After 400 years, the Valencia Cathedral has reintroduced the performance of the “Mystery of the Assumption of the Virgin” drama as part of the basilica’s festivities to celebrate the Aug. 15 Marian ...

From left to right, members of St. Mary’s Holy Names Society Orste Baiback, Michael Anostario and Mike Schuttig, along with Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara cross themselves in front of a statue of the ...

Here is further background on the day, including why it is important to the Catholic Church and traditional methods to celebrate the day. What does the Feast of the Assumption celebrate? How and where ...

August 15th is a holy day of obligation celebrating the Assumption of Mary, body and soul into heaven. On November 1, 1950 Pope Pius XII declared in Munificentissimus Deus (“The Most Bountiful ...

The Servants of Mary, Ministers to the Sick, is a Catholic community of sisters who dedicate their lives to caring for the ...

During his Angelus address on the solemnity of the Assumption, Pope Francis reminded Catholics that the Blessed Virgin Mary always “goes before us on the journey.” Reflecting on the first chapter of ...