This week continues our multi-part series celebrating the many Faces in which we see and honor the Blessed Virgin Mary. The series explores the different ways we honor her, both in feasts and cultures and devotions across the world. While we will be taking a break from the Faces of Mary for now after this week’s episode, we’re still looking for testimonials on how you celebrate Mary in your parish. Do you celebrate her with a special feast Mass? Or maybe you provide a special set of novenas or other devotional. Or have you journeyed on a pilgrimage to honor our Blessed Mother. If any of this sounds like something you relate to, we want to hear from you! Email us with your Marian story at ministrymonday@npm.org. Your story could be featured in the coming weeks of the podcast.
The Faces of Mary continues this week with two stories of Our Lady, both from different cultures but similar in devotion. We start with Dr. Gerardo Ramos, or as many call him, Dr. G. Dr. G has obtained his Master’s and Doctorate program at the University of Texas- Austin, both in music. He is currently the Director of Spanish Language Publications for ILP. Today Dr. G shares his experiences celebrating and honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, both in Mexico, North America and the Americas as a whole
Our second and last interview for today’s episode comes from Christopher Ferraro. Chris is also the chair of the Pastoral Liturgy Interest Section on the NPM National Council. Chris is the Director of Music at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Lindenhurst, New York. You can probably guess why I’ve asked him to speak today. As his parish’s namesake, Chris celebrates large liturgies and celebrations honoring Our Lady of Perpetual Help each year. He was kind enough to share some insights and reflections with us today.
Thanks so much to Dr. G and Chris for sharing their connection to our Blessed Mother. This is only the beginning of our “Faces of Mary” series! There are so many beautiful ways to celebrate the Faces of our Lady, and we plan to continue offering “Faces of Mary” episodes in the coming months. Please feel free to email us your Marian stories anytime at ministrymonday@npm.org.
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