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10 unusual facts about Blessed Sacrament


Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament

By prayer in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament and an active apostolic life, he strives to make Christ in the Eucharist better known and loved.

Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

On Christmas Eve in 1800, knowing they could face the guillotine for their actions, Father Coudrin and Henriette Aymer de Chevalerie officially established the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary with a mission to spread the message of God's unconditional love as manifested through the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and finding God's mercy through the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

Francis Caracciolo

Perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is kept up by rotation, and self-mortification is practised.

Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Given her known piety and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and her caring personality, she was quickly accepted and given the name Sister Mary Catherine of St. Rose of Viterbo.

Guild of All Souls

The Guild of All Souls is among the most famous of these societies, which include the Society of King Charles the Martyr, the Society of Mary and the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament.

Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa

They also practice meditation, spiritual reading and visits to the Blessed Sacrament.

Oblate Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus

The members of the community then formed a life combining adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with the service to the students of the school.

Seven Churches Visitation

Originally, the custom was to visit a single church and pray before the Blessed Sacrament placed in the Altar of Repose after the Rite of Transfer on Holy Thursday.

SM Megamall

It has a separate perpetual adoration chapel in a modern design, with the Blessed Sacrament encased in a large, gilt wall-mounted monstrance as its focal point.

Stechford Baptist Church

All of the existing church buildings within Stechford are within this triangle: Stechford Methodist (closed for services from 2005) is on Lyttelton Road, All Saints is on Albert Road, and Corpus Christi straddles Albert and Lyttelton Roads.


Alliance of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary

On Christmas Eve in 1800, amid the French Revolution, knowing they could face the guillotine for their actions, Peter Coudrin and Henriette Aymer de Chevalerie established the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary with a mission to spread the message of God's love manifested through the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and through the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori

In the field of Mariology, Alphonsus Liguori wrote The Glories of Mary, Marian Devotion, Prayers to the Divine Mother, Spiritual Songs,The True Spouse of Jesus Christ, Visitations to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Virgin Mary, and other writings.

Roman Catholic devotions

Common examples of Catholic devotions include the Rosary, the Stations of the Cross, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Holy Face of Jesus, the various scapulars, the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Seven Sorrows of Mary, novenas to various saints, pilgrimages and devotions to the Blessed Sacrament, and the veneration of saintly images such as among Santeros, etc.

Segregation academies

One, Huguenot Academy, merged with Blessed Sacrament High School, a nearby Catholic High School, to become Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot.