Assumption of Mary

This Sunday, August 15, our brief fasting period ends as we celebrate another of our Twelve Great Feasts, the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God -- better known in the Western Church as the Assumption of Mary.

Scott Cairns: The Dormition of the Mother of God 2010

This Sunday, August 15, our brief fasting period ends as we celebrate another of our Twelve Great Feasts, the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God -- better known in the Western Church as the Assumption of Mary.

Scott Cairns: The Dormition of the Mother of God 2010

This Sunday, August 15, our brief fasting period ends as we celebrate another of our Twelve Great Feasts, the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God -- better known in the Western Church as the Assumption of Mary.

Scott Cairns: The Dormition of the Mother of God 2010

"I've really been pleasantly surprised at how well it's going," said the Rev. James Stenger, 56, pastor of Mary Queen of the Apostles, a newly formed parish created by the closing of Assumption of Mary and its merger with St. Peter the Apostle.

Church Closings Lead Catholics To Consider Merging Communities 2010

A committee for the Catholic Society is hoping to keep the Material Girl from taking to the stage in Warsaw on August 15, which coincides with the Assumption of Mary feast – a holy date in the Catholic Church.

Religious Group Protesting Madonna Concert In Poland 2009

August is also dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and on August 15th, the church celebrates the Assumption of Mary into heaven.

Recipes for August ~ Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Jessica 2009

The earliest references to the Assumption of Mary appear in the 4th (or possibly late 3rd) century in Liber Requiei Mariae (The Book of Mary's Repose).

You have taken her to yourself Fr Timothy Matkin 2008

The earliest references to the Assumption of Mary appear in the 4th (or possibly late 3rd) century in Liber Requiei Mariae (The Book of Mary's Repose).

Archive 2007-08-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007

The earliest references to the Assumption of Mary appear in the 4th (or possibly late 3rd) century in Liber Requiei Mariae (The Book of Mary's Repose).

Why I believe in the Assumption of Mary Fr Timothy Matkin 2007

PHILLIPS: Well, one reason people think it's the Virgin Mary, they say it first appeared on August 15th, when Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of Mary.

CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2007 2007