War Liberal (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Visionary Marija Lunetti says Virgin Mary to visit her in Shelby County field on Thursday night - Breaking News from The Birmingham News - al.com
Magic Statistics (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The collect for today, the Festival of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (source): Almighty God, by whose grace Elizabeth rejoiced with Mary and greeted her as the mother of the Lord: look with favour, we beseech thee, on thy lowly servants, that, with Mary, we may magnify thy holy name and rejoice [...]
The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
An influential Vatican newspaper recently published an article calling for a return to images of the Virgin Mary breastfeeding the baby Jesus. The Catholic News Service reports: The loving, tender images of Mary breast-feeding the baby Jesus need an artistic...
Rise and Pray (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Reposted from Cusack's Norumblog : Ingrid Betancourt sees her children in person for the first time in over six years. I ngrid Betancourt has described her liberation as a “miracle from the Virgin Mary” and has revealed how prayer kept her going during her six years and five months in captivity, admitting that the temptation of suicide was ever-present. President Uribe gives credit where...
hear and now (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
here's another praise to Yemaya, Mother of God, Goddess of Water, Virgin Mary or Whatever. btw, my spiritual mother is on her way to you. relax, it's a good thing! :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a88-Tyl1gkI
auntie joanna writes (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
...at Aylesford Priory , with a range of good speakers, and attractive "extras" including an evening of music, and a guided tour of the magnificent Rochester Cathedral is to be held by the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary . Dates are Sept 5th-8th, and it sounds extremely good...I know a number of people in this Society including the Hon Sec, Fr Bill, who is also chaplain...
Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
... The finesse with which the ballerina took her audience through a thoroughly Biblical episode of Virgin Mary’s emotional journey on finding Christ crucified, her torment, her enlightenment were picturesquely depicted. To pure mime and song in a foreign idiom, she was able to bring out every expression to its fullest form. Lithe, subtle movements with the spotlight on the dancer conveyed...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sister Theresa Marie Shannon, 89, who for many years taught elementary school in the region and elementary and high school in Philadelphia, died Saturday at Lankenau Hospital. Sister Theresa Marie professed vows as a Sister of Mercy in 1940 and began her career teaching elementary school that year at St. Barbara School in Philadelphia. Over the years, she also taught at Maternity of the Blessed Virgin...
ThePolitic.com (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... invited me to join them. [While they prayed to Allah, I prayed to God with a few petitions to the Virgin Mary tossed in for extra points.] The second time was when a few Muslims — who arrived early for a separate event taking place in our church basement — knelt at the pews of our church and prayed with us during our mass. Each of these experiences praying alongside Muslims was very...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... afternoon we docked in Patmos. Haley took us on a walkign tour again to a church deicated to The Virgin Mary's mother Ann. Afterwards we walked around and then sat on the beach for a while before heading to the ship to get ready for our Contiki Cocktail party. My roommate Lindsay let me wear her fire engine red pointed toe shoes for the party which was quite fun actually!! Patirica...
Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
NEW YORK -- The clear cascade spilling over the rocks at this Bronx church grotto is New York City tap water, but the people who come here believe it heals. Every day, dozens flock to the stream beneath the statue of the Virgin Mary at St. Lucy's Roman Catholic Church, a replica of Our Lady of Lourdes in France where many believe miracles have unfolded. Toting empty baby bottles, flasks,...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
NEW YORK -- The clear cascade spilling over the rocks at this Bronx church grotto is New York City tap water, but the people who come here believe it heals. Every day, dozens flock to the stream beneath the statue of the Virgin Mary at St. Lucy's Roman Catholic Church, a replica of Our Lady of Lourdes in France where many believe miracles have unfolded. Toting empty baby bottles, flasks,...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... and all stunningly more present than sites we saw in greece just up the hill was the house of the virgin mary supposedly where mary was brought by st. john after jesus was killed it's a tiny humble abode two small rooms with hoards of pilgrims and heathen tourists alike since it was sunday they were doing mass outside in the heat in english there is a spring it is said if one...
Journal of a record collecting geek (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
...off to France today avec the wife and my father. We will be in the Pyrenees, watching Le Tour (entertainment for me and le père) and visiting Figeures (for the Dali Museum) and Lourdes (for religious crap and plastic virgin mary's) for the wife. I am excited, she is apprehensive but away we go in 4 hours. Huzzah The will be plenty of photos on my return.
Guide Bulgaria (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
The three most sacred Bulgarian miracle icons with the image of the Virgin Mary from the monasteries of Bachkovo , Troyan and Rila are already in Sofia , in the shrine and monument " St. Alexander Nevski ." The icons arrived in Sofia in armored ca...
