The Fifth Marian Dogma!

Bishops lead Marian pilgrimage to Carmel

MANILA, Sept. 13, 2009— Senior Catholic bishops led hundreds of devotees in Lipa City yesterday for the pilgrimage on the 6th National Day of Prayer and Sanctification of the Clergy.

Archbishops Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales of Manila, [who was Archbishop of Lipa before being appointed to the See of Manila.  I heard that he has a special devotion to the Mediatrix of all Graces.] Ricardo Cardinal Vidal of Cebu [a holy man!] and Angel Lagdameo of Jaro joined Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles in officiating the Mass held at the Carmel Monastery.

During the Mass, Cardinal Vidal presided the crowning of the image of the Our Lady of Mediatrix of All Grace. [The title under which our Lady revealed herself to the young Carmelite Postulant, the visionary, Sr. Teresing Castillo.]

The pilgrimage to Lipa is set on Sept. 12 not only because it is the feast of the Holy Name of Mary but also because it was on the said day in 1948, when the Blessed Mother reportedly appeared in the said place for the first time to Sr. Teresing Castillo, a Carmelite postulant.

Sr. Teresing also said that on Sept. 16, 1948, the Blessed Mother told her that a statue be placed where she appeared. On Sept. 26, she declared that she was "Mary Mediatrix of All Grace."

After the Mass, Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos-Recto led the recitation of the Prayer for Consecration to Jesus through Mary.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo also led the consecration of the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary while Archbishop Lagdameo recited the prayer for the sanctification of priests.

The pilgrimage also became more meaningful as it also marked the first day of the four-day First Asia Ocenia Mariological Conference with noted Marian theologians Dr. Mark Miravalle, STD, and Msgr. Dr. Arthur Calkins, STD, giving their lectures on the proposed 5th Marian dogma. [the dogma of Mary, Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate of All Graces! Soon!  Please soon!  Read more about the movement for the declaration of this dogma  Movement for the 5th Marian Dogma   and    About the 5th Marian Dogma.  ]

The speakers are at the forefront of the popular world-wide clamor to have Mary declared as “Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix of All Grace and Adv0cate, to be added to the four existing Marian dogmas, “Mother of God” in 431, “Virginity of the Blessed Virgin Mary” in 649, “Immaculate Conception” in 1854 and the “Assumption of Mary” in 1950.

This year’s theme is “Pueble Amante de Maria, Mediatrix of all Grace, Called to Proclaim the Good News to Fellow Asians.” (CBCPNews)

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This is indeed very welcoming news.  The truth cannot be denied that God the Father willed that the Greatest Grace that He could ever give to the world, our Lord Jesus Christ, passed through the Virgin Mary!

The statue above is the actual statue commissioned by Sr. Teresing.

Read more about the visions of Lipa and the various movements, here,  here   and  here