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==History== |
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They were founded by a Frenchwoman, Marie Adele Garnier (Mother Marie de Saint-Pierre)<ref>[http://www.tyburnconvent.org.uk/foundress/foundress.html "Tyburn Foundress", Tyburn Convent website] (retrieved 14 December 2011)</ref> in Paris in 1901. The order was relocated to London where in 1903 they established themselves in [[Bayswater Road]] (near [[Marble Arch]]) at [[Tyburn|Tyburn Convent]] near the site of [[Tyburn#Tyburn gallows|Tyburn tree]] where 105 Catholic martyrs - including [[Oliver Plunkett|Saint Oliver Plunkett]] and [[Edmund Campion|Saint Edmund Campion]] - were executed during and following the [[English Reformation]] from 1535 to 1681. The nuns established at Tyburn the Martyrs' Shrine<ref>[http://vultus.stblogs.org/2007/06/june_17th_is_the_dies.html "Mother Mary of St. Peter, Adorer of the Sacred Heart, 17 June 2007, Vultus Christi website] (retrieved 14 December 2011)</ref> to honour the [[English Martyrs| more than 350 Catholic Martyrs]] who witnessed to their faith by dying for it in England during and after the [[Reformation in England|Reformation]].<ref>[http://www.tyburnconvent.org.uk/martyrs/martyrs_main.html "Martyrs shrine", Tyburn Convent website] (retrieved 14 December 2011)</ref> |
They were founded by a Frenchwoman, Marie Adele Garnier (Mother Marie de Saint-Pierre)<ref>[http://www.tyburnconvent.org.uk/foundress/foundress.html "Tyburn Foundress", Tyburn Convent website] (retrieved 14 December 2011)</ref> in Paris in 1901. In the same year the French legislature passed the ''Associations Bill'' which placed severe restrictions on religious bodies such as monasteries and convents. The order was therefore relocated to London where in 1903 they established themselves in [[Bayswater Road]] (near [[Marble Arch]]) at [[Tyburn|Tyburn Convent]] near the site of [[Tyburn#Tyburn gallows|Tyburn tree]] where 105 Catholic martyrs - including [[Oliver Plunkett|Saint Oliver Plunkett]] and [[Edmund Campion|Saint Edmund Campion]] - were executed during and following the [[English Reformation]] from 1535 to 1681. The nuns established at Tyburn the Martyrs' Shrine<ref>[http://vultus.stblogs.org/2007/06/june_17th_is_the_dies.html "Mother Mary of St. Peter, Adorer of the Sacred Heart, 17 June 2007, Vultus Christi website] (retrieved 14 December 2011)</ref> to honour the [[English Martyrs| more than 350 Catholic Martyrs]] who witnessed to their faith by dying for it in England during and after the [[Reformation in England|Reformation]].<ref>[http://www.tyburnconvent.org.uk/martyrs/martyrs_main.html "Martyrs shrine", Tyburn Convent website] (retrieved 14 December 2011)</ref> |
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==Devotion== |
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Revision as of 09:03, 14 December 2011
The Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre is a Catholic order of Benedictine nuns.
History
They were founded by a Frenchwoman, Marie Adele Garnier (Mother Marie de Saint-Pierre)[1] in Paris in 1901. In the same year the French legislature passed the Associations Bill which placed severe restrictions on religious bodies such as monasteries and convents. The order was therefore relocated to London where in 1903 they established themselves in Bayswater Road (near Marble Arch) at Tyburn Convent near the site of Tyburn tree where 105 Catholic martyrs - including Saint Oliver Plunkett and Saint Edmund Campion - were executed during and following the English Reformation from 1535 to 1681. The nuns established at Tyburn the Martyrs' Shrine[2] to honour the more than 350 Catholic Martyrs who witnessed to their faith by dying for it in England during and after the Reformation.[3]
Devotion
Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament has continued night and day ever since the convent was established. Pilgrims and tourists from all over the world visit the shrine, finding a spiritual oasis in the midst of one of central London's busiest areas.[4]
Expansion
The Tyburn community has opened other monasteries in Scotland, Ireland (at Cobh), New Zealand (near Auckland in the Hamilton Diocese), Australia (at Riverstone), Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and in Rome. Each monastery maintains Perpetual Adoration.[4]
External links
Notes
- ^ "Tyburn Foundress", Tyburn Convent website (retrieved 14 December 2011)
- ^ "Mother Mary of St. Peter, Adorer of the Sacred Heart, 17 June 2007, Vultus Christi website (retrieved 14 December 2011)
- ^ "Martyrs shrine", Tyburn Convent website (retrieved 14 December 2011)
- ^ a b Tess Livingstone, "Tyburn Sisters' communities spread around the world", AD2000 website (retrieved 14 December 2011)