Sacred Heart Altanta 2019 – Home The Heart of Atlanta's Catholicism About Us The Basilica on of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was founded in 1880. The original church, known as Saints Peter and Paul, was a small wooden building located at the southwest corner of Marietta and Alexander Stree...
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The Heart of Atlanta's Catholicism About Us The Basilica on of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was founded in 1880. The original church, known as Saints Peter and Paul, was a small wooden building located at the southwest corner of Marietta and Alexander Streets.
Get Price Sent usChuch of the Sacred Heart of Jesus–Atlanta: A National … The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is not only important for its unusually innovative revival architecture and the artistry of its stained glass windows and wall paintings, but also for its role as a religious and educational center for the Catholic community of Atlanta for well over a century.
Get Price Sent usIn 1897, an Atlanta architect, W. T. Downing, was commissioned to design the new church. In keeping with the then popular devotion to the Sacred Heart, the name of the church was changed to “The Sacred Heart of Jesus.” The architectural style is French Romanesque, with some variations and additions.
Get Price Sent usAs the century drew to a close Pope Leo XII had the whole of humanity solemnly consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Jesus had said to St Mary Margaret, a visitation nun, “Behold the Heart that has so loved men . . . instead of gratitude I receive from the greater part (of humankind) only ingratitude ”.
Get Price Sent usThe first daughter parish of this church was founded in 1880 as Saints Peter & Paul Parish located at the southwest corner of Marietta and Alexander Streets. This parish functioned for 16 years until the Fathers of the Society of Mary came to Atlanta and established the Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Get Price Sent usSister Mary of the Divine Heart died in her monastery in Portugal when the Church was singing the first vespers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on 8 June 1899. The following day, Pope Leo XIII consecrated the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Papal approval. In 1353 Pope Innocent VI instituted a Mass honoring the mystery of the Sacred Heart.
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