Here is further background on the day, including why it is important to the Catholic Church and traditional methods to celebrate the day. What does the Feast of the Assumption celebrate? How and where ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin celebrates the belief that at the end of her earthly life, Mary was "taken up body and soul into ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin celebrates the belief that at the end of her earthly life, Mary was "taken up body and soul into ...

On Aug. 15, Catholics around the world mark the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into heaven. But while the feast day, a solemnity, is a relatively new one, ...

Today the Church turns aside from her triennial pilgrimage through John 6, the great Eucharistic chapter with the “bread of life” discourse, where we’ve spent the past few weeks, to celebrate a ...

Assumption Day: 10 things to know about Blessed Virgin Mary Assumption On August 15, Catholics around the world mark the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption ...

Readings (Mass during the Day): 1 Chronicles 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2 1 Corinthians 15: 54b-57 Luke 11:27-28 Readings (Vigil): Revelation 11:19a; 12: 1-6a, 10ab 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 Lk 1:39-56 The ...

One reads the prize-winning author Rachel Cusk for perspectives rather than plots. Her recent novels do not even flesh out her characters. It is as if she were telling parables; too much detail would ...