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Who Is At The Manger?, Kayla Harris, Neomi Deanda Dec 2022

Who Is At The Manger?, Kayla Harris, Neomi Deanda

Marian Library Faculty Publications

For many Christians around the world, celebrating the Nativity, or the birth of Jesus Christ, is the most important part of the Christmas season.

Among the most common Christmas traditions are small sets of figures depicting Joseph, Mary and Jesus that are displayed in individual homes, and live reenactments of the manger scene in communities and churches. While Nativity sets focus on the holy family, they can also include an angel, the three wise men bringing gifts, shepherds or some barnyard animals.

Around the world, it is common to see particular cultural and religious traditions incorporated through the materials used, …


What Is The Rosary? Why A Set Of Beads And Prayers Are Central To Catholic Faith, Kayla Harris Oct 2022

What Is The Rosary? Why A Set Of Beads And Prayers Are Central To Catholic Faith, Kayla Harris

Marian Library Faculty Publications

It’s one of the most famous moments in modern Catholicism: the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. The Virgin Mary allegedly appeared to three Portuguese children in 1917, when much of the world was engulfed in World War I. Over a series of six appearances, Mary emphasized to these young shepherds that to bring peace, they should pray the rosary every day.

Devotion to the rosary already had a centuries-old history, and the Marian apparition at Fatima only deepened it. So what is a rosary, and why is it so important to many Catholics?


As War Rages, Some Ukrainians Look To Mary For Protection – Continuing A Long Christian Tradition, Kayla Harris Mar 2022

As War Rages, Some Ukrainians Look To Mary For Protection – Continuing A Long Christian Tradition, Kayla Harris

Marian Library Faculty Publications

Ukrainian clergy demonstrating against the war in their country have appeared in media coverage carefully holding an image of the Virgin Mary, her outstretched hands lifting up the edges of a cloak. These pictures depict a particular religious icon known as the “Pokrova” in which Mary’s veil – a “pokrova,” or “cover,” in Ukrainian – is a sign of protection.


Archiving Catholic Faith On The Web During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Kayla Harris, Stephanie Shreffler Mar 2021

Archiving Catholic Faith On The Web During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Kayla Harris, Stephanie Shreffler

Marian Library Faculty Publications

In the middle of March 2020, an undergraduate English class from the University of Dayton visited the Marian Library for hands-on learning with primary source materials related to miraculous cures at the Lourdes shrine in France. Students in the upper-level seminar course that focused on narrative, rhetoric, and medicine prepared for the visit by reading an article about the baths at Lourdes, where thousands of pilgrims have traveled annually since the 1870s for a chance to be cured by the holy water from a spring.1 As students examined photographs, copies of case files, and historical narrative accounts, several of them …


100 - Mary's Spiritual Maternity In Relation To Non-Christians, Rene Laurentin May 1963

100 - Mary's Spiritual Maternity In Relation To Non-Christians, Rene Laurentin

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099 - Selections From William Of Newburgh's Commentary On The Canticle Of Canticles, John Gorman Apr 1963

099 - Selections From William Of Newburgh's Commentary On The Canticle Of Canticles, John Gorman

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098 - The Meaning Of Lourdes, C. B. Daly Mar 1963

098 - The Meaning Of Lourdes, C. B. Daly

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097 - The Magnificat, Salvatore Garofalo Feb 1963

097 - The Magnificat, Salvatore Garofalo

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096 - The Value Of The Episcopal Declarations Concerning The Events Of Beauraing, Interview Over Radio Brussels, Edouard Ranwez Jan 1963

096 - The Value Of The Episcopal Declarations Concerning The Events Of Beauraing, Interview Over Radio Brussels, Edouard Ranwez

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095 - Mother Of The Mystical Body, Godfried Geenen Dec 1962

095 - Mother Of The Mystical Body, Godfried Geenen

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094 - The New Eve, Frank Duff Nov 1962

094 - The New Eve, Frank Duff

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093 - Mais De Uma Vez, Bendito Seja, Pius Xii Oct 1962

093 - Mais De Uma Vez, Bendito Seja, Pius Xii

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092 - Ubi Primum, Deiparae Virginis Mariae, Inter Complures, Pius Ix, Pius Xii May 1962

092 - Ubi Primum, Deiparae Virginis Mariae, Inter Complures, Pius Ix, Pius Xii

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091 - Mary's Influence In The Distribution Of Grace, Ralph J. Doorack Apr 1962

091 - Mary's Influence In The Distribution Of Grace, Ralph J. Doorack

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090 - Protestants, Catholics, And Mary, Marie-Joseph Nicolas Mar 1962

090 - Protestants, Catholics, And Mary, Marie-Joseph Nicolas

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089 - Jucunda Semper, Leo Xiii Feb 1962

089 - Jucunda Semper, Leo Xiii

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088 - Beauraing -- A Theological Study, Fernand Toussaint Jan 1962

088 - Beauraing -- A Theological Study, Fernand Toussaint

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087 - The Marianist Spirit, John A. Elbert Dec 1961

087 - The Marianist Spirit, John A. Elbert

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086 - Mary And The Church, Rene Laurentin Nov 1961

086 - Mary And The Church, Rene Laurentin

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085 - Our Lady Of Guadalupe, Coley Taylor Oct 1961

085 - Our Lady Of Guadalupe, Coley Taylor

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084 - The Encyclical Letters "Fidentem Piumque" And "Grata Recordatio", Leo Xiii, John Xxiii May 1961

084 - The Encyclical Letters "Fidentem Piumque" And "Grata Recordatio", Leo Xiii, John Xxiii

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083 - Mary And The Protestants, Augustine Cardinal Bea Apr 1961

083 - Mary And The Protestants, Augustine Cardinal Bea

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082 - Mary, Prototype Of Personification Of The Church, Clement Dillenschneider Mar 1961

082 - Mary, Prototype Of Personification Of The Church, Clement Dillenschneider

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081 - The Problem Of Method In Mariology, Rene Laurentin Feb 1961

081 - The Problem Of Method In Mariology, Rene Laurentin

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080 - The Dogma Of The Assumption In The Light Of The First Seven Ecumenical Councils, Gregory Cardinal Peter Xv Agagianian Jan 1961

080 - The Dogma Of The Assumption In The Light Of The First Seven Ecumenical Councils, Gregory Cardinal Peter Xv Agagianian

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079 - The Nature Of The Corredemptive Merit Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Gabriel M. Roschini Dec 1960

079 - The Nature Of The Corredemptive Merit Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Gabriel M. Roschini

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078 - Mary And The Church, Donal Flanagan Nov 1960

078 - Mary And The Church, Donal Flanagan

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077 - The Development Of Marian Doctrine, Emil Neubert Oct 1960

077 - The Development Of Marian Doctrine, Emil Neubert

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075 - Second Congress Of Sodalities -- World Federation, James J. Mcquade, John Xxiii, Louis Paulussen, Josette Beaubien, Robert A. Hays, Michael Tsu Jan 1960

075 - Second Congress Of Sodalities -- World Federation, James J. Mcquade, John Xxiii, Louis Paulussen, Josette Beaubien, Robert A. Hays, Michael Tsu

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076 - Dedication Of The National Shrine Of The Immaculate Conception, Norbert C. Brockman, John F. Noll, John Xxiii, Joseph E. Ritter, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Richard Cardinal Cushing, Karl J. Alter Jan 1960

076 - Dedication Of The National Shrine Of The Immaculate Conception, Norbert C. Brockman, John F. Noll, John Xxiii, Joseph E. Ritter, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Richard Cardinal Cushing, Karl J. Alter

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