Assumption of Mary
The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever-Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.
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The Blessed Virgin Mary
Marian titles and the Church-approved apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever-Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.
Mary, in the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, was preserved free from all stain of original sin.
Mary is honored as the Mother of God because the one she bore is the eternal Son of God made man. This is the most fundamental of all Marian titles.
Mary venerated under the title given at her 1917 apparitions to three shepherd children at Fátima, Portugal.
Patroness of the Americas. Mary appeared to St. Juan Diego in 1531 at Tepeyac, leaving her image miraculously imprinted on his tilma.
Mary venerated under the title given at her 1858 apparitions at Lourdes, where she declared, 'I am the Immaculate Conception.'
Mary venerated as patroness of the Carmelite Order and giver of the Brown Scapular.
Mary venerated through the celebrated Byzantine-style icon entrusted to the Redemptorist order.
Mary as Mater Dolorosa, the Sorrowful Mother, who shared in her Son's Passion. Seven sorrows are traditionally honored.
Mary venerated under the title revealed in 1830 through the medal she requested of Saint Catherine Labouré.