title: Manual for Marian Devotion
author: The Dominican Sisters of Mary
description: <DIV>The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, is a Dominican Community of Women Religious based in Ann Arbor, Michigan and founded in 1997 to spread the witness of Religious Life in accord with Pope St. John Paul II&#39;s vision for the New Evangelization. Through the Sisters&rsquo; profession of the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, along with a contemplative emphasis on Eucharistic adoration and Marian devotion, the Community exists for the salvation of souls and the building up of the Church throughout the world. As Dominicans, the Sisters&#39; primary apostolate, the education and formation of young people from pre-kindergarten through college, also reaches out to the modern culture with a variety of new forms of evangelization including the employment of a wide variety of media activities. The Community&rsquo;s average age is 30 years old, and it has grown from its original four Foundresses to over 130 Sisters in its 20 year existence.</DIV>
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  [MARIOLOGY](part0000_split_001.html#TOC1_1)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Copyright Information Page](part0000_split_002.html#TOC1_2)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](part0000_split_003.html#TOC1_3)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prefatory Note](part0000_split_004.html#TOC1_4)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Origin and Nature of Marian Cult](part0000_split_005.html#TOC1_5)
  
  
  
  
  
  [I. ORIGIN OF MARIAN CULT](part0000_split_005.html#TOC1_6)
  
  
  
  
  
  [II. THE NATURE OF MARIAN CULT](part0000_split_005.html#TOC1_7)
  
  
  
  
  
  [III. THE USEFULNESS OF MARIAN CULT](part0000_split_006.html#TOC1_8)
  
  
  
  
  
  [IV. THE NECESSITY OF MARIAN CULT](part0000_split_006.html#TOC1_9)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Feasts in Honor of Our Lady ](part0000_split_007.html#TOC1_10)
  
  
  
  
  
  [I. UNIVERSAL FEASTS](part0000_split_007.html#TOC1_11)
  
  
  
  
  
  [II. FEASTS CELEBRATED IN SOME DIOCESES OR RELIGIOUS
  ORDERS](part0000_split_008.html#TOC1_12)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Mary’s Day and Mary’s Months](part0000_split_009.html#TOC1_13)
  
  
  
  
  
  [I. SATURDAY, MARY’S DAY ](part0000_split_009.html#TOC1_14)
  
  
  
  
  
  [II. THE FIRST SATURDAYS DEV