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Our Lady of Sorrows (Purple)
Our Lady of Sorrows (Purple) The first permanent foundation of the Servite Friars in the USA was made by Father Austin M Morini in 1870 (this is the same Father Morini mentioned in the foundation of St. Mary's, London in 1874, the parish and Priory dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows were founded in Chicago in 1958, Our Lady of Sorrows was named a Minor Basilica by Pope Plus X II. It was here that in 1937, Father James
Mary Keane the founder of the Order in Australia) began the Sorrowful Mother Novena. This Novena spread throughout the USA and even to Australia. Our Lady of Sorrows is looked upon as the Motherhouse of the U.S.A. province. It was from this community that the friars left for California in 1958 to begin a new high school at Anaheim and Australia in 1951. |  |
| Feast Day: 15th September | |