a French Catholic Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.

1. Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
and devotion to the Sacred Heart

2. Margaret Mary was born in 1647 in L'Hautecour, Burgundy, France,
now part of the commune of Verosvres, then in the Duchy of Burgundy.

3. She was the fifth of seven children, and only daughter of Claude and Philiberte Lamyn
Alacoque. Her father was a well-to-do notary. Her godmother was the Countess of Corcheval.

4. Margaret was described as showing intense love
for the Blessed Sacrament from early childhood

5. When Margaret
was eight years old,
her father died
of pneumonia.
She was sent to
a convent school
run by the Poor
Clares in Charolles,
where she made
her First
Communion at
the age of nine.

6. She later contracted rheumatic
fever which confined her to bed
for four years. At the end of this
period, having made a vow to
the Blessed Virgin Mary to
consecrate herself to religious
life, it is said she was instantly
restored to perfect health.

7. In recognition of this favor, she added the name "Mary"
to her baptismal name of Margaret.

8. She had
visions of
Jesus Christ,
which she
thought were
a normal part
of human
experience and
continued to
practice austerity

9. With the death of her father, the family's assets were held
by an uncle who refused to hand them over, plunging her
family into poverty.

10. During this
time, her only
consolation was
frequent visits
to pray before
the Blessed
Sacrament in
the local
church.

11. When she was 17, however, her brother came of age, took
undisputed possession of the home and things improved.

12. Her mother encouraged her to socialize, in the hopes of her finding a suitable husband.
Out of obedience, and believing that her childhood vow was no longer binding, she
began to accompany her brothers in the social events, attending dances and balls

13. One night, after returning home from a ball for Carnival dressed in her finery,
she experienced a vision of Christ, scourged and bloody. He reproached her for her
forgetfulness of him; yet he also reassured her by demonstrating that his heart was filled
with love for her, because of the childhood promise she had made to his Blessed Mother.

14. As a result, she determined to fulfill her vow and entered, at 24 years
of age, the Visitation Convent at Paray-le-Monial on 25 May 1671

15. Margarite Mary
was subjected to
many trials to prove
the genuineness
of her vocation.
She was admitted
to wearing the
religious habit on
25 August 1671

16. She was finally
admitted to
profession on
6 November 1672.
It is said
that she was
assigned to the
infirmary and
was not very
skillful at
her tasks

17. Sister Margaret
Mary received
several private
revelations of
the Sacred Heart,
the first on
27 December 1673
and the final one
18 months later.

18. The visions revealed to her the form of the devotion, the chief features being
reception of Holy Communion on the first Friday of each month,

19. Eucharistic
adoration
during a
"Holy hour"
on
Thursdays,

20. and the celebration of
the Feast of the Sacred Heart

21. On 27 December 1673,
the feast of St. John,
Margaret Mary said
that Jesus had permitted
her to rest her head
upon his heart, and then
disclosed to her the
wonders of his love, telling
her that he desired to make
them known to all mankind
and to diffuse the treasures
of his goodness, and
that he had chosen
her for this work

22. Margaret Mary
was eventually
able to convince
her superior,
Mother de
Saumaise, of the
authenticity of
her visions

23. She had three visions and
messages for the King of France
-That the Lord wanted to establish
his empire in the heart of our
Great Monarch (Louis XIV)
-"to build a building where the
painting of this divine Heart will
be, to receive the consecration
and the homage of the King
and of the whole court ...“
-"to be painted on his standards
and engraved on his weapons to
make him victorious over
all his enemies,

24. She eventually received the support of
Claude de la Colombière, the community's
confessor for a time, who declared
that the visions were genuine.

25. Margaret later
became Novice
Mistress, and saw
the monastery
observe the
Feast of the Sacred
Heart privately,
beginning
in 1686.

26. Two years later, a chapel was built at Paray-le-Monial to
honor the Sacred Heart. Observation of the feast of the
Sacred Heart spread to other Visitation convents

27. Sister
Margaret
Mary
died
on 17
October
1690

28. The Sacred
Congregation of Rites
eventually recognized
her heroic virtues,
granting her the title
"servant of God".
In March 1824,
Pope Leo XII
pronounced
her venerable
and on 18 September
1864 Pope Pius IX
declared her blessed.

