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This temple dates back to a primitive hermitage, under the invocation of Saint Joseph, erected by order of D. Mariana de Menezes, wife of the captain of the island's grantee, Brás Soares de Sousa, according to a deed dated May 16, 1664, where the provided an annual mill of wheat for his factory. This primitive hermitage was located in the place of Flor da Rosa Alta, where that lady had her lands and orchard.

It was part of the Franciscan convent of Nossa Senhora da Vitória, whose foundation was approved in 1607. Work on the convent began on October 27th of that same year, and the foundation stone of the church was laid on March 6th of the following year ( 1608). The church's inaugural mass was celebrated on March 26, 1609.

It dates back to a hermitage founded by the island's first settler, Joss van Hurtere, and his wife, Beatriz de Macedo, under the invocation of the Holy Cross. Frei Diogo das Chagas states that it was quite ruined in 1640, and was rebuilt by order of the then bishop of the Diocese of Angra, D. Frei Lourenço de Castro. It was inaugurated on August 30, 1675, with the remains of D. Beatriz de Macedo being transferred to the main altar of the new temple.

This temple dedicated to the evocation of Our Lady of Sorrows presents itself as a modernist building with straight, broad lines. Its construction, which began in 1960, ended a year later in 1961. It was built out of need for the population to be able to access worship since the existing temple in this location had been destroyed in 1958 as a result of the seismovolcanic crisis of the Capelinhos Volcano that had the It began on October 24th of that same year.

It was built by the Order of Friars Minor between the 17th and 18th centuries.This temple of appreciable size and volume features good work in black basalt stone topped with masonry, particularly in the bell tower. The date 1828 is displayed on the main door.

It was solemnly inaugurated on August 15, 1886, while José do Canto was still alive, with the newspapers of the time referring to this festival in glowing terms. The image of the main altar is made of jasper and the stained glass windows that surround the temple evoke steps in the life of Our Lady from birth to assumption.

The blessing of the temple took place on June 16, 1950, and was presided over by the ecclesiastical ombudsman of Horta, Father José Silveira Luís. That same day, a bell and an image of the Virgin were also blessed. On the 17th and 18th of that same month, several pilgrimages took place there, coming from all the parishes of Faial, pilgrimages that, along the way, entered all the churches they passed to the sound of the ringing bells. These pilgrimages became a habit in the following years.

This temple was built on the initiative of Father Virgínio Lopes Tavares, when parish priest of São Pedro. Authorization for its construction was requested on June 11, 1924 and, on October 18, 1925, the first stone was blessed, a solemn act presided over by the Ecclesiastical Ombudsman, Father Mariano do Nascimento Moura.

This is the first temple erected in the Azores in honor of Our Lady, after the apparitions in Lourdes, France, in 1858. The patron saint's festival takes place annually on February 13th.

The current temple was erected in 1735 by Captain Manuel de Rezendes de Carvalho, of whom little is known, except that his name appears on the governing body of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Vila do Porto and recorded in three documents transcribed in the Archives of Azores.