All Saints Shrine in Southeast Michigan Has over 100 Relics

Byzantine church hosts one of the largest collections of relics in southeast Michigan

https://detroitcatholic.com/news/melissa-keating/byzantine-church-hosts-one-of-the-largest-collections-of-relics-in-southeast-michigan 

The Sacred Heart Byzantine Catholic Church in Livonia, Michigan has over 100 relics in their All Saints Shrine.

Besides St. Nicholas, the shrine also includes relics of the 12 apostles, the four Gospel writers, the right index finger of St. Joseph of Arimathea, the sternum of St. Ignatius of Antioch, a large fragment from the hip of St. Polycarp, a 3/4-inch by 1 1/4-inch fragment of the True Cross of Christ, SS. Perpetua and Felicity, and St. Agnes of Rome.

Fr. Marquis is available to give guided tours of All Saints Shrine every Wednesday from 1-4 p.m. Pilgrimages can also be organized by calling (313) 282-4327 or josephmarquis@ameritech.net. Sacred Heart Byzantine Parish is located at 29125 West Six Mile Road in Livonia.

Link to All Saints Shrine website:  http://allsaintsshrine.com

The All Saints Shrine

at Sacred Heart Byzantine Catholic Church

29125 West Six Mile Road

Livonia, MI 48152

 

 

Shrine of the Holy Relics in Ohio

The Shrine of the Holy Relics is located in Ohio.  It is the second largest collection of relics in the United States, contains 1,100 relics of Catholic Saints, and is located in Maria Stein, Ohio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Holy_Relics

Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin

The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin:

http://www.guadalupeshrine.org

The Shrine has many events with exposition/veneration of various Saints' relics.

Inside the Shrine Church:  Side-aisle shrines:

Saint Therese (en Español) – (also:  Canonization, by Pope Pius XI)
Blessed Miguel Pro –  (also:  video about Blessed Miguel Pro)
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla  (en Español)
Saint Peregrine  (en Español)
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Faustina Kowalska (en Español)

Pendentives – Church Fathers:
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (en Español)
Saint Ephrem (en Español) – (also:  Encyclical by Pope Benedict XV)
Saint John Damascene  (en Español)
Saint Ambrose (en Español)

Sacristy
Saint John Mary Vianney  (en Español)
Saint John Neumann

Lower-level – Venerables:
Venerable Bp. Frederic Baraga
Venerable Samuel Mazzuchelli, OP
Venerable Solanus Casey, OFMCap.

On Sundays at the shrine:

9:30 a.m. – Traditional Latin Mass
11:00 a.m. – Spanish
1:00 p.m. – English

Shrine Church Tour
Monday through Saturday
1:30 p.m.
Sunday
2:30 p.m.


Holy Mass
Monday through Saturday
12:15 p.m.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
  with Holy Rosary, Evening Prayer and Benediction
Monday through Saturday
3:30 p.m.

Shrine Church Tour
Monday through Saturday
1:30 p.m.
Sunday
2:30 p.m.

Divine Mercy Chaplet
Thursday
3:00 p.m.

Plan a Pilgrimage:

http://www.guadalupeshrine.org/visit/pilgrimage

The church has an amazing pipe organ:





 The organ dates its origin to the early centuries.


The Shrine Church has amazing paintings. Painting Reproductions are available in the gift shop on line or in person.

Traveling Relic of Saint Damien - Hawaii

Traveling relic of St. Damien available for veneration

 

Diocese of Honolulu

1184 Bishop St, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Phone: (808) 585-3300

The Diocese of Honolulu has a “traveling relic” of St. Damien, available for veneration wherever it is welcome.  

"We are putting the word out to bishops,” Bishop Larry Silva said.   The relic is made up of bone fragments shed from another relic, a talus (ankle) bone now on permanent display in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. 

 

Typically, the relic of a saint would be put on display in a church or chapel for the faithful to approach it, view it, perhaps touch the box it is in, and pray in its presence. The bishop has assigned Sacred Hearts Father Paul Zaccone as the person who “will normally be the one to take the relic to its various locations.” “He will be prepared to give talks and to lead prayers, if desired,” the bishop explained in an e-mail message. Father Zaccone will also arrange for any accompanying literature, art and religious objects that would supplement the display of the relic, the bishop said.

