The month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a devotion that began in the 12th century and became more popular after Jesus appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in the 1670s ...

Margaret Mary Alacoque, the “Apostle of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,” was the first to promulgate this devotion. Our Lord appeared to her on Dec. 27, 1673.

On June 16, 1675, Jesus told Sister Margaret Mary to promote a feast that honored his Sacred Heart. He also gave Sister Margaret Mary 12 promises made to all who venerated and promoted the ...

Borgman spoke about his life and the relics from the "Mercy Bus" - a 40-foot motor home with a big picture of Jesus in the form of a heart, hugging a surprised lamb - while traveling to Arlington ...

The Sacred Heart of Jesus is depicted in a modern painting by Stephen B. Whatley, an expressionist artist based in London. Wide devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus began after the private ...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 7, 2024 / 04:00 am. The solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus falls on the Friday after the Corpus Christi octave, which in 2024 is on June 7.

Mother Clelia Merloni, foundress of the Apostles of Sacred Heart of Jesus, was beatified Nov. 3 at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome and her body, which was declared to be incorrupt, was ...

Mary, mother of Jesus, ... appropriated outside sacred settings, ... Kehinde Wiley’s “Mary Comforter of the Afflicted,” one of the artist’s stained glass window images, ...

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Andrew Church in Sag Harbor, N.Y. The feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated on June 28 in 2019.

Mary has become an icon to a younger generation of all faiths and no faith that has put social justice at the center of its hopes for a better world.