International Marian Research Institute

Lotfian-Mena, S. "Soundtracking 'Blue Beetle': Theological Imagery in the Superhero Movie HTI Open Plaza (blog). Nov. 13, 2023.

DeAnda, N. "Spilling the T: Chisme Call and Response" Wabash Center for Teaching in Religion and Theology (blog). Nov. 13, 2023.

DeAnda, N. "Red Alert!" HTI Open Plaza (blog). March 12, 2021.

We also have several posts on the Marian Library blog, as well as in the blog archive.

DeAnda, N. (2025): "Pope Leo XIV has much work ahead on equality, labor, and migration," in English and en español, El País, May 14, 2025.

DeAnda, N. (2025): "A Pope of the Americas: What Francis Meant to 2 Continents," The Conversation, May 5, 2025.

Dodd, G. (2025): "Santidad de María en la Sagrada Familia. Trinidad en el Cielo y Trinidad en la Tierra," Estudios Marianos 91 (2025): 53-67.

Quintero, J. (2025): "Chisme and Dialogue," The Chisme Symposium, February 26, 2025.

DeAnda, N. (2025): "The Magnificat: Gen Z Spill the T Version," with Sabina Marroquin, University of Dayton, Changing Scholarship Blog Series, The Wabash Center, February 6, 2025.

Brownsmith, E. (2024): "Noah’s Wife and Her Gossips" The Chisme Symposium Podcast, December 12, 2024.

DeAnda, N. (2023). "A Reflection for Palm Sunday Woven reflections: sustainability, simplicity, social sin" New York: NY: Commonweal Magazine, April 1.

Harris, K. and DeAnda, N. (2022) "Who is at the manger? Nativity sets around the world show each culture's take on the Christmas story" Melbourne, Australia: The Conversation, Dec. 20.

DeAnda, N. (2022). "Rejoice in Mary's Sensuality: Reflection for Gaudete Sunday" New York: NY: Commonweal Magazine, Dec. 10.

DeAnda, N. (2022). Women in the Church Discussion Guide. Commonweal Magazine, August.

DeAnda, N. (2021). "Life as a Lay Marianist" New York: NY: Commonweal Magazine, November.

DeAnda, N. (2021). "Mary in Fratelli Tutti" International Organization of Marianist Lay Communities Newsletter, July.

DeAnda, N. (2020). Reconsidering Chisme, An Open Letter to Pope Francis. New York: NY: Commonweal Magazine.

Republished COMMONWEAL Conversation Starter Series 2020-21 (Oct. 20, 2021). Commonweal Magazine, p. 34-36.

Republished COMMONWEAL Conversation Starter Series on Women (August 2022). Commonweal Magazine.

DeAnda, N. (2020). Gilberto Cavazos-González, OFM, Tr. Reconsiderando el ‘chisme,' construyendo un diálogo más inclusivo. Princeton, New Jersey: HTI Open Plaza.

Dodd, G. F. "Jesus' earthly dad, St. Joseph - often overlooked - is honored by Father's Day in many Catholic nations." June 16, 2022.

By Neomi De Anda

• “Reaction to Pope Leo XIV,” KNX-AM (Los Angeles). 
• “New Pope, a Chicago native, vows to lift ordinary people,” NewsNation.
• “What the New Pope's Social Media Posts Point to About His Politics,”
  U.S. News & World Report.
• “The Catholic Church's Conclave and the Legacy of Pope Francis,” WOSU (Columbus, OH).
• “Who Deserves to Be the Next Pope?,” Michigan's Big Show.
• “As Conclave Looms, Major Catholic Nations May be Passed Over Again,” USA TODAY.
• “Pope Francis Remembered by Miami Valley Catholics for Humility, Compassion,” WHIO-TV (Dayton, OH).
• “Pope Francis' Death: Where Will He Be Buried?,”  Fox News
• “Pope Francis Dies at 88,” NewsNation.
• “Remember Pope Francis,” KNX-AM (NPR Los Angeles).
• “Remembering Pope Francis' Legacy,” Spectrum News 1 (Ohio).
• “University of Dayton Shares What Could be Next in Filling Pope Francis' Seat,” ABC and Fox Dayton 24/7 Now.
• “Pope Francis' Legacy Felt in Miami Valley Through Local Cardinal Ties,” ABC and Fox Dayton 24/7 Now.
• “Todos, Todos, Todos: Pope Francis & the Marginalized,” (A roundup of articles about Pope Francis, which includes “Reconsidering ‘Chisme’: Building a more inclusive dialogue,” Commonweal.)
• “Interview Recounting the life of Pope Francis,” Univision Radio El Bueno, La Mala, y El Feo.
• “As the first Latin American Pope, Francis Shifted the Catholic Church's Center,” Religion News Service.
• “Pope Francis Focused on ‘This world.’ He Angered Some, and Inspired Many Others,” The Christian Science Monitor.

By Gloria Dodd

• And Kayla Harris, “The Two Marys” in a Time magazine special  issue on Jesus, December 2024..
• “Medjugorje Pilgrims Encouraged, Relieved By New Vatican Document: Rome Doesn’t Endorse Supernatural Origins of Messages, But Does Authorize Devotion and Pilgrimages” in the National Catholic Register, September 20, 2024. 
• “What You Need to Know About the Vatican's Medjugorje Decision,” for EWTN News in Depth, September 20, 2024.
• “Miracle Hunter” on ETWN Radio, October 5, 2024. Her 21-minute interview starts at minute 7:50 in this podcast.
• “Marian Apparitions and the recently published Norms for their Discernment” on All Things Marian podcast on July 25, 2024. 
• “A Liberatory Look at Marian Apparitions,” U.S. Catholic.
• “Remembering Pope Francis,” Fox 5 (Washington, DC).
• “Catholic cardinals gathering to choose successor to Pope Francis,” ABC and
  Fox Dayton 24/7 Now.

