Marian Resources
Mary has a unique and privileged place in salvation history and in the Church. Because she responded yes to becoming the Mother of God, she is our first model of discipleship and our model of grace and trust in God.
The Story of Mary
Download The Story of Mary Book (PDF)
Intergenerational Event about Mary
Mary: The Yes That Changed the World
Marian Activities
Praying the Hail Mary with Actions
Marian Celebrations and Feast Days
Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (January 1)
Our Lady of Lourdes (February 11)
Arts & Faith: The Annunciation (March 25; Fourth Week of Advent in Cycle B)
May Crowning: A Reflection on a Marian Celebration
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (Day after Pentecost)
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (July 16)
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15)
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (September 8)
Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7)
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (November 21)
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (December 8)
Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)
The Rosary: Prayers and Mysteries
Creative Ways to Pray the Rosary
Reflecting on Praying the Rosary
The Rosary as a Tool for Meditation
Other Marian Prayers
3-Minute Retreat: God Is Enough
3-Minute Retreat: Nothing Is Impossible for God
3-Minute Retreat: The First Follower
3-Minute Retreat: Blessed Are You
For My Mother: A Child’s Prayer
A Journey with Mary and Joseph: A Child’s Prayer
More Information about Mary
Conversing with Mary, Colloquy-Style
10 Tips for Catechists from the Blessed Virgin Mary
According to Your Will: Mary’s “Yes” and Ours
Facing New and Uncertain Situations Like Mary: A Family Faith-Sharing Guide
Additional Resources about Mary and the Rosary
 | The Little Office of Jesus and Mary |  | A Book of Marian Prayers | |
 | Praying the Rosary (Loyola Learning Tools) |  | Hail Mary Accordion Book (Loyola Learning Tools) | |
 | Mary, Mother of Jesus | 
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 | Mary and the Saints Also available in Spanish | 
| Mary: Jesus' Mother—and Ours Also available in Spanish | |
 | The Rosary: A Path into Prayer |  | The Complete Rosary |
Pope Francis on Mary, the Mother of Us All
Vinita Hampton Wright reads an excerpt from The Church of Mercy by Pope Francis.
Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is the doctrine that Mary was preserved free from original sin from the first moment of her conception. Prior to the Middle Ages, there was no discussion of this idea. When the idea was suggested, prominent theologians, including Saints Anselm and Thomas Aquinas, opposed it.
Gradually, however, the idea took hold, and the 16th-century Council of Trent excluded Mary when it talked about original sin. On December 8, 1854, Blessed Pope Pius IX defined the Immaculate Conception as a dogma of the Catholic Church. Eight years earlier, the bishops of the United States had chosen Mary under the title of her Immaculate Conception to be patroness of their country. Thirty-one dioceses in the United States have adopted Mary of the Immaculate Conception as their patroness. Today the largest Catholic church in the Americas is the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.