On Wednesday, August 15, Catholics and many other Christians celebrate the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This significant feast day recalls the spiritual and physical departure of the mother of Jesus Christ from the earth, when both her soul and her body were taken into the presence of God. Venerable Pope Pius XII confirmed this belief about the Virgin Mary as the perennial teaching of the Church when he defined it formally as a dogma of Catholic faith in 1950, invoking papal infallibility to proclaim:
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The Missionaries of the Holy Family support vocations from a variety of backgrounds, and this follows our Founder’s vision. Discerning the call to religious life can be challenging, but we will work through the process with you. God wants all of us to be happy, and we are happiest when we are doing His will and following His plan for us. If that plan includes being a religious, you don’t want to miss that call to happiness!
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