The relic is owned by the Diocese of Honolulu. Bishop Silva said that he would consider future requests directly from individual parishes, convents, monasteries or other church entities. The diocesan Office of Worship would handle requests. The bone fragments are held in a 6-inch by 9-inch by 4-inch reliquary of polished monkeypod wood, and are visible behind a thick oval glass window on the lid. The box is secured by a brass Louis Vuitton padlock made in Paris. It is carried in a donated 16-inch long black leather bag by Prada. The reliquary was made by 2 Makawao, Maui, craftsmen, Edwin Ferreira and Allan Marciel. The wood comes from a 100-year-old tree Father Damien planted on topside Molokai near the church he built in Kaluaaha, Our Lady of Seven Sorrows.

Transportation costs of the traveling relic will be the responsibility of the diocese or other entity that requests it. This includes coach class airfare, ground transportation, and room and board for the person accompanying the relic. The relic will always be hand-carried, the bishop said, never mailed or checked in as luggage.

 

Another St. Damien relic, the remains of his right hand, lies in the priest’s original grave alongside St. Philomena Church in Kalawao, Molokai, where he was buried in 1889. 

Holy Face Association - Montreal, Canada

Holy Face Association:

http://www.holyface.com

Holy Face Association
Canada:  P.O. Box 100, Station St. 
Jacques, Montreal, Quebec  H3C 1C5

USA:  P.O. Box 821, Champlain, New York 12919-0821

Phone: 514-747-0357
Email: holyface@holyface.com
 
The Holy Face Association was established in Montreal, Canada on May 26, 1976.

Exhibitions

Over the past 7 years, thousands of people from all walks of life have come to visit our Holy Face Exhibition. Located in various cities (at different times) across all of North America, the exhibition gives both believers and non-believers an opportunity to see first-hand for themselves, the authenticity and sheer grandeur of the Holy Shroud. It also provides visitors with a deeper understanding and awareness of all the terrible pain and suffering that our Lord endured for all of us.

Programs they offer:

The Holy Face Association offers several programs to help in the conversion of souls for their salvation. Read about the various programs below and feel free to contact us for more information, should you have any questions. These programs are currently available in the Western hemisphere only (North and South America).
 
Holy Face Church Program - (Lord, that we may see Thy Face)
If the Pastor wishes to enshrine the illuminated (or non-illuminated) framed Holy Face picture permanently in the church, the Association will donate this picture, plus Holy Face devotional material, as well as a percentage of large Holy Face pictures and novenas for the parishoners.  Also, the Association will help to start up (preferably on Tuesdays) a Holy Face Hour of reparation. (available in Western Hemisphere only).

Holy Face Home Program - (Our Lord Comes To Visit His Children)

A group should be formed (minimum 2 people, 3 preferred) and they should choose a name by which the group will be known (preferably that of a saint or an angel).  This designated group will then be responsible for taking the illuminated, framed Holy Face picture to different private homes, including retirement homes, and leave the picture at every location for 9 consecutive days.  The group will recite the first day Novena Prayer with the residents of the home and return on the ninth day to again recite the ninth day Novena Prayer, as well as the Act of Consecration.  It is suggested that the Rosary also be said each day in thanksgiving and reparation.  After the consecration has been made (and before the membership form is filled out), a Holy Face picture (framed by the group) should be enshrined in the consecrated home.  The illuminated, framed Holy Face picture is then brought to another home. (available in Western Hemisphere only). 

Holy Face Hospital Program - (Our Lord Consoles His Children)

You cannot look at the Most Holy Face of Jesus and fail to see His terrible suffering.  The dear souls in the hospitals have the opportunity of suffering with Jesus; united with Jesus, they can offer all to our Heavenly Father to make reparation and help save many souls.  Prayer leaflets and medals are given to hospital patients (all have been blessed); being sick, most will find it difficult to say prayers, but we ask that they gaze upon the Holy Face of Jesus illustrated on the promise card.  In doing so, they actually console Jesus, and one will always receive more than he or she can give, for God will always reward a cheerful giver.

Holy Face Missionary Program - (Go out to the whole world)

The Association, depending on who requests it, will donate Holy Face devotional materials and medals, plus Holy Face pictures in order to help all souls find, love and console Jesus.  The churches are supplied with a large 16 x 20 inch Holy Face picture (not framed) and other material for those who wish to start a Holy Face Holy Hour of reparation.

Holy Face Prison Program - (I was in prison and you visited me)

When a prisoner writes the Association, they will receive an envelope containing Holy Face devotional literature and a Holy Face Medal (blessed).  By separate post, the inmate will receive a Sacred and Immaculate Heart picture, plus a booklet containing all necessary prayers.  Those who participate in this program are supplied (if they so wish) with rosaries, scapulars and different spiritual books to help them on the road of salvation.

