Mother Matylda Getter, superior of the Warsaw province of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary, founded in the mid-19th century, is seen on an undated photo (center) with ...

Lay members of the order said in place of the psalms the Our Father (Pater). The 150 psalms/paters were subdivided in groups of fifty. During the twelfth-thirteen centuries, the Hail Mary was added.

Of the many prayers to Mary, the Ave, Maria – the Hail, Mary – stands ... the Mother of God and our mother. To receive free, daily reflections from Father Kirby, please visit ...