29. When her tomb was opened in July 1830, two instantaneous cures were recorded.
Her body rests above the side altar in the Chapel of the Apparitions, located at the
Visitation Monastery in Paray-le-Monial, which draws pilgrims from all parts of the world

30. Sister Margaret Mary
was canonized by
Pope Benedict XV
in 1920,
and in 1929
her liturgical
commemoration
was included in
the General
Roman calendar.
Her feast day is now
on 16 October

31. Her short devotional work, La Devotion
au Sacré-Coeur de Jesus (Devotion to
the Sacred Heart of Jesus), was published
posthumously by J. Croiset in 1698

32. “And He [Christ] showed me that it was
His great desire of being loved by men
and of withdrawing them from the path
of ruin that made Him want to manifest
His Heart to men, with all the treasures of love,
of mercy, of grace, of sanctification and
salvation which it contains, in order that those
who desire to render Him and procure Him all
the honour and love possible might themselves
be abundantly enriched with those divine
treasures of which His heart is the source”

33. SANTA MARGARITA
MARÍA ALACOQUE
Saint Margarite
Mary Alacoque
Although there have been many
devoted to the Sacred Heart the
modern day devotion is due to St
Margarite M. A. of the order of
the Visitation to whom Our Lord
appeared in 1673. In these
apparitions, Jesus said to her that
whoever preayed to the Sacred
Heart, would receive many graces.
“Behold this my heart, which
despite consuming itself in ardent
love for men, doesn’t receive from
christians more than sacrilegious
scorn, indifference and ingratitude
even in the very sacrament of my
love. - The worst that wounds my
Heart is the insults I receive from
persons consecrated to my service”

34. in his papal
encyclical
Auctorem Fidei,
Pius VI mentions
devotion to the
Sacred Heart.
In the letters of
Blessed Mary of
the Divine Heart
(1863-1899),
she petitions
Pope Leo XIII,
in the name
of Christ,
to consecrate the
whole world to the
Sacred Heart
of Jesus.

35. In his encyclical
Annum Sacrum
(May 25, 1899)
Pope Leo said
that all mankind
should be
consecrated to
the Sacred Heart
of Jesus, and
he made this
consecration on
June 11, 1899.

36. Pius XII
promoted in
his encyclical
Haurietis Aquas
the devotion to
the Sacred
Heart.
“Jesus, during
his live, passion
and agony
has known
and loved each
and every one of
us and he gave
himself up
for us.”

37. The Son of God loved me and surrendered himself for me” Gal 2,20. He has loved
us all with a human heart. Therefore the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pierced for our
sins and our salvation (cf. Jn 19, 34), “is considered as the principle indicator
and symbol… of the love the Divine Redeemer has continually for the eternal
Father and for all men” (Pio XII, Enc."Haurietis aquas": DS 3924; cf. DS 3812).

38. The true devotion
to the Sacred Heart
requires making an
effort to know Him
in prayer and
study, to imitate his
virtues, especially
humility, and
identify fully with
Him in thoughts,
in order to think
like Him and not
like the world in
sentiments, loves
and behaviour.

39. 1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their
state of life.
2. I will give peace in their families.
3. I will console them in all their troubles.
4. I will be their refuge in life and especially in death.
5. I will abundantly bless all their undertakings.
6. Sinners shall find in my Heart the source and
infinite ocean of mercy.
7. Tepid souls shall become fervent.
8. Fervent souls shall rise speedily to great perfection.
9. I will bless those places wherein the image of My
Sacred Heart shall be exposed and venerated.
10. I will give to priests the power to touch the most
hardened hearts.
11. Persons who propagate this devotion shall have
their names eternally written in my Heart.
12. In the excess of the mercy of my Heart, I promise
you that my all powerful love will grant to all
those who will receive Communion on the First
Fridays, for nine consecutive months, the grace
of final repentance: they will not die in my
displeasure, nor without receiving the
sacraments; and my Heart will be their
secure refuge in that last hour.
Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
for those who practise this devotion -

40. The Sacred Heart of Jesus and
the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Another most precious gift of His
Sacred Heart is, as We have said,
Mary the beloved Mother of God
and the most loving Mother of us
all. She who gave birth to our
Savior according to the flesh and
was associated with Him in
recalling the children of Eve to the
life of divine grace, has deservedly
been hailed as the spiritual
Mother of the whole human race.
And so St. Augustine writes of her:
"Clearly She is Mother of the
members of the Savior (which is
what we are), because She labored
with Him in love that the faithful
who are members of the Head
might be born in the Church."
De sancta virginitate 6 PL 40, 399.

