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Our Mother of Perpetual Help
The icon, its history and meaning, the Novena and the Chaplet, and the shrines where she is honoured.
The Icon
The IconThe history of the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual HelpFrom a Cretan workshop to a church on the Via Merulana in Rome — the documented story of the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, and how it was nearly lost.3 min readThe IconWhat the icon of Perpetual Help means — a guide to its symbolsThe angels, the falling sandal, the star on Mary's veil, the Greek letters and the gold background — what each part of the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help means.3 min readThe IconHow the icon came to Rome — the traditionThe story told for five centuries about how the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help travelled from Crete to Rome, and why Mary asked to be called "Holy Mary of Perpetual Help".2 min read
The Novena
The Chaplet
Feasts
Shrines
ShrinesThe church of St Alphonsus in Rome — home of the original iconWhere to see the original icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help — the Redemptorist church of St Alphonsus on the Via Merulana in Rome, its history and how to visit.2 min readShrinesBaclaran — the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual HelpThe story of Baclaran Church in the Philippines, where the Wednesday Perpetual Novena began in 1948 and grew into one of the largest weekly devotions in the world.2 min read