Our Lady of Guadalupe Plaza opens at Shrine of Christ’s Passion

Catholics from the Archdiocese of Chicago joined hundreds of others to celebrate the blessing and dedication of a new Our Lady of Guadalupe Plaza, outdoor shrine and chapel at the Shrine of Christ’s Passion in St. John, Indiana, on May 22.

Sharing the journey

The Second Vatican Council recovered the ancient understanding of the church as a pilgrim people. It is a notion that has deep roots in our tradition, particularly when we consider that before the term “Christianity” was coined, the disciples of Jesus spoke of themselves as belonging to “the Way.”

Catholics welcome icon of Mary as ‘we would all like to be welcomed’

On a cloudy Thursday morning, more than a hundred people gathered near the northwest corner of Humboldt Park to welcome the statue of the Virgen de San Juan de los Lagos to Chicago.

Annual Marian pilgrimage draws hundreds to abandoned town in Pa.

About 500 pilgrims came to a small church on the side of a Pennsylvania mountain Aug. 25 to pray for peace. They gathered at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Centralia, which overlooks the remains of an area mostly evacuated more than 30 years ago because of a mine fire. The church, built on rock, still stands.

Tips for making your next pilgrimage fruitful

The Chicago Catholic asked veteran pilgrimage leader Michael O'Neill him for tips on how to make the most of a pilgrimage journey.

Lourdes: Archdiocese has unique pairing with French diocese

Twenty-four years ago, Father Wayne Watts, pastor of St. John Berchmans Parish, 2517 W. Logan Blvd., started taking young people to Lourdes, France, to volunteer to help the sick, who are called “malades.”

Service to the sick in Lourdes transforms lives of local young people

For the past 24 years, Father Wayne Watts, pastor of St. John Berchmans, 2511 W. Logan Blvd., has taken young people in high school and college to Lourdes, France, to volunteer with the sick, or malades, as they are called there.

Catholics worldwide find strength in popular pilgrimages, devotions

Three times during October, tens of thousands of people pour into the narrow downtown streets of Lima, Peru, accompanying the figure of the Lord of the Miracles in a procession around the city. The devotion, one of the largest in Latin America, is also celebrated in cities such as Los Angeles and Chicago.

‘Notre Dame Trail’ pilgrimage saluted school’s spirit, founders and Mary

At 80, Holy Cross Brother Larry Stewart planned to walk and bike a 320-mile pilgrimage that is close to his heart and his faith.

Couple making historic pilgrimage to pray for peace in Chicago

Tommy Burke and Jessica Santiago are making their way along the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James), walking 1,000 miles across France and Spain to raise awareness of and pray for an end to the violence in Chicago.
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