Please share your prayer intentions for remembrance in our annual Assumption Novena of Masses beginning Sunday, August 6. Throughout the nine days, we will call to mind Our Lady’s Assumption into heaven, declared as official dogma of the Church in 1950 by Pope Pius XII. This year’s August 15 feast day readings highlight Mary as the Ark of the New Covenant, the queen who takes her place at God’s right hand, and one who is blessed because she hears the word of God and observes it. 

Ask heaven’s favored daughter to lift up your prayers into God’s presence during the Solemnity observance. You may also request a Votive Light to burn as a sign of your prayerful presence for this joyous feast. Your intentions will be remembered through the Solemnity of the Assumption Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal on Tuesday, August 15 at 12:10 p.m., CT.  Read Father Kevin’s letter about the Assumption.