Holy Infant of Good Health Chapel

Feast of the Holy Infant of Good Health:  April 21, 2024

  In 1956, Margot James, a devout lady in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi brought the Devotion to the United States.
  From here the devotion spread rapidly too many states and other continents, a testimony to the universal acceptance of Jesus’ invitation to become as little children.
  In 1994 Margot James padded away. The Community of Sisters in Morelia, then gave their blessings and entrusted the job of spreading the devotion to the Holy Infant to a family and friends in Mississippi who had grown to love the “Holy Infant”.
  On February 15, 1997, the dedication of the first Chapel in honor of the Holy Infant of Good Health, in the United States was blessed by Most Rev. Lawson Howze, Bishop of Biloxi, at St. Ann Church in Clermont Harbor, MS.
  On November 10, 1999, the statue of the Holy Infant housed in the Chapel, was then taken to Morelia, Mexico, and blessed by Bishop Estanislao Alcaraz, to become the Traveling Pilgrim Statue for the United States. Since then, the Pilgrim Statue has traveled to many states. In April of 2006, Archbishop Alberto Suarez Inda, of Morelia blessed the Image that is now housed in the Shrine.
  On May 18, 2004, Most Rev. Thomas Rodi, Bishop of Biloxi issued a decree, declaring the Chapel a Diocesan Shrine; now known as the Holy Infant of Good Health Shine.