41. Medal of devotion
to the Sacred Heart

43. This devotion invites those who practise it to have in the words
of Paul of Tarso “the same sentiments as Jesus Christ” Phil 2,5

44. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH - Revised 26-8-2023
CHRIST
Resurrection – according to the gospels
Christ the King
Christ lives
Body of Christ - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Christ and his Kingdom
Sacred Heart 1 + 2 – bible and doctrine –
Haurietis aquas – the cult of the Sacred Heart
Vocation to beatitude
Vocation to evangelize with Christ
CHURCH
Divine Revelation
Priestly Ministry
Human Community
Church, Mother and Teacher
Signs of hope
youth synod
CULTURE and HISTORY
Columbus and the discovery of America
Confraternities and processions– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival of lights – Hindi feast
Football in Spain
President Trump
Russian Revolution and Communism 1, 2, 3
Sevilla's fair
Virgen del Pilar and Hispanicity
FAMILY, CHILDREN
Grandparents
Love and Marriage 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignity of women – John Paul II
God of Love (sex)
World Meeting of Families Rome 2022 – festival of families
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
GOD
Angels
Come Holy Spirit
God is Love 1,2– Benedict XVI
Man, image of God
Trinity
LITURGICAL YEAR
Advent and Christmas, 1 + 2
All departed souls
All Saints – Halloween for Christians
Carnival and Lent
Christmas – the birth of our Lord
Holy Week for adults
Holy Week for children 8+ years
Holy Week - drawings for children
Holy Week – Views of the last hours of JC – the passion
Sunday – Lord's Day – JP2
Thanksgiving
MARIA
Fatima – History of the Apparitions of the Virgin
Mary and the Bible
Mary Doctrine and Dogmas
Medjugore pilgrimage
Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico – apparitions
Virgen de Pilar – Hispanic festival
Our Lady of Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explores Jupiter
Parker Solar Test
MORAL AND ETHICAL
Christian holidays - JP2
Conscience, human community, human freedom and salvation
justification and grace, Life in Christ, merit and holiness
moral law, Morality of human acts, Passions, Sin, Sincerity
social justice, Social Life – participation, Virtue
Vocation – www.vocation.org
Vocation to evangelize
Vocation to beatitude
Pope John XXIII – Peace on Earth
Pope Paul VI
Pope Juan Pablo II –
Redeemer of man,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Pope Benedict XVII - in Germany WYD 2005
POPE FRANCIS – DOCUMENTS
love and marriage - Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 – 5.6
Christ lives - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8
LAUDATE Sii
1 – care of the common home
2 – gospel of creation
3 – The root of the ecological crisis
4 – integral ecology
5 – lines of action
6 – Ecological Education and Spirituality
LUMEN FIDEI – chapter 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Face of Mercy
Dear Amazonia 1,2,3,4
POPE FRANCIS – TRAVEL
Pope Francis in Africa
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in Bahrain 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Brazil WYD 2013
Pope Francis in Bulgaria and Macedonia
Pope Francis in Canada 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Central African Republic
Pope Francis in Chile 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Cyprus
Pope Francis in Colombia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Congo 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Cuba 2015
Pope Francis in Egype
Pope Francis in Slovakia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Europe – parliament
Pope Francis in Fatima
Pope Francis in Greece
Pope Francis in Holy Land, Israel, Palestine Jordan
Pope Francis in Hungary 2021 + 2023
Pope Francis in Iraq 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Ireland – world meeting of families
Pope Francis in Kenya
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Kazakhstan 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Malta
Pope Francis in Mexico
Pope Francis in Mexico 2016
Pope Francis in Mongolia
Pope Francis in Morocco
Pope Francis in Panama – WYD 2019
Pope Francis in Peru
Pope Francis in Poland - Auschwitz
Pope Francis in Poland WYD 2016
Pope Francis in Portugal 2021 + WYD 2023
Pope Francis in Romania
Pope Francis in Sudan
Pope francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Uganda
Pope Francis in United Arab Emirates
