{"product_id":"1840s-immaculate-heart-of-mary-confraternity-certificate-heythuysen","title":"Antique 1840s Confraternity Certificate | Immaculate Heart of Mary | St Nicholas Heythuysen | Signed by Parish Priest","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare 1840s Catholic document from the Netherlands: an original \u003cstrong\u003ecertificate of admission (“Aanneming”) into the Confraternity of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary\u003c\/strong\u003e, established in the parish church of \u003cstrong\u003eSaint Nicholas at Heythuysen\u003c\/strong\u003e in Dutch Limburg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe printed form is completed by hand: the date \u003cem\u003e29 June 184…\u003c\/em\u003e (the last digit is partly faded), the name of the new member, and the signature of the parish priest (\u003cem\u003ePastoor\u003c\/em\u003e). The title page bears a woodcut of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, radiant, crowned with roses and pierced by a sword, encircled by the Miraculous Medal invocation in Dutch: \u003cem\u003e“O Maria, zonder vlek ontvangen, bid voor ons, die tot u onze toevlugt nemen”\u003c\/em\u003e (“O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee”).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text records that the new member was received into the confraternity founded to pray for the \u003cstrong\u003econversion of sinners\u003c\/strong\u003e, sharing in all its good works and in the graces and indulgences granted by the Pope to the Archconfraternity, with which the Heythuysen confraternity was united on \u003cstrong\u003e21 May 1844\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eInside the leaflet\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAflaten (Indulgences):\u003c\/strong\u003e the plenary and partial indulgences granted by \u003cstrong\u003ePope Gregory XVI\u003c\/strong\u003e by Apostolic Brief of 24 April 1838, with a further grant by brief of 4 February 1841\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAims and rules of the confraternity:\u003c\/strong\u003e including the duty of each member to wear the blessed Medal of the Immaculate Conception (the Miraculous Medal), to pray the Hail Mary daily, and the Saturday Mass in honour of the Heart of Mary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Memorare\u003c\/strong\u003e (“Gedenk, o goedertierenste Maagd Maria”) in Dutch, “met geestelijke goedkeuring” – with ecclesiastical approval\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinter’s imprint: \u003cstrong\u003eWeert, J.M.H. Smeets\u003c\/strong\u003e, noting that the confraternity prayer book was sold for 5 cents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Archconfraternity of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the Conversion of Sinners was founded in 1836 at Notre-Dame des Victoires in Paris and spread rapidly across Catholic Europe. Parish certificates like this one, issued to individual members in the very first decade of the movement, rarely survive – especially complete, signed and with the full rules and indulgences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e printed and hand-completed confraternity admission certificate, 4 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlace:\u003c\/strong\u003e Heythuysen (Heythuizen), Limburg, the Netherlands; printed in Weert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1840s (confraternity united with the Archconfraternity in 1844)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dutch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e approx. 8.7 × 14.4 cm (3.4 × 5.7 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e age-toned paper, a clipped corner, small edge chips and a split along the fold; text fully legible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA genuine piece of 19th-century Dutch Catholic and Marian history. The item you receive is the exact one pictured.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sacra Relics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59226282852687,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1035\/5556\/3855\/files\/1840s-heythuysen-immaculate-heart-of-mary-confraternity-certificate.jpg?v=1792707538","url":"https:\/\/sacrarelics.com\/products\/1840s-immaculate-heart-of-mary-confraternity-certificate-heythuysen","provider":"Sacra Relics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}