{"id":6315,"date":"2026-03-30T01:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6315"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:14:09","slug":"papal-approbation-recognizing-the-commitment-to-spread-marian-devotion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6315","title":{"rendered":"PAPAL APPROBATION: RECOGNIZING THE COMMITMENT TO SPREAD MARIAN DEVOTION"},"content":{"rendered":"

POPE LEO XII
\n<\/em>FOR FUTURE REMEMBRANCE OF THE MATTER<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

In conclusion, We firmly hope that the members of this holy Family, who are employed in the ministry of the word of God under Rules so well fitted to form hearts to piety, and who claim as their patroness the Virgin Mother ofGod conceived without sin, will strive with alltheir strength and especially by their example, to bring back to the bosom of the Mother of Mercy those men, whom Jesus Christ on His Cross willed to give her as sons.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Given at Rome, at St. Peter\u2019s, under the Fisherman\u2019s Ring, on the twenty first day of March, 1826, in the third year of Our Pontificate.<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Apostolic Letter of Approbation, 21 March 1826, Missions O.M.I., n\u00b0 280 (1952), pp. 568 ff.<\/em><\/h3>\n

In the past 200 years, we have remained faithful to this :<\/h3>\n

We shall always look on her as our mother. In the joys and sorrows of our missionary life, we feel close to her who is the Mother of Mercy. Wherever our ministry takes us, we will strive to instil genuine devotion to the Immaculate Virgin who prefigures God\u2019s final victory over all evil.<\/em><\/h3>\n

\u00a0CC&RR, Constitution 10<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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