SAINTS and MARTYRS
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of Japan
Martyrs of Uganda
Martyrs of Vietnam
Martires North American
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony of the desert (Egypt)
Saint Bruno, founder of the Carthusians
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Ciyil y Methodius
Saint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Daniel Comboni
Saint Dominic de Guzman, Dominican founder
Saint Dominic Savio
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Philip Neri
Saint Francis of Assisi 1,2,3,4
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint Joaquin and Saint Ana
Saint Joseph, worker, husband, father
Saint John Bosco, founder of the Salesians
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint John of the Cross
Saint John Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
Saint John Henry Newman, Cardinal
Saint John N. Neumann, Bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke the Evangelist
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Nazarius and Celsus
Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus)
Saint Paul, 1 + 2
Saint Padre Pio of Pietralcina
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saint Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint James the Apostle
Saint Simon and Judah Thaddeus, apostles
Saint Zacharias and Elizabeth, parents of John the Baptist
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Valentine
Saint Vincent of Paul
Saint Zacharias and Saint Elizabeth
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint Brigid of Ireland
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr
Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Cecilia
Saint Faustina and divine mercy
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Lucia, virgin and martyr
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalene
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine
Saint Rita of Cascia
Saint Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Therese of Lisieux 1 + 2
Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
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45. LISTA de PRESENTACIONES en ESPAÑOL- Revisado 26-8-2023
CRISTO
Resurrección – según los evangelios
Cristo Rey
Cristo vive
Cuerpo de Crito - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Cristo y su Reino
Sagrado Corazón 1 + 2 – biblia y doctrina–
Haurietis aquas – el culto del Sagrado Corazón
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Vocación a evangelizar con Cristo
IGLESIA
Revelacíon Divina
Ministerio sacerdotal
Comunidad humana
Iglesia, madre y maestra
Signos de esperanza
Sinodo jovenes
CULTURA Y HISTORIA
Colón y el descubriento de America
Confraternitdades y processiones– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival de luz – Fiesta Hindi
Futbol en España
Presidente Trump
Revolución y el Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Feria de Sevilla
Virgen del Pilar y Hispanicidad
FAMILIA, HIJOS, NIÑOS
Abuelos
Amor y Matrimonio 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignidad de la mujer – John Paul II
Dios de Amor (sexo)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias - Roma 2022 – festival de ls familias
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
DIOS
Angeles
Ven Espiritu Santo
Dios es Amor 1,2– Benedicto XVI
El hombre, imagen de Dios
Trinidad
AÑO LITURGICO
Adviento y Navidad 1 + 2
Todos las Almas
Todos los Santos– Halloween para Cristianos
Carnival y Cuaresma
Navidad– el nacimiento del Señor
Semana Santa para adullos
Semana Santa para niños 8+ años
Semana Santa – dibujos para niños
Semana Santa– Vistas de las ultimas oras de JC – La Pasión
Domingo– Dia del Señor – JP2
Accion de Gracias - Thanksgiving
MARIA
Fátima – Historia de las Aparitciones de la Virgen
Maria y la Biblia
Maria Doctrina y Dogmas
Medjugore peregrinación
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico – aparitciónes
Virgen del Pilar –festival hispanica
Nuestra Señora de Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explora Jupiter
Parker Sonda Solar
MORAL Y ETICA
Vacaciones Cristianos - JP2
Conciencia, Comunidad Humana, Libertad Humana y Salvacion
Justificación y gracia, Vida en Cristo, Merito y Santidad, Ley moral
Moraliidad de actos humanos, Pasiones, Pecado , Sinceridad
Justicia social ,Vida Social– participacion,Virtud
Vocación– www.vocation.org
Vocación a evangelizar
