: Online
The annual Global Rosary Relay for the sanctification of priests on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 19, 2020 when we encircle the world in prayer once again, in this its eleventh year, with more prayer locations than ever taking part in what is now recognized as a truly significant and powerful devotional initiative within the Catholic Church to recognize and bless the work of priests serving the faithful the world over.
Each of the participating prayer locations in 85+ countries prays a particular mystery of the Rosary at a particular half-hour on the day in thanksgiving to God for our priests and to implore the protection and loving care of Our Lady, Mother of all priests, for all her priestly sons. With the coming of midnight on the June 19, 2020, the entire world, by then, will have been encircled in prayer for our priests on this The Annual Rosary Relay Day.
It was the great Irish priest Father Patrick Peyton who never tired of saying that: "The Family that prays together stays together." As the family of the Church, you are invited to join your prayers to the prayers of millions throughout the world on June 19, 2020. It is an opportunity for us to raise our hearts to God for all priests in the exercise of their ministry; that they will be blessed, through our prayers, with God's grace for their priesthood; that in this worldwide communion of prayer for them, they may experience our gratitude and support; and finally that they will persevere in unity with Christ and his Church and shepherd the Lord's flock to the safe pastures of His Kingdom....
Mary in the Catholic Press
Philippine Bishops Re-consecrate Country to Mary (Zenit), May 15, 2020
The Catholic Church in the Philippines has turned to the mother of Jesus for protection amid the contagion and death brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.
The church hierarchy, in solidarity with a number of bishops' conferences around the world, marked the Marian month by consecrating the nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Archbishop Romulo Valles, president of the episcopal conference, led the consecration of the Philippines to the Blessed Mother on Wednesday, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima.
The bishops sought the intercession of Mary for the "healing" of all those who contracted the virus and for the "strength and protection" of both the front-liners and the public....
Mary in the Secular Press
'Miracle' as doctor claims Virgin Mary appeared where virus patients are treated (Daily Star) May 15, 2020
A doctor claims a vision of the Virgin Mary appeared before his eyes at a coronavirus chapel clinic.
The physician managed to capture two images of the Christian saint at the clinic in the Colombian capital Bogota, where he is treating the sick.
Now staff are hailing the images as proof the holy figure is watching over the ill during the pandemic and claim it is a 'miracle'.
Doctor William Pinzon told local media the vision of the saint was "big" and appeared to hover in the air.
The photos were taken at the Reina Sofia Clinic in the western [sic] by Dr Pinzon who was working the night shift at the time....