The Immaculate Conception, a solemnity celebrated on December 8, is the patronal feast of the United States.

The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception developed slowly through the centuries. Some divinely revealed truths take time for us to fully understand.

A majority of survey participants (74 percent) said devotion to Mary has either “strengthened” or “very much strengthened” ...

"Mary meets us everywhere. Even in the place or in the moment that we do not find anyone, Our Lady, Mary, is there." ...

St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore — founded in 1791 — is helping its seminarians become the best priests they can be.

An illumination from Hildegard von Bingen’s Scivias (1151), showing her receiving a vision ...

The Brown Scapular that was given to St. Simon Stock affirmed his mission to spread the Carmelite spirituality throughout the ...

Clear Creek Baptist Bible College’s campus will shift from the quiet routines of campus life in the summer to an atmosphere ...

May you and I come to see with an open and observant heart. As if for the first time. As if for the last time.

On July 16, 1251, the Virgin Mary appeared to Carmelite priest St. Simon Stock and presented him with a brown scapular.