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Saint Maria's Messenger

A Catholic magazine for girls ten through teen

What's New

Urgent Petition for Modesty in Dress:

Colleen Hammond of Valora Media has established an on-going petition drive for feminine and modest clothing. These petitions have been presented to retail clothing stores and more petitions will be presented as more people get to know about this and act upon it. About 250,00 petitions are needed so that Valora can present them to a major clothing manufacturer.

Please inform as many people as you can about this important petition drive. Mention it in your publication, on your website and other media avenues.

Visit Colleen's website: www.colleenhammond.com

You can find the Petition form here: http://www.colleenhammond.com/petition.php

Attention all Pro-Life devotees!

Two contests, brought to you by Our Pregnancy Care Center, are offering you a chance to spread the pro-life message. Please visit their website to learn more. The deadline is May 1 so you must hurry! Essay Contest Art Contest.

2/08 -- I Spy Puzzle Answers

Find the answers to our I Spy Puzzle that is featured on the back cover of the February 2008 issue by visiting Your Pages.

1/08 -- Guess what? St. Maria's Messenger has extended their photo contest!

Send us your best Christmas photo and the winner(s) will receive a very special St. Maria Goretti item. Find details and entry instructions on Your Pages.

Ave Maria!

Welcome to the Lilies of Saint Maria Goretti website. We are a couple of sisters from Michigan, Bernadette and Rebekah Fox, who want to share our Holy Catholic Faith with you. We look around us and immediately we see a need of purity, humility, and pardon as we hope you feel the same. Devotion to Saint Maria Goretti, the Martyr of Purity, we want to make better known and we hope through this site and our magazine, Saint Maria's Messenger, we may kindle in girls a love of this marvelous saint, a love of Mary, and thus a pure, undefiled love of our Creator and Redeemer. We began this site in 2003 at the ages of sixteen and fourteen.

Where did you get the idea for a website like this?

We are devout Catholic farmers that run a magazine during our spare time. Our site was inspired by our monthly magazine, Saint Maria's Messenger. We publish in November -- April. It is dedicated to the patron saint of girls, Saint Maria Goretti, the Lily of the Marsh. Please visit the link about our magazine for more information.

Why do you call your site "Lilies of Saint Maria"?

Well, it is so named because girls need to be the white, pure lily of the garden to show good example to all the weeds that surround it. We need more than to be just a delicate flower, one that can be easily broken and up-rooted. But a lily like St. Maria Goretti, who was strong and holy in the midst of a marsh of weeds and putrid muck -- a lily of the marsh. We need to be "Lilies of Saint Maria Goretti!"

Saint Maria's Messenger Readers' Survey

We are always looking for ways to improve our magazine and to know how our readers feel about the content. This survey is an opportunity to voice any of your thoughts, advice, and concerns. Click here to go to the survey page!

Link exchange

Here're a couple of interesting websites that are part of our link exchange. For more great websites to browse through, go to our Great links / Link exchange page.

Catholic Media: A Catholic site dedicated to helping people come closer to God through radio, tv, internet, and the written word.
Catholic Internet Mission: Writing Catholic Articles & Blogs: A Catholic network of learning and spirituality. Interdisciplinary in approach to Catholicism, internet, business and leadership. Free search and web site services. Books and religious items for sale through affiliate programs.
Holy Vocations Blog: A group of Catholics dedicated to finding their vocation while serving Christ and His Church.
Pray the Rosary: Pray the Rosary has a wonderful assortment of all things Catholic. They have information and various Catholic things and they even sell rosaries! Pray the Rosary even gives out web awards in several categories. We have been awarded in two categories (see below)!!