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3 days ago · However, it was St Margaret Mary Alacoque, a 17th-century French nun, who is most closely associated with the modern form of this devotion. Between 1673 and 1675, Margaret Mary reported a series of visions of Jesus, during which He revealed His heart as a symbol of His boundless love and mercy.
3 days ago · A cryptic letter ‘written by the devil’ that has baffled researchers and believers since the 17th-century has finally been deciphered. According to historical records, on August 11, 1676, sisters from the convent of Palma di Montechiaro in Sicily entered Sr Maria Crocifissa della Concezione’s cell to find her on the floor, face covered in ink, clutching a letter full of mysterious ...
3 days ago · The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus has its origins in the visions and revelations received by Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French nun, in the 17th century. Through these divine encounters, Jesus expressed his desire for the faithful to honor his Sacred Heart, a symbol of his immense love and mercy for all humanity.
3 days ago · On Aug. 15, 1936, at Mass just before the elevation of the Host, Faustina said, “God’s presence pervaded my soul, which was drawn to the altar. Then I saw the Mother of God with the Infant Jesus. The Infant Jesus was holding onto the hands of Our Lady. A moment later, the Infant Jesus ran with joy to the center of the altar, and the Mother ...
3 days ago · The Nuns of Sant’ Ambrogio: the True Story of a Convent in Scandal. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN: 9780198732198; 496pp.; Price: £20.00. In 1859, after decades of religious turmoil in Europe, the Vatican was faced with shocking allegations against one of its convents in Rome. Princess Katharina Von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, a ...
5 days ago · The prioress was assigned a pension of £20, three of the senior nuns pensions of £4, seven other nuns and one of the novices pensions of between £2 13s. 4d. and £2, and the two other novices pensions of £1 6s. 8d.; 12 of those pensions were still paid in 1556 and Elizabeth Grosvenor, 'sometime lady of the nuns', was still alive in the ...
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3 days ago · Death, Religion and the Family in England 1480-1750. London, Clarendon Press, 1998; 449pp. Worshippers at the main dominical services of the Church of England have, with greater or lesser frequency according to usage, custom, or personal inclination from 1549, and until the revision of the prayer book in 1980, publicly and collectively asserted ...
