Pilgrimage

The third national peregrination of the icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa through Poland’s nearly 10,000 parishes is underway.

CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (OSV News) — When you are born in a major pilgrimage destination, you grow up with a treasure — a national shrine and sacred image — within reach …

An incoming doctor of the church, a “Pilgrimage of Peace” and more are highlights of this week.

“The pilgrim path to the summit of the Reek has been made holy by the feet of those who have walked it before us,” Archbishop Duffy said.

In celebration of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s 50th anniversary of canonization this year, a four-day pilgrimage was organized to trace the steps of the first American -born saint’s journey from …

Pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres this Pentecost weekend will have a record 19,000 pilgrims with 2,000 more on a waiting list.

Groups of Asian and Pacific Island Catholics processed down the national shrine’s main aisle, led by pilgrims carrying arches of colorful crepe-paper flowers.

The Pilgrim Passport is “a tangible way for the faithful to mark their journey and embrace the grace of this Holy Year,” said rector of shrine near Milwaukee.

Pilgrims of all ages in Rome are making “an absolute pivot” from the planned canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis to Pope Francis’ funeral April 26.

Will Peterson, founder and president of Modern Catholic Pilgrim, suggests four ways Catholics can deepen their local pilgrimage experience for Jubilee 2025.