Oratory of the Holy Face
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The Oratory of the Holy Face is a
History
The original site on Rue St. Etienne was the former drawing room of
Dupont would invite visitors to join him in prayer before the image of the Holy Face of Jesus. The oratory, and Dupont's prayers have been associated with a large number of reported cures. The Dublin Review of 1885 reported that Mgr. Paul Guerin testified to having himself seen over 6000 certificates of cures wrought by virtue of the miraculous oil from the lamp in the oratory.[2]
When Dupont died in March 1876, his house on Rue St. Etienne was purchased by the Carmelites. Archbishop
Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of Thérèse of Lisieux,[6] were enrolled in the confraternity in April 1885. Therese was introduced to the devotion by her sister Celine and was later called Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face. The poems and prayers she wrote helped to spread devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus.
In October 1885, Pope Leo XIII approved the Scapular of the Holy Face and elevated the confraternity to an archconfraternity.[7] Pope Leo also expressed a desire to establish a similar oratory in Rome.[8] This was eventually opened in the Via Pietro Cavallini in 1891 and administered by the Priests, but was demolished in subsequent redevelopment.[9][10]
Present day
The Dominican Fathers of the French Province now live in the home of Monsieur Dupont and are charged with the pastoral care of pilgrims to the Oratory of the Holy Face,[11] now at 8 Rue Bernard Palissy, Tours.
References
- ISBN 1-4021-6108-5page 506
- ^ a b Edes, Ella B., "The Holy Face", The Dublin Review, Volume 97, W. Spooner., 1885, pp. 101-102
- ^ Abbé Janvier. Life of Sister Mary St. Peter, 1884, p. 450
- ^ Catholic encyclopedia
- ^ Diocèse de Tours, Les communautés religieuses
- ISBN 1-899163-08-5page 257
- ^ The Dublin Review, Volume 125, (Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, ed.) W. Spooner, 1899, p. 234
- ^ The New Zealand Tablet, 1892, page 31
- ^ Mario Armellini: Chiese di Roma 1891 p.794
- ^ The New Zealand Tablet, 1892, page 31
- ^ "The Holy Name of Jesus and the Holy Face", Vultus Christi, Silverstream Priory
Sources
- Dorothy Scallan. "The Holy Man of Tours." (1990) ISBN 0-89555-390-2
- Joan Carroll Cruz, "Saintly Men of Modern Times." (2003) ISBN 1-931709-77-7page 195
- Pierre Désiré Janvier, "The Life Of Leon Papin-Dupont: The Holy Man Of Tours", John Murphy & Co., 1882
External links
- Tourism info on the oratory [1]