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A Little Chapel in Chicago
I was in Chicago this week and stumbled on a Catholic bookstore. It was cold & rainy there and I couldn’t get to one of the churches. I went in to the bookstore and while I was looking around I … Continue reading
Largest Collection of Relics & Memorabilia of St. Therese Outside of Lisieux, France is in Illinois
The National Shrine of St. Therese in Darien, Illinois includes a chapel and a museum that has the largest collection of St. Therese relics and memorabilia outside of Lisieux, France. The collection includes relics, an original oil painting of her done … Continue reading
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Tagged catholic, catholic pilgrimage, chapel, France, Illinois, pilgrimage, relics, St. Therese
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Ground Zero Catholic Memorial Honors All Who Died on 9/11
It is not widely known, but there is a Ground Zero Catholic Memorial at St. Joseph’s Chapel on the southwest side of the World Trade Center. “The Catholic Memorial at Ground Zero honors all who died in the terrorist attacks, … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, catholic, catholic pilgrimage, chapel, Ground Zero, john collier, memorial, New York, St. Joseph
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The Sorrowful Mother Shrine, Ohio
The Sorrowful Mother Shrine was founded in 1850 and is the oldest Marian Shrine in the Midwest and east of the Mississippi River. It was founded by a missionary priest of the Most Precious Blood, Fr. Francis de Sales Brunner. He … Continue reading
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Tagged catholic, catholic pilgrimage, chapel, grotto, marian shrine, Our Lady, pilgrimage, Sorrowful Mother, Virgin Mary
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Largest Collection of Relics at St. Anthony’s Chapel in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
St. Anthony’s Chapel has the largest collection of relics for public veneration with over 5000 relics housed in the Shrine of Saints. (The Vatican has the largest private collection of relics.) The collection was amassed by Father Suitbert Mollinger who … Continue reading
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Tagged catholic, chapel, museum, Pennsylvania, pilgrimage, Pittsburg, relics, saints, shrine, St. Anthony, vatican
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC
In May 1846, nineteen bishops petitioned the Pope to proclaim Mary as Patroness of the United States under the title of the Immaculate Conception, 8 years before the promulgation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. In 1847 Pope Pius … Continue reading
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Tagged catholic, chapel, Immaculate Conception, Mary, oratory, pilgrimage, Pius X, Pope, Virgin Mary, Washington DC
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