FOLLOWED BY

THE LITTLE OFFICE OF THE HOLY NAME OF GOD

BY

The Rev. Abbe JANVIER

Dean of the metropolitan Chapter of Tours, priest of the Holy Face.

WITH THE APPROBATION

of Mgr the Most Rev. Archbishop of Tours.

Translated from the French
BY MRS. A.-R. BENNETT

TOURS

THE ORATORY OF THE HOLY FACE

8 rue Bernard – Palissy.

(formerly rue Saint-Etienne ).

1887

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APPROBATION

OF MGR THE ARCHBISHOP OF TOURS

Tours, 15th of April 1886.

We approve of and recommend to the pious faithful the Manual of the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face.

This collection of the special documents of the Archconfraternity, containing in addition, edifying reflexions, meditations and various pious and reparatory prayers, is very well suited for guiding the associates, enlightening them, and sustaining them in the practices which have relation to the worship of the Holy Face.

The venerated Mr. Dupont, known in France and in foreign countries under the designation of the Holy Man of Tours, was the restorer of the worship of the Holy Face in our midst. His cherished memory, the examples and the traditions he bequeathed to us have been the means of inspiring the author of this manual, who is continuing in our sight, the fruitful and salutary work of his holy predecessor, with a generosity of soul corresponding to our desires and to the exceptional favours granted by Leo XIII happily reigning.

† GUILLAUME,

ARCHBISHOP OF TOURS