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  • Mary, Queen of Mercy

    I looked back over The Marian Room archives and noticed that this is the third time we have published the following piece (though changed about in format) which is primarily sourced from St. Alphonsus Liguori. In this piece, Fr. Alphonsus instructs on the topic of Our Lady, the Queen of Mercy. The last time it was published was August of 2020; and…

  • Santa Claus: Catholic Bishop and Saint

    I wish you all a very happy feast of St. Nicholas, aka, Santa Claus. This Catholic bishop and saint is loved throughout the world; and I would like to promote this admiration by repeating his story via the posting of writings from the Catholic writers, Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira and Gilbert Keith Chesterton. First, from Professor Plinio Corrêa de…

  • Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner: Mariology in the Franciscan Order

    In May of 2018, I presented a piece about the golden thread of Marian devotion which has been weaved throughout the Franciscan Order. In this piece (read here) I addressed the work of the Franciscan priest and scholar, Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner (b. 1931- d. 2018).  Fr. Fehlner was an expert on the golden thread: it was his life’s work,…

  • Guzman on St. Maximilian Kolbe

    The following is a four year old article written by the Catholic convert Sam Guzman of The Catholic Gentleman on the heroic Marian saint of the last century, St. Maximilian Kolbe (b. 1894- d. 1941). This article which, by the way, is titled, Fire of Love: Lessons from St. Maximilian Kolbe, explains who Fr. Maximilian Kolbe was; and what makes…

  • Hail Motherhood!

    “After the war there will be many thousands of women who will need to live as Our Lady did after the crucifixion. A generation of mothers will need to know, with the heart, that “there is only one boy, Jesus Christ.” The world’s future will depend upon this, upon everyone’s realising that the survival of all that is worth the…