What is the meaning of the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help?

What is the meaning of the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help?

Our Lady of Perpetual Help (also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a 15th-century Byzantine icon with an alleged Marian apparition. The icon is believed to have originated from the Keras Kardiotissas Monastery and has been in Rome since 1499.

What does CR mean after a priest’s name?

resurrectionists.com. The Resurrectionist Congregation, officially known as the Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Latin: Congregatio a Resurrectione Domini Nostri Jesu Christi; abbreviated CR) is a Catholic religious congregation of pontifical right for men.

What is the Missionary Congregation of Mariannhill?

Mariannhill was constituted an independent Missionary Congregation with the official title: The Congregation of Missionaries of Mariannhill (CMM).

What was the Apostolic Vicariate of Mariannhill?

On 10 September 1921 Propaganda Fide decide to create the Apostolic Vicariate of Mariannhill, with territory taken from the Vicariate of Natal and including part of Transkei (today Eastern Cape Province) evangelised since the missionaries’ arrival in 1882.

What happened to the Mariannhill Cistercians?

An attempt to merge with a branch of reformed Cistercians in 1912 was unsuccessful and in the same year the definitive Constitutions of the Institute were approved with some changes to the text of 1909. The new Preamble reads: “The Congregation of the Religious of Mariannhill is destined for missionary work, mainly in South Africa.

Who are the Trappists of Mariannhill?

The Trappists of Mariannhill, active in various sectors ranging from evangelisation to healthcare and education, needed a new juridical form and so it was Pope Pius X who decided on 2 February 1909 to separate the Monastery from the Order of Trappists and make it a religious congregation of pontifical right.