ABOUT SAINT PHILOMENA
On May 24th, 1802, cleaning and clearing work was in progress in the most ancient of all the catacombs in Rome, the St. Priscilla catacombs, which dated almost from apostolic times. One of the workers, while digging in one of the ancient tunnels, by accident found a shelf-tomb that had never been opened. (Most of the graves in this cemetery had been opened, and their relics removed for safety.) The tomb was clearly the tomb of a martyr, with rough inscriptions including arrows, a lance, an anchor, a lily or flame, and the words: PAX TECUM FILUMENA
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The national shrine of St. Philomena in south Florida is operated by the Society of St. Pius X. Owing to the difficulties caused in the past year by the Coronavirus, the shrine was moved 25 miles north from its Little Havana home in Miami north to Our Lady of Victory in Davie, FL. The last Mass for the shrine at the Miami location was March 22nd, 2020.
“The catalyst for the merging of the two chapels was Covid-19,” said Fr. Samuel Fabula, the pastor of Our Lady of Victory. “The shutdowns and restrictions for Miami in Dade County were more restrictive than those for Davie in Broward County. When the faithful of St. Philomena were denied access to the church, the decision was made to combine the two parishes at Our Lady of Victory, which is also the larger chapel.”
