Tuesday 8 December 2015

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

Pope Pius IX defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854.

 Blessed Duns Scotus defending the Dogma in 1305

We are celebrating Low Mass today at 12 noon 
on this lovely feast of the 
Immaculate Conception of Our Blessed Lady.
Its particularly relevant to our parish dedication to St Catherine Labouré
and the Miraculous Medal, 
which will be part of our focus for the Jubilee Year of Mercy,
as it has so often been associated with bringing people back to the Faith.




1 comment:

Orlando Bosca said...

El rayo de luz sobre Pio IX no es una licencia poética del artista sino la fiel reproducción de un hecho milagroso atestiguado por los presentes y documentado posteriormente. También un hecho milagroso acomañó la proclamación del dogma de la asunción de María al cielo, cuando Pio XI contempló reiteradamente la danza del sol sobre los jardines vaticanos...