their unknown future to the Mother of Jesus. Salve Regina, Mater misericordiae! Vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve! As I would climb the steep hill of Chemin Neuf (or “new way” in English), I always marveled

religious life." (Vatican II, Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions, Nostra Aetate n. 2). The Men-Worshipers aim to bring more men to our parishes, men who are true, spiritual

deliver a powerful, emotional appeal to the Church to stand up to the Mafia. Describing the Cosa Nostra as “a culture of death” and “an enemy of human dignity and civil peace,” he exclaimed. “In the name

an ordinary institution but found a new homeland. This is the meaning of its motto: Legio patria nostra (the Legion is our homeland). The men come mostly from foreign countries, and many have a painful

misericordiae; vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae. Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos

A friend suggested that I create a stylized picture of Mary Undoer of Knots and call it Advocata Nostra (our advocate): my associate was delighted! For the past 6 months, this magnificent painting of 1m

appeared in Zaragoza, Spain, while still on earth The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar (Nostra Senora del Pilar) in Zaragoza, Spain, is the oldest Marian shrine in Europe, built well before the

grace do her work." Adapted from A.M. Weigl, Ein Mutterherz für alle Published in "Sanctificatio nostra," June 1951