An Aug. 22 letter from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) called Our Lady of Sorrows of Chandavila a “beautiful devotion” with “many positive aspects,” including conversions ...

Heart-touching recollections tell us how Mary’s sorrows seen through images and art tie-into personal memories, reflections, and great devotion. The Sorrowful Mother in the Slovak chapel in the ...

14. The connection is most obvious. But not so obvious are the promises Our Lady made for those with a devotion to her seven sorrows. And not so obvious is what those Seven Sorrows are even though ...

The Catholic devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows is nearly 1,000 years old. It gained popularity throughout the Mediterranean in the 11th century and the Servite Order, founded in 1233, helped spread ...

Our Lady of Sorrows is one of approximately 1,000 parishes in the United States that has the devotion The celebration began with a procession of the Blessed Sacrament from the Chapel of Our Savior ...

Marina Warner, in Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary, Random House, 1976, places the devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows in historical context. See Chapter 14, "Mater ...

This Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows grew in popularity in the 12th century, although under various titles. By the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the feast and devotion were widespread.