An air of both excitement and reverence permeated the parish community of St. Dominic in Brick, Oct. 1, as worshippers gathered for the dedication by Bishop David M. O'Connell of Trenton of a new Diocesan Shrine to Blessed Carlo Acutis and to
On Oct. 9, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion celebrates the 164th anniversary of the Blessed Virgin Mary's second and third apparitions to Adele Brise -- the only approved Marian apparitions in the United States. While the observance has long
Several sites in the United States are home to vast collections of saint relics. The Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics in Maria Stein, Ohio, is home to over 1,100 relics in 970 reliquaries representing 900 saints. It is one of
Days after President Paul Kagame of Rwanda warned Catholic pilgrims who "worship poverty" that he would round them up and jail them, Catholic clergy in the East Africa nation remained tight-lipped, even as the warning reverberated across the region.
Cardinal-designate Grzegorz Rys and papal almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski greeted pilgrims on Aug. 24 as 5000 people arrived to the shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa from the Archdioceses of Lódz in a walking pilgrimage.
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa exists to accomplish one mission: Leading people to Jesus through Mary. The shrine in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, houses several images of Our Lady of Częstochowa, also known as the “Black Madonna,” whose feast day falls
Starting in September, people will be able to visit a new $4 million museum and visitors center dedicated to telling the story of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in new and vibrant ways.
It’s been a summer of saints for Gretchen Crowe and her little family. She writes: “By sheer coincidence, thanks to professional and social schedules, during the month of June alone, we got to visit the shrines of five American saints: in Philadelphia,
BOSTON (OSV News) — “Bring them safely home.” That is the prayer that generations of sailors’ families and friends have offered from the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage in South Boston. On June 19 and 20, the shrine community had
Every Catholic church houses God present in the Eucharist. At the same time, many of them also hold relics or remains of the saints — holy men and women now in heaven after dedicating their lives to God. Some churches in the