Radio Course - another way to keep up the research

"In these first days of the year (2008), we are invited to give attentive consideration to the importance of Mary's presence in the life of the Church and in our own lives. Let us entrust ourselves to Her that she may guide our steps in this new period of time the Lord has given us to live, and help us to be true friends of her Son and courageous architects of His Kingdom in the world, a Kingdom of light and truth".
Pope Benedict XVI


Mary and the Saints 101
6 ½ hour shows April 28, 2008 – May 31, 2008

This mini-course will explore “Mary as mother and teacher of the spiritual life” and likewise studies the various expressions of Mary’s place in the universal call to holiness, e.g., the “Marian thread” in the lives of the Saints, with a special emphasis on the new Saints and Blesseds of Pope John Paul II.

Week of April 27, 2008 - CLASS ONE – Annunciation - Mary’s Place in Scripture - St. Louis Mary de Monfort – Pier Giorgo Frassatti

Week of May 4. 2008 - CLASS TWO – St. Paul and Mary (Gal 2:4) – Mary’s Place in the History of the Church – St. Gianna Beretta Mola, Blessed Maria and Luigi Quatrocchi

Week of May 11, 2008 - CLASS THREE - Pentecost – Mary’s Role and Place in the Church - Our Lady of Fatima – St. Jacinta, St. Bernadette, St. Juan Diego

Week of May 18, 2008 - CLASS FOUR – Mark 3:31-35 Mary in the Mystery of the Trinity – The Dogmas – St. Francis of Assisi, Blessed Maria Gabriella of Unity,

Week of May 25, 2008 CLASS FIVE – John 19:25 – Role and place of Mary in the Church: Spiritual Motherhood and Mediation – Devotion to Mary – Blessed Mother Teresa, Edith Stein, Maximillian Kolbe, Kateri Tekawitha

(Saturday, May 31st) Week of June 1, 2008 CLASS SIX – Visitation – Mary and the Mission of the Church – St. Francis deSales, Louis and Zeli Martin, Blessed Frederick Ozanman


GOALS:

-TO TAKE MARY AS MOTHER AND TEACHER OF OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE AND WITH HER AND LIKE HER, IN THE LIGHT OF THE INCARNATION AND OF EASTER TO BE FIRMLY ON THE PATH TOWARDS GOD THROUGH CHRIST IN THE SPIRIT.

-THE COURSE INVITES US TO GROW INTO BECOMING LIVING EXPRESSIONS OF THE RADICAL MESSAGE OF THE GOOD NEWS, ESPECIALLY THE COMMANDMENT OF LOVE (JN. 15:12).

-WITH MARY AS OUR MOTHER AND TEACHER, WE ARE CALLED TO BE SAINTS IN THE MAKING FOR THE GLORY OF GOD - NOTHING LESS WILL DO!

Each ½ hour will cover briefly:
1. Daily Scripture pertinent to Marian Spirituality
2. Brief points for understanding Mary and her role in the Church and in our lives today.
3. Saints or Blesseds of the day – Brief point on their Mariology and/or the Marian thread in their lives.
4. Prayer

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Thought for the day ... G. GiaquintaThere can only be a universal call to holiness in as much as there is an individual call – a call of each person to holiness (Servant of God, Bishop Giaquinta).

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