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Fatima,
Portugal
Mary appeared here in 1917.
Info on The Apparitions, the Message of Fatima, Pictures of Fatima, Portugal, Attractions in Portugal, the Children, Sister Lucia, Fatima, Portugal
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Mexico City
Visit the Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe where the Blessed Mother appeared to St. Juan Diego. The Basilica houses the tilma or cloak that is imprinted with the miraculous image of the Blessed Mother. The colors of the image were not produced by anything on Earth.
Info on St. Juan Diego, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Ancient Account of Miracle,
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Lourdes, France
Mary appeared here in 1858. Info on the History of Lourdes, St. Bernadette of Lourdes, St. Bernadette Soubirous, Lourdes and St. Bernadette, St. Bernadette the Visionary,
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Padua, Italy
It’s got the relics of St. Anthony
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St. Irenaeus, the renowned Early Church Father, was bishop of Lyons in the second century.
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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the sacred site of Jesus’ crucifixion, burial and Resurrection.
Sample Trip to Jerusalem, Life of Jesus Christ, the Holy Sepulchre, Pictures of the Holy Sepulchre, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, What Pope John Paul II Said at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Way of the Cross,
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Ephesus,
Turkey
It is believed the Blessed Mother lived here under the care of St. John the Apostle until the end of her life. The House of Mary is visited not only by Christians, but by Muslims, who regard her as a holy woman.
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Mary is the patroness of the United States.
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Vatican City (a tiny country surrounded by Rome, Italy)
Where the pope lives. St. Peter’s Basilica was built over the tomb of St. Peter, the first pope. South of Rome, visit the 5th century Abbey of Monte Cassino. Info on the Holy See, Basilica of St. Peter, St. Peter’s Square, Photo Gallery, Michelangelo’s Pieta, St. Peter, and Order of St. Benedict.
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Krakow,
Poland
It was here that St. Faustina received from Christ the message of Divine Mercy. St. Faustina’s tomb is also here. Sample trip.
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St. Paul the Apostle preached
in Greek cities such as Philippi, Thessaloniki, Athens, Corinth, and
Ephessos
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Knock, Ireland
Ireland’s National
Marian Shrine The Blessed Mother appeared here in 1879. so did St. Joseph
and St. John the Evangelist. Story of the Apparitions.
Info on Our Lady of
Knock.
This shrine was
visited by Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa.
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Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Sites include Bethlehem (birthplace of
Jesus), Bethany (home of
Martha and Mary), Nazareth
(where Jesus was a young boy), Jerusalem
(home of the Mount of Olives,
Garden of Gethsemane, the Last Supper, place where
cocked crowed, etc.), Galilee, Mount
Carmel, Cana (where Jesus performed His first miracle at a wedding), the Jordan River, the Via
Dolorosa, Jericho, Emmaus,
Qumran
(where the Dead Sea
Scrolls were found) and Samaria.
Via Dolorosa
(Way of the Cross)
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Assisi,
Italy
Home to St. Francis of Assisi and St. Clare of Assisi. Visit the Basilica of St. Francis.
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San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
Visit the Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church, built in honor of the great saint and stigmatic St. Padre Pio.
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Lanciano, Italy
Visit the location of the Eucharistic Miracle of the 8th
century. During Mass, a priest held up the bread and wine. He and the whole
church saw it turn into flesh and blood. Hundreds of years later, DNA testing
showed it was fresh blood of a living person. The blood was type AB. The flesh
was from a living heart. Visit the miracle at the Church of St. Francis. Sample
of Italy pilgrimage. Sample 2.
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Siena, Italy
Home of the great St.
Catherine of Siena (1347-1380). See the house where she grew up. St.
Catherine was a brilliant theologian and diplomat and was named Doctor of the
Church. Read her Treatise: Dialogue
of the Seraphic Virgin.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1.
Visit the National Shrine of Saint John Neumann.
Pray before the body of this saint and little bishop of Philadelphia. Located
at 5th & Girard Streets.
- In
Philadelphia’s northern suburb of Bensalem, visit the Shrine
of Saint Mother
Katharine Drexel at 1663 Bristol Pike, Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA 19020. Mother Katharine Drexel
and the order of nuns she founded opened schools around the country for
the poor, Native Indians, and blacks. Katharine gave up her millions and
lived in poverty.
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Some miracles related to pilgrimages.
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