Pope Francis Inaugurates Memorial of "Mary, Mother of the Church"

Pope Francis Inaugurates Memorial of "Mary, Mother of the Church"

From Vatican News: 

Pope Francis has decreed that the ancient devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Mother of the Church, be inserted into the Roman Calendar.

The liturgical celebration, B. Mariæ Virginis, Ecclesiæ Matris, will be celebrated annually as a Memorial on the day after Pentecost.

In a decree released on Saturday by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinal Robert Sarah, its Prefect, said the Pope’s decision took account of the tradition surrounding the devotion to Mary as Mother of the Church.

Read more at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/2018/03/pope-francis-adds-new-marian-feast-roman-calendar/#lYkkI27Q8cTwG3rg.99

From Vatican News: 

Pope Francis has decreed that the ancient devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Mother of the Church, be inserted into the Roman Calendar.

The liturgical celebration, B. Mariæ Virginis, Ecclesiæ Matris, will be celebrated annually as a Memorial on the day after Pentecost.

In a decree released on Saturday by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinal Robert Sarah, its Prefect, said the Pope’s decision took account of the tradition surrounding the devotion to Mary as Mother of the Church.

Read more at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/2018/03/pope-francis-adds-new-marian-feast-roman-calendar/#lYkkI27Q8cTwG3rg.99

From Vatican News: 

Pope Francis has decreed that the ancient devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Mother of the Church, be inserted into the Roman Calendar.

The liturgical celebration, B. Mariæ Virginis, Ecclesiæ Matris, will be celebrated annually as a Memorial on the day after Pentecost.

In a decree released on Saturday by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinal Robert Sarah, its Prefect, said the Pope’s decision took account of the tradition surrounding the devotion to Mary as Mother of the Church.

Read more at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/2018/03/pope-francis-adds-new-marian-feast-roman-calendar/#lYkkI27Q8cTwG3rg.99

Vatican News has announced:
 

Pope Francis with an ancient Marian icon at the basilica of St. Mary Major

(Vatican Media)

  Pope Francis has decreed that the ancient devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Mother of the Church, be inserted into the Roman Calendar.
  The liturgical celebration, B. Mariæ Virginis, Ecclesiæ Matris, will be celebrated annually as a Memorial on the day after Pentecost.
  In a decree released on Saturday by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinal Robert Sarah, its Prefect, said the Pope’s decision took account of the tradition surrounding the devotion to Mary as Mother of the Church.

  The full news article is available thru the Vatican News link, as also is the decree itself.