Making Way for Mercy
• Divine Mercy Sunday dawned on Eden Hill not with the bang of last year's violent storm but with the pleasant whisper of sunlight. • View our photo gallery from the weekend. • Also, Read Pope Benedict's Divine Mercy Sunday remarks. Read More...
Divine Mercy: 'All of Us Need It'
The following is the homily delivered by Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, D.C., on Divine Mercy Sunday 2008 at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Mass. Read More...
Shrine Announces Mercy Weekend Plans
All are invited to the Divine Mercy Sunday Weekend celebration at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy on March 29-30. Read More...
A Dream Takes Form on Eden Hill
Please help the Marians finish the Mother of Mercy Outdoor Shrine. Read More...
'Indulge' Yourself at Eden Hill Grotto
Let's just say it might be a good idea to plan a visit to Stockbridge in February. Why? The Holy Father has approved a plenary indulgence. Read More...
National Shrine Honors Veterans
The Marians of the Immaculate Conception honored members of the U.S. Armed Forces, particularly those who paid the ultimate sacrifice of their lives, in a special novena Mass celebrated on Veterans' Day, Sunday, Nov. 11, at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Mass. Read More...
Experiencing God's Reality
The reality of this day went beyond the cultural heritage of Poland. It went beyond the greatness of its greatest son, Karol Wojtyla. Read More...
Feasting on a Saint
The celebration of St. Faustina's Feast Day Friday, Oct. 5, at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Mass., presented a study in contrasts. Read More...
A Place for All Seasons
In a winter retreat on Eden Hill, you will run into great interior graces. All of that is The Divine Mercy giving Himself to you, in His goodness. Read More...
The Queenship of Mary
Father Stanislaus Papczynski, the founder of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, said that "giving honor to Mary in speech is not enough." So we are giving her more than that today Read More...
Divine Mercy, Latino Style!
For the third consecutive year, the Marians of the Immaculate Conception hosted the lively sights, sounds, and smells of salvation, song, and salsa as more than 3,000 pilgrims gathered on Eden Hill for Encuentro Latino. Read More...
Mercy Turns Post-Abortive Pain into Healing, Hope
Father Anthony immediately realized that Rachel's Vineyard and his vision of healing at the Shrine aligned perfectly. Read More...
Filipinos Flock to a Special Day
"Have that hunger, have that thirst for Divine Mercy," Shrine Rector Fr. Anthony Gramlich, MIC, told the more than 400 pilgrims who visited the Shrine on Saturday. Read More...
Marians Announce Plans for Encuentro Latino
More than 3,000 people are expected at the Shrine for the third-annual event that celebrates Latino culture and faith. Read More...
Pilgrim Journal
We come here in gratitude because I don't know where we'd be without the mercy of Jesus. We are living in terrible times, and the world needs it. Read More...
Air Power!
The set quiets down, and cameraman Jason Addington zooms his lens to frame the face of Fr. Joseph Roesch, MIC. "All right, stand by," Jason says. "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 ..." Read More...
'Opening Act' Delivers Perfect Warm-Up
As an opening act on Mercy Weekend at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy, it wasn't bad. That is, everything about Saturday's celebration was good. In fact, it was so "good" that in the ensuing enthusiasm an "o" was dropped and the "g" got capitalized. The "good" became "God." Read More...
Meet the Shrine's New Rector
Primary among Fr. Anthony's plans is to put an even greater emphasis on the Divine Mercy message as a source of healing for those who are lost in sin and estranged from God. Read More...
The 'Yes' that Changed the World
The Marians of the Immaculate Conception celebrated a feast day near and dear to them on Dec. 8 — the great Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Read More...
Why is Divine Mercy So Important?
The answer is simple: Through the message of Divine Mercy, our Lord is preparing us for His final coming. Read More...
Salvation: As Easy as Your ABCs?
"The Divine Mercy message is a call for a global consciousness," said Fr. George Kosicki, CSB, who gave a talk recently at the Shrine. Read More...
Devoted to Divine Mercy (And Not in Name Only)
"Whenever I've put my trust in Jesus, whenever I've ever turned the big choices in my life over to Him, I've been able to see Him work. Trusting Him is the key." Read More...
'Great Mercy Pope' Celebrated
Throughout his pontificate, Pope John Paul II preached how Divine Mercy can lead the world away from brokenness and sin and bring it back to God and true happiness. Read More...
How Does Immaculee Ilibagiza Forgive?
They were carrying machetes, spears, hoes — anything that could strike a hard blow into human flesh. The genocide in Rwanda had begun. Read More...
Marians, Pilgrims Celebrate 'Apostle of Divine Mercy'
Several hundred people made a pilgrimage to the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy on the feast day of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, the "Apostle of Divine Mercy." Read More...
'I was living a lie ... Then, I trusted in Jesus'
"We were illegal in this country, and my husband was working under a different name.... But one day, after we learned about Divine Mercy, he told me: 'I feel like I need to tell my boss the truth.' " Read More...
Meet Max
Two things make Max different from most of the thousands of annual Shrine visitors. Read More...
'Alive with God'
"What is Divine Mercy?" asked Archbishop Rosendo Huescha, of Pueblo, Mexico, in his homily. "It is an encounter with Christ." Read More...
The Marians Welcome a New Brother
With fellow Marians in attendance and with the National Shrine packed with friends, family members, and Marian Helpers, Br. Jim was invested with the clerical collar and the Blue Scapular Read More...
Mercy, Mary, and Lodging
Joseph and Nancy Cannata's "second home" — as they call it — isn't a cabin by a lake. Rather, it's a simple room on the idyllic grounds of the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA. Read More...
Trust Jesus? Roger that!
"I want others to see His face, to help people understand that Jesus is real." Read More...
Rain Does Not Dampen Faith at Mercy Sunday
Despite high winds and heavy rain, more than 16,000 pilgrims attended outdoor Mass on Mercy Sunday at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA, giving a powerful witness of hope and faith. Read More...