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Mary in the News: March 2, 2020
By Michael Duricy
Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.
Marian Library and International Marian Research Institute Features
Updates
Legion of Mary Cincinnati Senatus Acies 2020
Their annual consecration to Jesus through Mary will be held Sunday, March 22, 2020 at Saint Matthias Church, 1050 W. Kemper Road, Cincinnati, OH 45420.
The schedule for the day includes: the Senatus meeting in the Parish Center at 1:30 p.m. [all are welcome to attend this business meeting]; Acies Ceremony with Benediction in the Church at 3:15 p.m. [not a Mass]; Reception at Saint Matthias immediately after the ceremony [with finger food].
An R.S.V.P. by Monday, March 16, 2020 with the number expected to attend would be helpful. Please contact Dr. Gloria Dodd by phone at 937-229-1431.
Mary in Media: Books, Films, Music, etc.
Fatima movie coming to theaters April 24
Fatima tells the story of Marian apparitions through the eyes of Lúcia Santos, the eldest of the three seers.
On April 24, 2020, the movie, Fatima, will open on 1,000 screens in the U.S. It is about the remarkable set of appearances of the Blessed Mother to three young shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917.
"This movie was made to cross into the mainstream media," producer Natasha Howes said in an interview with the National Catholic Register. "It's beautiful, and everyone should go to see it. Expect greatness."
Marian Events
Title: The Theotokos and her Role in Salvation
Topic: Scranton area Lenten Mission
Dates: March 16-20, 2020
Time: Reconciliation available starting at 6 p.m., Liturgy starting at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Multiple churches in the Scranton area--see link to More Information below for details
This Lenten Mission runs March 16 – 20, each night at a different church in the Scranton, Pa., area. The Mission theme is: "Theotokos and Her Role in Salvation." Each night liturgy starts at 6:30. Opportunity for Reconciliation/Confession starts at 6. After services, there will be time for light refreshment, fellowship, and discussion. Within the general mission theme, each night will focus on a specific aspect....
Mary in the Catholic Press
New Rector of National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Norfolk, United Kingdom (Zenit), January 27, 2020
The Rt Rev Mgr Canon Philip Moger is to become the next Rector of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Norfolk, United Kingdom. He will take up his new responsibilities in September 2020.
Mgr Moger’s appointment follows the end of the five-year term of office of the current Rector of the Shrine, the Rt Rev Mgr John Armitage.
Mgr Moger is a priest of the Diocese of Leeds and is currently the parish priest of St John Mary Vianney in Leeds.
The Bishop of Leeds, the Right Reverend Marcus Stock has sent a message to the clergy, religious and lay faithful of the Diocese of Leeds announcing this appointment.
In the message Bishop Stock says:
"As Mgr Moger's bishop, I am reluctant to see him leave us to minister outside of this diocese, albeit for a limited term of office; as a member of the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales though, I am delighted that we have a priest of such talent and ability leading one of the Catholic Church's important national institutions...."
Mary in the Secular Press
Miracle of the Sun occurs in Baltimore during Rosary (Defendlife.org website) Jan-Feb 2020
During the recent Fall Bishop's meeting in Baltimore, Defend Life and the Catholic Media Coalition sponsored two public Rosaries honoring Our Lady of America.
By way of background, the Blessed Mother appeared to Sister Mildred Neuzil on September 26, 1956, in Rome City, Indiana. She requested that a statue as she appeared to Sister Mildred be processed into the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, then under construction, in Washington, D.C., and properly venerated.
She promised that if this was done, America would become a role model for purity throughout the world. She also said the miracles that would occur in America as a result would exceed those of Fatima and Lourdes combined!
Even though this beautiful statue very much exists, it sadly has not yet been processed into the Shrine. Perhaps the chaos pervading the Church and America is a direct result of not fulfilling this simple request made sixty-three years ago by the Mother of God....
"Starbursts," spinning sun
About halfway through the Rosary, I looked toward the Baltimore Inner Harbor, south of where we were praying in a circle surrounding the kneeling Bishop Strickland. I saw a huge “rectangular” sun about one hundred times wider and thirty times taller than we normally see when taking a quick glance at the sun.
Surrounding this rectangular shape, I saw “star bursts.” I experienced absolutely no discomfort when viewing it. I could not take a picture because I had loaned my cell phone to a person who was recording the Rosary. At the end, before we disbanded, Mary Ann Harold, while weeping, told me she had seen the sun "spinning” during the Rosary....