Can we know Mary intimately? Can we truly know her participation in the mystery of Christ? More than that, can we truly comprehend the mystery of Christ?
A Mariological locus presents the annual journal of the community of Mariology cultivators.
What is the value of this work?
This innovative work in Brazil compiles 370 pages of Mariology production about the Mother of God. It serves as a guide for research and experiences regarding the figure of Mary, in its Lusophone inculturation.
I am called to respond to the mariological vocation.
As a center for international research and formation, we create, publish, and disseminate this annual memory space named after the Angel Gabriel’s greeting to Mary: Kekaritomene.Normally, this name is translated as “full of grace,” though the original intends to convey something much more expansive and intricate.
If you are reading this, you truly desire to change the reality of your Catholic formation and education.
But we cannot deny, the majority of Christians:
Devout followers of Our Lady but do not know her
No time for lengthy courses
No money to attend Theological College
Do they not know people who can guide them in the knowledge of Mariology?
It is precisely for this reason that we have decided to create a work to teach you all that we have learned over the last 20 years in Mariology, directly from the Pontifical Faculty Marianum in Rome, specialized in this area of Mariology.
Daniel Cerqueira Afonso is Portuguese by birth, Roman by adoption, and Brazilian at heart. He holds a doctorate in Sacred Theology with a specialization in Mariology from the Pontifical Theological Faculty Marianum – Rome. He is currently the world’s youngest mariologist and one of the most highly regarded voices in Portuguese-language Mariology. Founder and current President of the Formation and Research Center Locus (Rome, Italy), he is also an international conference speaker and versatile writer. He is graduated in Exorcism and Healing and Liberation by the Pontifical Academy “Regina Apostolorum.” He is the author of several works and articles that cover mysticism, Mariology, environmental ethics, and human rights.