This informative booklet on Mary gives biblical answers to questions like: Why pray to Mary? Must we go to God through Mary? Since millions of Christians don't have any devotion to Mary, can it be said to be really necessary to have such a devotion? Is the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception supported by Scripture? Why don't any of Paul's epistles mention the Virgin Birth? Many More About the Author The Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F., ordained as a Catholic priest in 1952, is a member of the Claretian Missionaries. Listed in "Who's Who in Religion in America," he has served as a parish priest, seminary professor and rector, college professor, lecturer, magazine writer, newspaper columnist. editor, retreat master, hospital, prision and campus Chaplain and Cursillo director. He earned degrees in philosophy from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and Notre Dame University, with postgraduate work at the University of Southern California and the Dominican House Studies in River Forest, Illinois, in ascetical and mystical theology. He served as former president of the Catholic Philosophical Association.