• O happy Virgin, you gave birth to the Lord; O blessed mother of the Church, you warm our hearts with the Spirit of your Son Jesus Christ.
  • Collegiate Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael the Archangel.
  • With the new decree, devotion to Mary as Mother of the Church now becomes an approved feast for the universal Church.
  • According to a late tradition, the parents of Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, were St. Joachim and St. Anne, natives of Bethlehem who lived in Nazareth.
  • The Council Fathers write about Nestorius: ..after his arrival to Ephesus where John the Theologian and the Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God…
  • (Psalm 118:27) In the course of her visit to Elizabeth, the Blessed Virgin spoke the words that form the principal hymn sung in her honor at the Matins service.
  • Another tradition states that she remained in Jerusalem. The belief that Mary's body was assumed into heaven is one of the oldest traditions of the Catholic Church.
  • The proper texts in English for the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church are provided below: Roman Missal.
  • Tuesday: 5:00 PMEnglishEnglishENThis Mass is followed by Eucharistic Adoration, Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion, Private Confessions and Benediction.