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Only In Print: Cloistered Nuns Offer Holy Face Relic for Veneration, Before Move

April 27, 2022
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Holy Face of Jesus replica will move with B’klyn nuns 

Roberta Alicia of Queens venerates the Holy Face of Jesus relic at the Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Joseph in Brooklyn. She is a member of the Carmelite Oblate Confraternity, which assists the cloistered nuns at the monastery. (Photo: Bill Miller)

CYPRESS HILLS — Catholic tradition holds that God incarnate, Jesus Christ, left an image of his face on the veil of a woman who used it to wipe blood and sweat from his face.

Anyone can see a copy of this image at the Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Joseph on Highland Boulevard in Brooklyn. The piece of cloth is certified by the Vatican as a second-class relic, having been touched to St. Veronica’s Veil …

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