How Holy Face Parish in Southern Maryland got its name - Catholic Standard

How Holy Face Parish in Southern Maryland got its name

Michael Hoyt

Apr 7, 2009

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This image of the Holy Face was given to Maria Cecil in 1880 by Pope Leo XIII. It hangs in Holy Face Church in Great Mills.

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