Beliefs about Mary
Mary was conceived without Original Sin because she was to be the Mother of God.
What is the Immaculate Conception?
This Marian feast is normally celebrated on December 8th.
What is the Immaculate Conception?
Mary appeared to three shepherd children, Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta in Portugal in 1917.
Who is Our Lady of Fatima?
Flowers associated with purity. They represent Mary, but also appear in art held by other saints known for their purity.
What are lilies?
Angel who told Mary, "You will conceive in your womb and bear a son."
Who is Archangel Gabriel?
What is the Assumption?
Feast celebrated on September 8th. It's a girl!
What is the Birth of Mary?
Mary appeared to St. Juan Diego in 1531 and asked that a church be built where she could show her love to the people of the land.
The kind of flower that St. Juan Diego had in his mantle as a sign for the Bishop of Mexico.
What are (Castilian) roses?
Person who said to Mary at the Crucifixion, "Woman, behold your son."
Who is Jesus?
Mary never had any other children besides Jesus and her heart and body belonged to God completely before, during, and after Jesus was born.
What is Mary, Ever Virgin?
Feast celebrated on August 15th, when Mary was taken, body and soul, to heaven.
What is the Assumption?
She appeared to St. Bernadette in 1858 in France and told St. Bernadette to drink from a stream that still runs to this day.
Who is Our Lady of Lourdes?
In statues and paintings, Mary stands on the head of this creature, symbol of the devil.
What is a snake/serpent?
Woman who said, "Who am I that the mother of my Lord should come to me? At the sound of your greeting, the infant in my womb leaped for joy."
Who is Elizabeth?
Name for Mary in Greek because she is the Mother of God, the God-bearer. The first four letters are the same as the word meaning, the study of God.
What is Theotokos?
Feast celebrated on September 15th focusing on the sufferings of Mary.
What is Our Lady of Sorrows?
Mary appeared to St. Dominic and gave him the prayer we especially pray during the month of October, consisting of mysteries, Our Fathers, Hail Marys, and Glory Bes.
What is the rosary?
The color especially associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary. Hint: Sr. Agnes Maria always writes the names of Marian feasts in this color.
What is blue?
Person who told Mary, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
Who is Jesus?
The name of the first good news in Genesis 3:15, "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will strike your head, while you strike his heel."
What is the Protoevangelium?
Feast celebrated on November 21st concerning Mary when she was about 3 years old.
What is the Presentation of Mary?
Mary appeared to this Dominican Saint to encourage him to ask her for help in living his vocation. He taught St. Thomas Aquinas, is the patron saint of scientists, and has "great" added to his name.
Who is St. Albert the Great?
A purple flower that symbolizes Mary's seven sorrows. It looks like a spear before it blooms.
What is an iris?
Righteous and devout man who was in the temple when Mary and Joseph brought baby Jesus to present him in the temple. He said to Mary, "You yourself, a sword shall pierce."
Who is Simeon?