RECONSECRATION TO MARY: US and Canadian bishops prepare for May 1,2020
by Bradley Eli, M.Div., Ma.Th. • ChurchMilitant.com • April 24, 2020
WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) – Prelates from the United States and Canada will be reconsecrating their countries to the Blessed Virgin Mary on May 1.
Writing to fellow bishops on Wednesday, Los Angeles Abp. José Gomez announced that U.S. bishops will be joining Canadian prelates in reconsecrating their nations to Our Lady, but this time under the title of Mary, Mother of the Church.
Abp. José Gomez
“This year we seek the assistance of Our Lady all the more earnestly as we face together the effects of the global pandemic,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
Gomez added that May is fitting because “the Church seeks the special intercession of the Mother of God during the month of May.”
Canadian bishops previously consecrated their homeland on July 1, 2017, under the title of the “Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary.” July 1 of that year marked the 150th anniversary of Canada’s birthday. 2017 was likewise symbolic for fervent Catholics as it marked the 100th anniversary of Our Lady’s appearance in Fatima, Portugal.
During her apparitions at Fatima, which were subsequently approved by the Catholic Church, Mary called for devotion to her Immaculate Heart: “My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God.”
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Canada had also been consecrated to Mary in 1954. Canada’s bishops describe this consecration as follows: “As part of the 1954 Marian Year during a celebration at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Cape … all the Catholic bishops of Canada … consecrated the country to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”
The bishops said this date was chosen as it “marked the centenary of the solemn proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.”
The United States has been previously consecrated to Our Lady as well. Its first prelate, Bp. John Carroll, in 1792 placed the country under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception. This was repeated in 1846 by all U.S. bishops using the title of the Immaculate Conception, the Patroness of the United States.
The U.S. bishops again consecrated America in 1959 to the Immaculate Conception during the dedication of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The most recent dedication to Mary was in 2006 under the title of the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Breaking with the tradition of imploring Mary’s aid under titles dedicated to her Immaculate Conception or to her Immaculate Heart, Gomez wrote it is fitting “to reconsecrate our nation to Our Lady and to do so under the title, Mary, Mother of the Church.”
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This title, which dates back to the early Church Fathers and was used by various popes over the centuries, was officially bestowed on Mary by Pope Paul VI in 1964. This feast day was placed on the universal calendar in 2018 at the behest of Pope Francis and occurs annually now on the first Monday after Pentecost.
American prelates came under fire recently for not joining two dozen other countries in seeking divine assistance for their country during a group consecration at Fatima. In March, 24 nations were consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, but U.S. bishops failed to put America on the roster of countries to be included in the consecration.
Gomez informed fellow bishops that he will begin the consecration ceremony at 3 p.m. ET.
“I invite you to join at this time in your diocese as you are able … so that we can together reconsecrate our nation to the Blessed Mother,” said the archbishop.
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US and Canadian Bishops Set May 1 Consecration to Mary
Ask Intercession in Battle Against Covid-19
As the world continues to face the ongoing effects of the global pandemic of the coronavirus, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has announced that the U.S. bishops will join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on May 1 in renewing the consecrations of the two nations to the care of our Blessed Mother.
Through a collective dedication or entrustment of a nation to Mary, an act of consecration is meant to be a reminder to the faithful of the Blessed Mother’s witness to the Gospel and to ask for her effective intercession before her Son on behalf of those in need. Bishop John Carroll of Baltimore, the first bishop of the United States, promoted devotion to Mary, the Mother of God, and placed the United States under her protection in a pastoral letter of 1792. The twenty-one bishops attending the Sixth Provincial Council of Baltimore in 1846 determined to name the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of the Immaculate Conception, as the Patroness of the United States, and Pope Pius XI approved this decision the following year. More recently, the dedication of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. in 1959 was the opportunity for the bishops to once again consecrate the nation to the Blessed Mother. Several popes have likewise consecrated the world to Mary on various occasions.
The consecration on May 1. . . follows a similar action of the bishops’ conference of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAM) who consecrated their nations to Our Lady of Guadalupe on Easter Sunday. The renewal of consecration planned in this country for May 1 does not change the designation of Mary as the Patroness of the United States under the title of the Immaculate Conception. Rather, this prayer reaffirms and renews previous Marian entrustments, and unites us in solidarity with our Holy Father, who recently established the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, as a source of protection and strength.
“This will give the Church the occasion to pray for Our Lady’s continued protection of the vulnerable, healing of the unwell, and wisdom for those who work to cure this terrible virus,” said Archbishop Gomez in a letter to the U.S. bishops. Each year, the Church seeks the special intercession of the Mother of God during the month of May. “This year, we seek the assistance of Our Lady all the more earnestly as we face together the effects of the global pandemic,” he continued.
Archbishop Gomez will lead a brief liturgy with the prayer of re-consecration on Friday, May 1 at 3:00 pm EDT and has invited the bishops to join in from their respective dioceses and asked them to extend the invitation to the faithful in their dioceses for their participation. A liturgy guide will be available to assist the faithful who may join in by tuning into the USCCB’s social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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