Resources for the Holy Face Devotion
WHAT EXACTLY IS VERONICA’S HOLY VEIL?
33 AD, The Passion of Our Lord – “As Our Lord carries His Cross to Calvary, man and wood fall to the ground. A woman named Berenicia (now known as St. Veronica) courageously pushes through the soldiers and crowd to reach Jesus. She falls on her knees before Him and presents her veil. Jesus takes the veil, wipes His bleeding face, and returns it with gratitude. After Berenicia escapes the chaos of the crowd, she looks at her veil to see that miraculously, Our Lord has left an image of His Face on the veil. It is only afterward that Berenicia is known by the name of Veronica, which name is given from the words VERA ICON, meaning “true portrait”, to commemorate her bravery.
Veronica later passes the relic of the veil to Clement I (the 3rd successor of St. Peter). The Holy Veil is hidden away in the catacombs for the next 3 centuries during the persecutions of the Church. The Holy Veil is finally placed in the church that was constructed over the tomb of St. Peter, which is now the Basilica of St. Peter. Throughout the centuries, Veronica’s Holy Veil has remained there where it is protected and venerated to this day.”
HOLY FACE DEVOTION
This is the website of Mary Jane Zuzolo. She is the great-great-great niece of Sister Marie de Saint-Pierre. Mary Jane Zuzolo wrote the forward to Fr. Carney’s book:
The Secret of the Holy Face
http://holyfacedevotion.org
NOVENA TO THE HOLY FACE – LEAGUE OF ST. MARTIN
https://www.martinians.org/novena-to-the-holy-face
THE LEAGUE OF ST. MARTIN
The League of St. Martin has a devotion to the Holy Face and offers prayers in reparation for the sins which offend God most in these modern times—the sins of Blasphemy and the Profanation of Sunday and Holy Days of Obligation. Fr. Lawrence Daniel Carney III
http://www.martinians.org
MANUAL OF THE ARCHCONFRATERNITY OF THE HOLY FACE
Here is the original Manual of the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face published in 1887:
https://archive.org/details/manualofthe-archconfraternityofthe-holy-face/page/234/mode/2up
INTERVIEW WITH FR. LAWRENCE CARNEY
This is an interview with Fr. Carney, the author of the book: The Secret of the Holy Face. The interview is conducted by the publisher of the book, Tan Books.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpKbCOQP7bI&t=0s
HOLY FACE ADORATION
The Holy Face Adoration website is hosted by author Vicki Schreiner. It states a mission “to share the message of the Holy Face Devotion as Our Lord Jesus Christ requested through His Divine Revelations to Sr. Mary of St. Peter; to open hearts to a deeper understanding of this beautiful Devotion through its prayers and promises; and to enlighten all God’s children of Our Lord’s desire that we show reparation of sin through Adoration and Devotion to His Holy Face.”
https://holyfaceadoration.com/
