Jubilee for the 350th Anniversary of the Apparitions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
December 27, 2023 to June 27, 2025
To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the Apparitions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St Margaret Mary in Paray-le-Monial, a Jubilee lasting a year and a half will take place from December 27th 2023, the anniversary of the first main apparition, to June 27th 2025, the date of the Solemnity of the feast of the Sacred Heart. « To return love for love » is the theme of this great moment of pilgrimage, liturgies, and meetings.
Pope Francis' new Encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, "Dilexit Nos" ("He Loved Us"), is available at the Vatican website. You can read more about "Dilexit Nos" here.
Plans in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough
You can pray the Devotion and Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Nine First Fridays, beginning on October 4th, 2024.
The Jubilee for the 350th Anniversary of the Apparitions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary will conclude at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Trout Creek on Friday, June 27, 2025. Holy Adoration from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (with Confessions), talk on the Feast of the Sacred Heart at 2:00 p.m. and Holy Mass with His Excellency Bishop Daniel Miehm at 3:30 p.m. Please see the poster below for more details.
- Plenary and Partial Indulgence, Most Reverend Bishop Miehm, December 12, 2023.
- Novena to the Sacred Heart
More information:
- https://sacrecoeur-paray.org/en/home/
- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647–1690)
- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
- Apparition of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Prayer Card copy - Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- December 27, 2023, Lecture about the First Apparition: Sacred Heart of Jesus, Fr. Alex Salazar, IVE