'Mary Page' on World Wide Web attracts 1 million visitors in 10 years

Published: 2005-10-25

DAYTON, Ohio (CNS) -- More than 1 million visitors have gone to "The Mary Page" on the Internet in the past 10 years, seeking answers to questions as prosaic as "why does Mary always wear light blue?" or as offbeat as "what do the Simpsons say about Mary?" The Web site at www.udayton.edu/mary offers information about the Blessed Mother through the vast collection of the Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute at the Marianist-run University of Dayton. "People from Finland to Brazil to Korea e-mail questions," said Marianist Father Johann Roten, director of the institute, which offers advanced degrees in Mariology. "Interest in Mary today is increasing, compared to the late 1960s and early 1970s when not much was heard or said about Mary." Father Roten and a staff of eight scholars routinely answer questions about apparitions and popular images of Mary.

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