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Papa John XXIII – Paz en la tTerra
Papa Paul VI
Papa Juan Pablo II –
Redentor del hombre,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Papa Benedicto XVII – en Alemania JMJ 2005
PAPA FRANCISCO – DOCUMENTOS
Amor y matrimonio- Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 – 5.6
Cristo vive - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8 (somos todos hermanos)
LAUDATE Sii
1 – cuidado de la casa común
2 – evangelio de la creación
3 – la raiz de la crisis ecologica
4 – ecologia integral
5 – lineas de acción
6 –Educación y Espiritualidad Ecological
LUMEN FIDEI – capitulo 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Rostro del Perdón
Querida Amazonia 1,2,3,4
PAPA FRANCISCO – VIAJES
Papa Francisco en Africa
Papa Francisco en America
Papa Francisco en Bahrain 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Brazil WYD 2013
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria and Macedonia
Papa Francisco en Canada 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Central African Republic
Papa Francisco en Chile 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Chipre
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Congo 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba 2015
Papa Francisco en Egypto
Papa Francisco en Eslovaqiia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Europa – parliamento
Papa Francisco en Fatima, Portugal
Papa Francisco en Grecia
Papa Francisco en Tierra Santa, Israel, Palestine
Jordan
Papa Francisco en Hungria 2021 + 2023
Papa Francisco en Iraq 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Ireanda – encuentro mundial de
familias
Papa Francisco en Kenia
Papa Francisco en Japón
Papa Francisco en Kazaquistan 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Malta
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco en México 2016
Papa Francisco en Mongolia
Papa Francisco en Panama – JMJ 2019
Papa Francisco en Peru
Papa Francisco en Polonia- Auschwitz
Papa Francisco en Polonia – JMU - 2016
Papa Francisco en Portugal 2021 + JMJ 2023
Papa Francisco en Romania
Papa Francisco en Sudan
Papa Francisco en Suecia
Pope Francis en Tailandiia
Papa Francisco en Uganda
Papa Francisco en United Arab Emirates
SANTOS Y MÁRTIRES
Mártires de Corea
Mártires de Japón
Mártires de Uganda
Mártires de Vietnam
Mártires de Nortd America
San Alberto Magno
San Alfonso Maria Liguori
San Ambrosio de Milan
San Andrés, Apostol
San Antonio de Padua
San Antonio del desierto (Egypto)
San Bruno, fundador de los cartujos
San Carlos Borromeo
San Ciril and Metodio
San Columbanus 1,2
San Daniel Comboni
San Domingo de Guzman, dundador de los Dominicos
San Dominic Savio
San Esteban, proto-martir
San Felipe Neri
San Francis co de Asís 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Xavier
San Ignacio de Loyola
San Joaquin y Santa Ana
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Bosco, fundador de los Salesianos
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la cruz
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
San Juan E. Newman, cardinal
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Filadelfia
San Juan Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
San Juan, Apostol y Evangelista
San Leon el Grande
San Lukas, Evangelista
San Marcos, Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliana Kolbe
San Nazareo y Celso, martires
San Nicolas (Santa Claus)
San Pablo, 1 + 2
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio de Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Bellarmino
Santiago, Apostol
San Simon y Judas Tadeo, apostoles
San Zacharias e Isavel, padres de Juan el Bautista
San Tomás Beckett
San Tomás de Aquinas
San Valentino
San Vincent e de Paul
San Zacharias y Santa Isabel
Sant’ Agueda, virgen and martir
Santa Bernadita de Lourdes
Santa Brigid a de Irlanda
Santa Caterina de Alexandria, virgen y martir
Santa Caterina de Siena
Santa Cecilia, virgen e martir
Santa Faustina and divine mercy
Sant’ Agnes of Rome, virgen y martir
Sant’ Isabel de Hungria
Sant’ Inés, virgen y martir
Santa Lucia, virgen y martir
Santa Margarita de Escocia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa Maria Magdalena
Santa Marta, Maria y Lazaro
Santa Monica, madre de San Augustine
Santa Rita de Cascia
Santa Teresa deAvila
Santa Teresa de Calcutta
Santa Terese de Lisieux 1 + 2
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