News – New Groundswell for Marian Coredemption |
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Ave Maria! Recent initiatives in support of the Dogmatic Declaration of Marian Coredemption are springing up like May flowers in this Month of Mary and are the fruit of many years of dialogue and theological discussion organized by the Hierarchy, the Franciscans of the Immaculate, and Vox Popoli Mariae Mediatrici. This movement is supported by a wide range of theologians and lay people, and the initiatives have five main thrusts: Hierarchical, Theological, Popular Apologetical, a Video Series on the internet, and a Lay Petition drive. Hierarchical:A symposium was held on May 3rd to the 7th, 2005 in Fatima, Portugal, led by five Cardinals which the Franciscans of the Immaculate helped arrange. The gathering of over fifty bishops from around the world, including five cardinals, resulted in a book written by the nine cardinals listed bellow.
This book along with a petition by over forty Cardinals and Bishops in support of the dogma was presented to Pope Benedict XVI on June 3, 2006, by… His Eminence, Telesphore Cardinal Toppo of Ranchi, India Theological Symposia:Here are just some of the Marian Theologians that have attended past International Coredemption Symposia in England and Fatima, Portugal, between 2000 and 2006:
These symposia resulted in the following 6 books available from Marymedatrix.com with a 7th book on the way:
And, the 8th International Symposium in this series is coming up in July 17-20, 2007 in Fatima, Portugal. See Video With over 10 Cardinals, 40 Bishops and 60 major Marian Theologians, these events clearly out-weigh the 1996 Czestachowa Commission which came to a negative conclusion but had serious deficiencies and no hierarchy in attendance. Popular Conference:Upcoming Marian Coredemption Conference in Greenwood, Indiana, Oct 13, 2007. See Video
Upcoming Video Series:Stay tuned to Air Maria for Dr. Miravalle’s new Series on Coredemption in June.
Petition Drive:
an initiative by Dr. Mark Miravalle at Vox Popoli for a popular petition to Pope Benedict XVI. Let your voice be heard!!
The Saints:
Letter of Endorsement for the Papal Definition of Mary Co-redemptrix, Mediatrix, Advocate , Mother Teresa of Calcutta, August 14, 1993. Read what 20th Century Saints and Blesseds have to say about this doctrine in this Hagiography compiled by Fr. Stefano Manelli, founder of the Franciscans of the Immaculate. Saints:
Blesseds:
And, finally, read what many others are saying. Mother Mary, in our troubled times may we have the grace to call you Coredeemer, Mediatrix and Advocate! Ave Maria! Related posts |
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May 18th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
This is the best coverage on Co-Redemption and the 5th Dogma explained.
The bottom line is…. Mother Mary can resist nothing we ask of her, and Jesus can resist nothing she asks of Him. So if we ask her to intercede with Him for us….. it’s a win win! (Just try it, sincerely, and you will always have an advocate!)
Those who mistakenly think that this event means we are worshiping Mary are misguided. Our Lady wants nothing for herself, but she will always listen, and then direct us to her Son.
When we think about the hearts of Jesus and Mary we can rely on this truth:
Through hers our prayer is always heard… through His our life is won!
If the Holy Father would confirm Our Lady as Co-redemptrix, Mediatrix of all graces, and Advocate, the world will be headed for peace.
Please let’s let the Holy Father know, we want the 5th dogma proclaimed!
Ave Maria! and God Bless you!
May 19th, 2007 at 5:42 am
I applaud the work being done on Coredemption and have understood it and believed in it from my childhood. It is not ‘rocket science’ and is Scripturally based. If we read the Gospels and accept them; accept what Our Lord and Savior either did or said, in order to save our souls, then the blueprint is there. Jesus came to show us how to save our souls and he came to us through Mary. It is not a stretch to think we should take the same return route…through Mary.
May 21st, 2007 at 11:48 am
Ave Maria!
There is quite a debate concering this post on Free Republic . There are now almost 2000 views and over 200 replies and these are from Protestants, Catholics and Eastern Orthodox.
Further, there are also some threads going on at Catholic blogs:
American Papist .
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
And on Mark Shea’s site there is an older thread that I just discovered
And one Protestant site Pulpit Magazine in the comments
If you can please log onto these sites and make a small comment in support of the Coredemption. This will show your support and keep the debate going. The more important debate right now is Free Republic . The easiest sites to log onto are the other ones listed above. And, again, please pass this on to everyone on your mail list. This is big!! Thanks
In the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
Fra Roderic