Marian Dogmas
This is the name of the dogma that states that Mary remained a virgin even after she gave birth to Jesus.
What is Mary's Perpetual Virginity?
This is the total number of mysteries of the rosary that can be prayed.
What is 20?
At this Marian Apparition three shepherd children were instructed to "pray the rosary every day."
Who is Our Lady of Fatima?
These are Mary's parents.
Who are Anne and Joachim?
This baby leaped inside Elizabeth's womb when the pregnant Blessed Mother showed up at Elizabeth’s house.
Who is John the Baptist?
The Immaculate Conception refers to this person's conception.
Who is the Virgin Mary? (Mary was concieved in her mother Anne's womb without sin).
This is the 5th sorrowful mystery.
What is the crucifixion and death of Christ?
Mary appeared as this title 18 times to St. Bernadette.
Who is the Immaculate Conception? (Our Lady of Lourdes)
In the Old Testament, these three things were contained in the Ark of the Old Covenant.
What are the manna bread from heaven, the stone tablets of the Law (the 10 Commandments), and the staff of Aaron the hight priest of Israel?
Mary refers to herself as this in Luke 1:38.
What is "the handmaid of the Lord"?
This feast celebrates Mary being taken into Heaven body and soul.
What is the Assumption of Mary? ("At the Council of Chalcedon in 451, when bishops from throughout the Mediterranean world gathered in Constantinople, Emperor Marcian asked the Patriarch of Jerusalem to bring the relics of Mary to Constantinople to be enshrined in the capitol. The patriarch explained to the emperor that there were no relics of Mary in Jerusalem, that "Mary had died in the presence of the apostles; but her tomb, when opened later . . . was found empty and so the apostles concluded that the body was taken up into heaven."
The rosary as we know it was given to this Saint by Mary in a vision in 1214.
Who is St. Dominic?
This title for Mary became well-known following her appearances in Rwanda in 1980.
Who is Our Lady of Kibeho? (She appeared 13 years prior to the Rwandan genocide)
On this date we celebrate the Feastday of the Queenship of Mary.
What is August 22nd? ("The Queenship of Mary is a Marian feast day in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church, created by Pope Pius XII. On October 11, 1954, the pontiff pronounced the new feast in his encyclical Ad caeli reginam." ... "In 1969, Pope Paul VI moved the feast day to August 22, the former Octave day of the Assumption in order to emphasize the close bond between Mary's Queenship and her glorification in body and soul next to her Son. The Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the Church states that 'Mary was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen of the universe, that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son' (Lumen gentium, 59)."
Meaning of the word "rosary".
What is rose garden? ("As the tradition of the rosary developed, so did the reference of using “beads” to pray. The English word “bead” comes from the Middle English word 'bede,' which literally means 'a prayer.'" The word rosary itself comes from the Latin 'rosarium,' meaning a garden or garland of roses. During the Middle Ages, agriculture metaphor was common. Writing often drew comparisons to plowing a field, and collecting prayers was seen as growing a garden or arranging a bouquet. In the most literal sense, the rosary is a 'garden' or 'bouquet' of prayers."
The declaration of the most important Marian dogma, that Mary is the Mother of God, emerged from this council in 431.
What is the Council of Ephesus? (The Council solemnly confirmed Mary's title "Theotokos" (God-bearer), Mother of God
The Luminous Mysteries were added to the rosary by St. John Paul the II in this year. (within 5 years)
What is 2002?
This part of our Lady of Guadalupe's clothing shows that she is anticipating the birth of God's only son.
What is the dark ribbon above her womb? The Spanish expression is encinta, "adorned with ribbon."
The Ark of the Covenant in Rev. 11:19 refers to this person.
Who is the Virgin Mary? (This is one Scripture passage that points to Mary being in Heaven body and soul (see Rev. 12:1-2) Catholic Answers: "When St. John views the temple in heaven, he is not viewing the Old Testament temple. He is viewing the true temple, which is Christ’s body. In the same way, St. John is not seeing the Old Covenant ark. He sees the new and true Ark of the Covenant. And remember: this would not just be talking about Mary but Mary’s body! It was Mary’s body that housed the Son of God, the fulfillment of the various types of Christ that were contained in the Old Covenant ark" [i.e. The Manna => The Bread from Heaven, The tablets of the Law => The body of Jesus Christ, the word of God in the flesh, and the staff of Aaron the priest => Jesus is the actual and eternal High Priest
What Mary told the servants to do when Jesus turned the water into wine.
What is "His mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.” (John 2:5). The servants intercede through Mary. Mary points us to her son.
In this 1854 Apostolic Consitution, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, stating: "The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin" (CCC 491).
Ineffabilis Deus ("God Ineffable")
On October 7th we celebrate our Lady of the Rosary, a feast day that was originally know as Our Lady of Victory. This victory that occurred on October 7, 1571, is celebrated.
What is the Holy League's defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lepanto?
In 1859, Mary appeared to Adele Brise in this state, which is the only approved Marian Apparition in the USA, Our Lady of Champion.
What is Wisconsin?
In this 1950 Apostolic Constitution, Pope Pius XII proclaimed the Assumption of Mary a dogma of the Catholic Church. He said: "Finally the Immacualte Virgin, preserved free from all stain of sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, so that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords and conqueror of sin and death" (CCC 966).
What is Munificentissimus Deus ("The most bountiful God")?
When Mary and Joseph presented Jesus in the Temple, this person said to Mary: “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted (and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
Who is Simeon? (Luke 2:34-35)