| | This is the first year EVER for Mary Mother of the Church feast day! |
| The title Mother of the Church (Mater Ecclesiae) has been used in devotion to Mary by her Christian children since ancient times, but on March 3rd, 2018, Pope Francis decreed that a new feast day, the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, will now be celebrated every year in the Roman calendar on the Monday after Pentecost. In honor of this rare event - the first celebration of a new feast day - Catholic to the Max is proud to release:
A free Mary Mother of the Church Holy Card |
| | About the Image
Mary is seen here in a famous and widely-used symbolic pose, extending her mantle outward to cover and protect faithful Christians taking refuge in her motherly care. Below the clouds and under Mary's extended mantle is St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, a symbol of the entire Universal Church. While the historical Mother of Christ was likely very short in physical stature, here Mary is easily the largest figure in the painting, towering over the grown men and the Church she cares for. Depicting the Blessed Mother with significant physical size is an intentional and symbolic gesture used by many artists in their greatest Marian works, including Michelangelo's Pieta. "Our tainted nature's solitary boast," as Mary was described by the poet William Wordsworth, is shown here in the greatness of her maternal role toward Christ and all mankind.
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| | This special edition holy card is free on catholictothemax.com with unlimited availability until tomorrow, May 21st.
These holy cards come in paper packs of 50.
Order up to 300 packs (that's 15,000 cards!), so long as you will use and distribute them. All we ask is that you pay shipping costs - we will make no money on this.
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| | Need more for your celebration? Framed art and other holy cards are also available here!
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Offer expires 5/21/18, 11:59PM EST
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