Observer Destinations

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

 Destination: We suggested a visit to Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal in Montreal, Canada, in 2019 when it was to begin a $110 millio...

 Destination: Getting to Italy may be less than certain right now, but if you can get as far as Rome, the Vatican Museums reopened May 3 wi...

Destination: We originally visited the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Md., in September 2009 . But the shrine ha...

Destination: Just a few hours north of the Rockford Diocese is the National Shrine of St. Joseph on the campus of St. Norbert College in De...

(Photo by David Leigh Ellis, commons.wikimedia.org) Destination: Another of the U.S. basilicas named for St. Joseph is the Cathedral Basili...

(Observer screengrab/Sharon Boehlefeld)  Destination: As we begin the year of St. Joseph, we find few basilicas are named to honor St. Jose...

 Destination: If you haven’t heard of the “holy dirt” of New Mexico, the place to find it is Santuario de Chimayo or the Shrine of Chimayo....

Destination: Should travel restrictions open in time, anyone heading for Rome may want to schedule a stop to see an exhibit only a few step...

 Destination:   “On July 24, 1701,” explains the history on the parish website, “25 canoes glided to a stop at the foot of a high bluff whic...

(CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)  Destination:   Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, cel...

(CNS photo/Debbie Hill)     Destination:   There are several places important to Catholics that are offering some kind of virtual visit or l...

(Photos/San Miguel Chapel) Destination : We’re finishing off our series on the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S. with San Miguel Chapel i...

(Observer screen grab) Destination: If southwest Texas or northeast Mexico is on your itinerary this winter, consider planning a pilgri...

(CNS photos) Destination: We usually think of Our Lady of Guadalupe in December near her feast day. But any time is a good time to mak...

(Observer photos/ sacredheartcocathedral.com) Destination : Founded as a parish in 1610, the same year the city of Santa Fe was founded,...

Destination: With a parish history dating back to the late 1700’s, the Basilica Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart began as a parish servin...

(Observer photos/www.thebasilica.org) Destination: If you head to Milwaukee for any reason, you might want to schedule a stop at the Ba...

Destination: If your snowbird or summer travels include a car trip to the southeast, plan a route through Mobile, Ala., to see its Ca...

(Observer photo/Johnny Boehlefeld) Destination: For a trip into the history of the Church, especially if you’re interested in the Polis...