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Friday, March 22, 2024

Lough Derg (St. Patrick’s Purgatory) -- County Donegal, Ireland

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Destination: Lent is a perfect time to plan a pilgrimage, to set time apart, physically step away from daily life and struggles, and re-foc...
Friday, December 22, 2023

National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe -- Dallas, Texas

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Destination: The Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, located in the heart of downtown Dallas, has long been known as a landmark in...
Thursday, December 21, 2023

'Catacombs by Candlelight' -- Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, New York, N.Y.

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Destination: “Catacombs by Candlelight” perhaps conjures images of a subterranean tour in Rome led by a guide wearing a headlamp. In New Yo...
Thursday, October 5, 2023

Starved Rock State Park -- Oglesby, Ill.

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See God at work in autumn beauty at Starved Rock State Park.  Destination: Jesus “set before me the book of nature,” St. Thérèse of Lisieux...
Friday, September 22, 2023

Adoration Chapels -- Diocese of Rockford, Ill.

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Destination: Ready for a pilgrimage?  Parish pilgrimages abound all times of year, but as the new school year gets started and schedules st...

National Shrine of St. Thérèse — Darien, Ill.

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Destination: The Observer is no stranger to the National Shrine of St. Thérèse in Darien, a pleasant day trip away from the Rockford Dioce...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

Marian Library -- University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio

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Destination: A research library at an Ohio university houses what it calls “the largest dedicated collection of materials on Mary in the wo...