Her confessor, the then-Jesuit Father Claude La Colombière, (now St ... by Pope Benedict XV on May 13, 1920. Initially, the Vatican was hesitant to declare a feast of the Sacred Heart but ...

Pope Benedict XVI today issued a new ... reflection upon the traditional devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Forty thousand pilgrims flooded St. Peter’s Square under the heat of an early ...

Leo XIII in 1899 con­secrated the whole world to the Sacred Heart, and St. Pius X decreed the annual renewal of this consecration. Benedict XV ... by a brilliant cross set among raging flames.

In contrast, he writes, the heart represents the “profound unifying center” for each person and for society. The encyclical quotes Pope Benedict ... St. Thérèse placed her trust in the ...

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque ... in 1690 and was canonized by Benedict XV on May 13, 1920. The Vatican was at first hesitant to declare a feast to the Sacred Heart. But as the devotion spread ...

Villa St. Benedict is a boutique senior living community ... and still occupied by the Benedictine Sisters of the Sacred Heart since 1912. The heart of the community is the Sacred Heart Chapel ...

Father Kubicki’s talks are “The True Love Story” (June 1); “Encountering the Heart of Jesus in the Word and Sacrament” (June ...