Children at St Mary’s primary school at Congleton in Cheshire start year of prayer for Mary
In his first pastoral letter, Bishop Mark Davies calls faithful to a year of prayer to Mary
On the feast of the Assumption of Mary, Pope Benedict explains that heaven is not a location in the cosmos
The Solemnity of the Assumption: Rev 11:19, 12: 1-6 & 10; 1 Cor 15:20-26; Lk 1:39-56
Their songs included powerful and touching hymns to Mary and to creation
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