Eve, a virgin and undefiled, conceived the word of the serpent and bore disobedience and death. But the Virgin Mary received faith ... and who in hymns august celebrate the memory, which will ...

On Sept. 12, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The feast was officially instituted by Pope Innocent XI, and the celebration dates back to ...

These events even have musical traditions: Sir Edward Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance March I” at graduations; Marian hymns during ... pays honor to the Blessed Virgin and brings such rich ...

For many decades, the lovely words and melody of the hymn Bring Flowers ... of Crowning an Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary,” the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the precursor to ...