Peru – The first image of Mary Help of Christians in Peru

24 May 2024

Peru – May 2024 - The first Salesians arrived in Peru in 1891 and spread devotion to Mary Help of Christians. The image that still enters the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Lima at every novena carried on shoulders is the first of Mary Help of Christians, carved in Sarriá (Barcelona, Spain). The spread of devotion to Mary Help of Christians in Lima began with her in 1900.

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ANS - “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana” is a on-line almost daily publication, the communication agency of the Salesian Congregation enrolled in the Press Register of the Tibunal of Rome as n 153/2007.

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