Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes celebrated the last night of the Seven Sorrows of Mary Novena Friday at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Toto. Christian Mothers from around the island ...

The Basilica Shrine hosts its Solemn Novena Nov. 17–25, culminating with the Solemnity Mass of Our Lady on Nov. 26.

To Roman Catholics a novena is an act of faith which is performed by saying nine prayers or series of prayers, usually in hope of gaining special material or spiritual rewards. A perpetual novena is ...

When I told my father that I was going to visit and write about the Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows on Chicago’s West Side, he told me about his aunt Esther. Every Friday during World War II the ...