September 8, 2021 Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY The birth of our salvation In 431, bishops at the Council of Ephesus decreed Mary as Theotokos, a Greek word that means “God-bearer”—or, more commonly, “Mother of God.” Her birthday was celebrated at the beginning of the year—in Constantinople, the calendar began on September 1—because Mary’s […]
9/7/2021 – Bl. Maria Assunta Pallotta
Maria Assunta Pallotta (20 August 1878 – 7 April 1905), born Assunta Maria Pallotta, was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious who served as a member of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary and also as part of the missions to China; the latter proved to – as a minor inconvenience – to be troublesome due to the missionaries killed during the Boxer Rebellion.
September 8th – The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the day on which Christians East and West commemorate the birth of Mary, the Mother of God, was celebrated as early as the sixth century. We know that from the fact that Saint Romanos the Melodist, an Eastern Christian who composed many of the hymns […]