DeAnda, N. Bañuelas, A. "El Paso: One Year Later (Part 1)" Commonweal Podcast. (July 31, 2020). Episode nominated for 2021 Broadcast Award of the Religion News Association.

DeAnda, N. "Episode 9 of Sacred Stories" Office of Christian Leadership, Vocation, and Retreats. (Dec. 14, 2020).

Dodd, G.F. "Marian Apparitions of the 20th Century: Approved, Condemned, and Unapproved." Interviewed by Michele Foley. Living with Mary Today, Radio Maria, USA. June 15, 2023.

Dodd, G.F. "Marian Apparitions: What they are and how they get approved by the Catholic Church." Interviewed by Michele Foley. Living with Mary Today, Radio Maria, USA. June 8, 2023.

Dodd, G.F. "Approved Marian Movements in the Catholic Church." Interviewed by Michele Foley. Marian Studies and Spirituality, Radio Maria, USA. July 28, 2022.

Dodd, G.F. "Marian Baby Customs." Interviewed by Michael Duricy. Marian Studies and Spirituality, Radio Maria, USA. May 6, 2021.

Dodd, G.F. "Our Lady of Loretto." Interviewed by Michael Duricy. Marian Studies and Spirituality, Radio Maria, USA. Dec. 10, 2020.

Dodd, G.F. "The Mariological Society of America: A History and a Future." Interviewed by Michael Duricy. Marian Studies and Spirituality, Radio Maria, USA. May 21, 2020.

Also listen to our podcast All Things Marian.

By Sebastien Abalodo, S.M. 

• "The Purification of Mary: Relevance and Challenges," Marian Forum Keynote, February 3, 2025. 

By Esther Brownsmith

• "Noah's Wife and Her Gossips" The Chisme Symposium, October 16, 2025.

By Neomi De Anda

• "Early Commentary on Leo XIV's Papacy," College Theology Society, May 30, 2025.
• "Entering Ministry Interculturally," Inaugural session for the Claretian Pastoral Institute on September 13, 2024.
• "What Mary's Magnificat teaches us about being women of the Magnificat," Marianist Women's Summit, October 26, 2025.
• Response to "'Mary's Grandsons': Marian Legitimacy and the Reinvention of Native Pasts against Spanish Imperial Pressure by Amanda Valdés Sánchez," Newberry Seminar, March 7, 2025.
• Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School's Employee Inservice Day, Hollywood, FL, March 17, 2025.
• "Tapping Divinity: Mary's ‘Yes' as a Form of Human Communication," Catherine of Sienna Lecture at Ohio Dominican University, April 24, 2025.
• "High Level Overview of Research Themes," Lilly Endowment Incorporated, Religion Division with the Louisville Institute Advisory Board, May 3 2025.
• "Mary and Social Justice," St. Benedict the Moor Church, Dayton, OH, May 18, 2025.
• Participant in "Special Session: Habemus Papum! Initial Thoughts on Pope Leo XIV," College Theology Society, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, May 31, 2025.

By Gloria Dodd

• "Queen of Peace: The Complex Case of Medjugorje," Presidential Address, Mariological Society of America, May 20, 2025.
• "Marian Bibliography for 2024," Mariological Society of America, May 21, 2025.
• "Introduction to St. Louis de Montfort's True Devotion to Mary and Total Consecration," St. Albert the Great Church, Kettering, Ohio. February 13, 2025.
• "The Secret of Mary," Co-presenter, St. Albert the Great Church, Kettering, Ohio, February 20, 2025.
• "Renunciation of the World," Co-presenter, St. Albert the Great Church, Kettering, Ohio, February 27, 2025.
• "Knowledge of Self," Co-presenter, St. Albert the Great Church, Kettering, Ohio. March 6, 2025.
• "Knowledge of Mary," Co-presenter, St. Albert the Great Church, Kettering, Ohio, March 13, 2025.
• "Knowledge of Jesus Christ," Co-presenter, St. Albert the Great Church, Kettering, Ohio, March 20, 2025.

By Jason King

• "Value and Vision: Catholic Higher Education Today," December 4, 2024.

By Julio Quintero

• "Chisme and Dialogue," The Chisme Symposium, February 26, 2025.

DeAnda, N. "Pesame de Nuestra Señora de Dolores" Communidad de los Santos 24, April 15, 2021.

Dodd, G.F., Narrator and Artistic Team. Holy Rosary: Luminous Mysteries. University of Dayton. Youtube Channel. Aug. 12, 2022.

Dodd, G.F., Narrator and Artistic Team. Holy Rosary: Sorrowful Mysteries. University of Dayton Youtube Channel. May 27, 2022.

Dodd, G.F., Narrator and Artistic Team. Holy Rosary: Joyful Mysteries. University of Dayton Youtube Channel. Dec. 18, 2021.

Dodd, G.F., Narrator and Artistic Team. Holy Rosary: Joyful Mysteries. University of Dayton Youtube Channel. July 4, 2021.

DeAnda, N. St. Thomas More Center at Yale University Latinx Lecture "Communion and World Hunger: Mary, Breast Milk, Synodality, and CELAM" Dec. 3, 2023.

DeAnda, N. Pastoral Juvenil Arquidiocesis de Los Angeles "Conversando Con la Pastoral Juvenil" (June 23, 2020).

• DeAnda, N., Chisme Symposium – Creator and Manager, August 2022-Present.
• DeAnda, N., Mary of the Americas – Creator and Manager, May 2018- Present