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Mary in the News: Aug. 31, 2020
By Michael Duricy
Marian Library and International Marian Research Institute Features
Updates
Father Antonio Larocca, CSC, and Father Javier Alson, CSC, both IMRI graduates, are preparing to develop a Marian Center in Dayton, Ohio to support the New Evangelization. They have also made materials on Mariology available in Spanish.
Information on the proposed Marian Center
Spanish materials on Mariology
Mary in Media: Books, Films, Music, etc.
Discover the Miracle that Changed the World
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a ten-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to WW I. Word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle. Inspired by real-life events and starring Goran Višnjić (Beginners), Stephanie Gil (Terminator: Dark Fate) and Lúcia Moniz (Love, Actually), with Sônia Braga (Aquarius) and Harvey Keitel (The Piano, The Irishman), Fatima is an uplifting story about the power of faith.
Marian Events
Title: Symposium to honor Cardinal Leo Scheffczyk's 100th Birthday
Theme: Carolingian Mariology
Date: September 14-18, 2020
Location: Lugano, Switzerland
MSA member, FatherEmery De Gaal, will attend a conference in September 2020 in Lugano, Switzerland, honoring the legacy of Leo Cardinal Scheffczyk (1920-2005), the premier German Mariologist between 1960 and 2005. Father Emery will speak on his epochal treatment of Carolingian Mariology.
Mary in the Catholic Press
Pope Francis supports project to 'free' Virgin Mary from mafia exploitation in Italy (Catholic News Agency), August 20, 2020
Pope Francis has praised a new initiative aimed at countering the abuse of Marian devotions by mafia organizations, who use her figure to wield power and exert control.
"Freeing Mary from the mafia and from criminal powers" is an ad hoc department of the Pontifical International Marian Academy (PAMI). The academy's president, Father Stefano Cecchin, OFM, told CNA Aug. 20 that the Blessed Virgin Mary does not teach submission to evil, but freedom from it....
Mary in the Secular Press
Movie review: Fatima a hopeful film for today's world (Denver Catholic) August 24, 2020
In 1917, near the end of World War I and just before the Spanish Influenza pandemic, something miraculous happened in the quaint little city of Fatima, Portugal.
This miracle and the spiritual shockwaves it caused around the world is beautifully depicted in the new film Fatima, which was released in theaters and on-demand Aug. 28, 2020. Directed by Marco Pontecorva (HBO’s Rome and Game of Thrones) and featuring an original song performed by esteemed Italian singer, Andrea Bocelli, Fatima is a well-made film that's likely the most impactful dramatization of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima to date....