Church’s icon still a magnet for pilgrims

The
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Sydney
6 June 2004

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MIRACULOUS: The painting is still the focus of pilgrims from all over the world.

By Dr JOE MORLEY

IN times past, copies of paintings of the Sacred Heart and or of Our Lady Of Perpetual Succour were to be found in almost every Catholic home in Australia and in many parts of the world. Framed copies were frequently given as wedding presents.

But few if any of the owners of the copies of the painting of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour knew where to find the original, which is in Rome where it has been since the 15th century.

Visiting Rome, you will find it enshrined in the Church of St Alphonsus on Via Merulana, not far from the Central Rail Terminus. You will not find the church of St Alphonsus listed in any guide book to Rome, not even in those written by Catholics.

Via Merulana runs in a straight line from the front of the Basilica of St Mary Major to the Basilica of St John Lateran.

The church of St Alphonsus is on the corner of the first street on your left as you walk down Via Merulana from St Mary Major. It is in the care of the Redemptorist Order, which has always promoted devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour.

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