
On This Day Almost 800 Years Ago, the Practice of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Began
This Sept. 11 marks 796 years since perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament began in Avignon, France.
This Sept. 11 marks 796 years since perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament began in Avignon, France.
The Dominican priest overseeing the project says: ‘The city that never sleeps deserves a chapel that never closes.’ The goal is to have the chapel open by Easter 2022.
Since Aug. 1, 1885, the chain of perpetual adoration of the Holy Sacrament at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Montmartre in Paris has continued uninterrupted, including during the 1944 bombing and the coronavirus crisis.
Developed by Rome-based writers Christine McCarthy and Diane Montagna, the novena will take place on the first Thursdays of nine consecutive months, beginning Feb. 5.
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