Marian year

A Marian Year was proclaimed on special occasions by the respective reigning Pope and represents a special form of devotion to Mary

Marian Year 1953-1954

The first Marian Year 1953-1954 concerned the preparation of the century anniversary of the solemn proclamation of the Immaculate Conception ( Immaculata ) and was instituted by Pope Pius XII. announced. To this end, he used the encyclical Fulgens Corona on 8 September 1953. Seen in this context also the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary as a lasting reminder of the first Marian Year ( 1953-54 ) and with the 100th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.

Marian Year 1987-1988

The second Marian Year 1987-1988 was related to the 70th anniversary of the Marian shrine of Fatima and the Encyclical Redemptoris Mater ( Mother of the Redeemer ) of 25 March 1987., This Marian Year put the maternal cooperation of Mary in the redemption of the world under the participation of the Virgin Mary ( mother of Jesus) represents the immediate occasion for this Apostolic circular was the proclamation of the Marian Year of Pentecost 1987 to the feast of the bodily assumption of Mary into heaven in 1988 by Pope John Paul II

"All this to consider again and deepened ( abandoned ), which the Council of the Blessed Virgin and Mother of God in the mystery of Christ and the Church has said and what the considerations of this encyclical relate "

With the encyclical Redemptoris Mater, Pope John Paul II describes the meaning of the Marian year:

"Especially the special bond of humanity with this mother has caused me to cry out in time before the end of the second millennium since the birth of Christ in the Church, a Marian Year. [ ... ] In such a context is to serve the Marian Year to also consider all this again and deepens what the Council of the Blessed Virgin and Mother of God in the mystery of Christ and the Church has said and what the considerations of this encyclical relate. "

This Marian Year already presented the prelude to the two thousand year anniversary of the birth of Christ dar.

Marian Year 2002-2003

The "Year of the Rosary 2002/ 03" is sometimes referred to as the third Marian Year.

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