August 15 – Assumption/Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
August 8, 2009
August 15 is the day that Catholics have long celebrated what is called the Dormition (falling asleep) or Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The Feast of the Assumption celebrates both the happy departure of Mary from this life by her natural death, and her assumption bodily into heaven. We do know some important facts about [...]
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