Catholic Dads Headquarters: 8/1/14

August 15 - Solemnity of the Assumption
American Catholic

"In giving birth you kept your virginity; in your Dormition you did not leave the world, O Mother of God, but were joined to the source of Life. You conceived the living God and, by your prayers,

will deliver our souls from death."

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church

Resources

Activity

Catholic Activity: Celebrating the Feasts of the Blessed Virgin (Catholic Culture)

Apps

Music and Podcast

For your spiritual edification (MP3 Downloads)
Mary’s Assumption - Busted Halo
Rosary Army Podcast (iTunes)

Prayer

Assumption Novena (Pray More Novenas)
For the Assumption of Mary (Catholic Online)

Research

The Marian Library / International Marian Research Institute (University of Dayton)
Bibliography of Marian Works (The Marian Library, University of Dayton)
Document and Audio Library (EWTN)

Teaching

Children

Grades 1 through 8 (Loyola Press)

Adult

The Body Matters: Reflections on the Assumption of Mary (Fr. Robert Barron)
What is the Doctrine of the Assumption (Jim Van Vurst, O.F.M.)
The fact of the Assumption (New Advent)
"The doctrine of Mary'’s Assumption is firmly rooted in Sacred Scripture and Tradition, and this constant teaching was infallibly defined as a dogma of the Catholic faith by Pope Pius XII in 1950" (Emmaus Road Publishing)
Defining the Dogma of the Assumption (Vatican)
Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary’s Dormition and Assumption (Stephen J. Shoemaker)
Dogma of the Assumption of Mary -- Pius XII (Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio)
Mary's Assumption: Irrelevant and Irreverent? (Mark Brumley)