Events Tagged: "devotion"

St. Louis IX receives Holy Face relic from Constantinople - builds Sainte-Chapelle

Fourteen Holy Helpers devotion begins in Germany - response to Black Death, special intercessors against diseases

St. Bernardine of Siena: 30,000 attend his sermons - Promotes 'IHS' devotion - 'Make three tabernacles in your heart: one for joy, one for sorrow, one for neither - and dwell in the third'

First Rosary Confraternity established in Cologne - 15 mysteries formalized for meditation

Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Extremadura, Spain) discovered - Hidden during Moorish occupation - Becomes center of Spanish devotion

St. Francis de Sales publishes 'Introduction to Devout Life' - Shows holiness possible for laity - 'Be who you are and be that well'

St. Claude de la Colombière (Margaret Mary's confessor) confirms visions - Begins spreading Sacred Heart devotion despite Jansenist opposition - 'This devotion is the last effort of His love'

Blessed Elena Guerra begins promoting Holy Spirit devotion - Christ: World has forgotten Holy Spirit

Divine Mercy Sunday established universally - St. Faustina canonized - 'Mankind will not have peace until it turns to Divine Mercy'

Year of Mercy - Divine Mercy spreads globally