Tag: Pilgrimage
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Revealing Catholic Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana, is about a three hour drive from Dallas-Fort Worth, but feels a world away. It was once at the very western frontier of the United States and remains today the land where Creole meets Cowboy. It is here that the cultures of east Texas and Cajun country intersect to create a memorable impression…
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Advent Pilgrimage Day 21: Washington
This is the final entry for the virtual Advent pilgrimage. The destination is the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, where visitors can stroll through this magnificent church that re-creates many of the holy sites in the Holy Land including its Bethlehem Shrine which re-creates the Grotto of the Nativity. The monastery grounds are…
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Advent Pilgrimage Day 18: Memphis
On Day 18 of the virtual Advent pilgrimage, we are in Memphis to recall the witness of Servant of God Thea Bowman who is buried in the city’s Elmwood Cemetery. Thea Bowman was born the grand-daughter of a slave in the Mississippi Black Belt. She led a most remarkable life, abandoning her Methodist upbringing at…
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Advent Pilgrimage Day 16: Green Bay
On Day 16 of the Advent virtual pilgrimage, we head north to DePere, Wisconsin, just outside of Green Bay, to the National Shrine of St. Joseph, located on the campus of St. Norbert College. The shrine is operated by the medieval white-clad Norbertine Order which first came to America from Europe and settled in De Pere…
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Advent Pilgrimage Day 14: St. Louis
On Day 14 of the Advent pilgrimage, we arrive at the gateway to the west: St. Louis. It is here that a very special shrine can be found, the Shrine of St. Joseph. Not only is it a beautiful church in which to reflect upon the fatherly love of Joseph and the relationship between the Christ child…
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Advent Pilgrimage Day 11: Oklahoma City
On this day of the virtual Advent pilgrimage, we arrive in Oklahoma City and the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine. The shrine commemorates the American missionary priest who was martyred in the rectory of his parish in Guatemala. He grew up on a Catholic farm in western Oklahoma and ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma…
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Advent Pilgrimage Day 9: Chicago
On this 9th day of the virtual Advent pilgrimage, and on the eve of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, we reflect on two more Marian connections. Yesterday in San Antonio, we traced the link from Guadalupe to Lourdes. Today, we are in Chicago recalling the miraculous events in the life of Blessed Bartolo…
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Advent Pilgrimage Day 5: Tucson
From California, we begin to head east on the virtual Advent pilgrimage to the State of Arizona and one of its most interesting cities, Tucson. It is here in the Summerhaven village atop Mt. Lemmon – an oasis close to 9,000 feet above the desert – is the Byzantine Catholic Mary Undoer of Knots Shrine.…
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A trip through the City of Angels
Los Angeles is one of the country’s most visited cities. Where else can you experience the magic of the movies, palm lined boulevards, and sandy beaches all within city limits? The city has captured the American imagination for decades and is important for pilgrims too. Like so much of California, Los Angeles owes its origins…