Holy Face School Program - (That they may learn)

When a Principal of a school and/or a teacher writes to the Association, it will do its utmost to cooperate in helping the children to know and love the Most Holy Face of Jesus, through the donation of Holy Face devotional material and medals to interested classmates.  Also, if they wish, a large, unframed Holy Face picture will be sent, upon request, to be enshrined in the school.

Link to contact them if you're interested in these programs:

http://www.holyface.com/programs.htm

National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe - California

Who Is The Man Of The Shroud? Permanent Exhibit

On Saturday, February 27, 2010, a permanent exhibit titled Who is the Man of the Shroud? opened at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Sacramento, California. Founded by the Legionaries of Christ, this is the third permanent Shroud exhibit the order has established. The first, the Pontifical Institute Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center, was opened in Jerusalem in 2006 (which I have reported on previously) and the second at the University of Rome. Plans are to continue to open similar exhibits in other countries around the world. Each exhibit includes a lifesize replica of the Shroud, 2 lifesize holographic images by Petrus Soons showing the 3 dimensional characteristics of the Shroud image, replicas of the instruments of the crucifixion and a beautiful, lifesize bronze sculpture of the man of the Shroud by Luigi Mattei.

 

Who Is The Man Of The Shroud?
National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
1909 7th Street
Sacramento, CA 95811-7027
Phone: (916) 442-3211

Shroud of Turin Center - Colorado

The Shroud of Turin Center in Colorado:

http://www.shroudofturin.com

The Turin Shroud Center of Colorado (TSC) is among the world's foremost scientific research and education centers on the Shroud. 

PO Box 25326
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80936 
Telephone 719-599-5755 
Email:  ShroudCenter@gmail.com


Exhibit: Almost Like Seeing the Real Shroud

Turin Shroud Center's exhibit is open to the public by appointment only.

Among the items on display in the exhibit are:
 

> A full-size back-lit color transparency of the Shroud
> A demonstration of Shroud's burial configuration
> Models depicting crucifixion according to Shroud forensics.
> A full size replica of both the front and back of the Sudarium of Oviedo

Shroud Exhibit & Museum - New Mexico

Shroud Exhibit and Museum, Inc.

Museum Closed Until Relocation - We can still give portable presentations
• Call (575) 415-5206 for info or special groups 

This center was founded in 2009 in Alamagordo, New Mexico, by noted Shroud scholar Pete Schumacher, a name very well known to most Shroud researchers as the expert on the VP-8 Image Analyzer. Visitors can hear Pete's lectures, study a lifesize backlit color transparency of the Shroud, view dramatic 3-D images of the Shroud, see a real time demonstration of the VP-8 Image analyzer and much more.

The Exhibit can be reached at:

Shroud Exhibit and Museum, Inc.
White Sands Mall, Suite D1
3199 North White Sands Blvd.
Alamogordo, NM 88310
Phone: 575-446-2113
Website: www.shroudnm.com
E-mail: pete@shroudnm.com
Hours of Operation: Tuesday through Saturday - 10:00 am to 7:00 pm
Closed 1 hour for lunch midday - Sunday - 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Website:  http://shroudnm.com

Museum Closed Until Relocation - We can still give portable presentations
• Call (575) 415-5206 for info or special groups

Holy Face Monastery - New Jersy - Shroud of Turin

Holy Face Monastery

This monastery offers books, pictures, film strips, medals, leaflets and cards. It has a permanent display of photos and related artifacts on the Shroud. The free exhibit is open to the public daily from 7:30am to 8:00pm. There are guided tours on Sunday afternoon and a gift shop is open on the weekends with Shroud related materials from the Holy Shroud Guild. Monks are available for conferences on the Shroud upon request. For more information contact:

Holy Face Monastery
1697 Route S-3
P.O. Box 691
Clifton, New Jersey 07012
Phone: 973-778-1177
Gift Shop Website: http://holyfacemonasterygiftshop.blogspot.com

The gift shop is open Saturday and Sunday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The gift shop has a special interest in items related to St. Thérèse of Lisieux. 
Walk the monastery grounds, pray at the shrines dedicated to Our Lady, Padre Pio and St. Thérèse. Pray the Stations of the Cross. Visit Jesus in the beautiful quiet chapel.

 

Saint Peregrine Relic & Shrine Of the Most Holy Redeemer - Las Vegas, Nevada

Every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.: 
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and  Blessing with St. Peregrine Relic from Rome

Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel

Las Vegas, Nevada:
This beautiful chapel was commissioned by the Most Rev. Daniel F. Walsh, D.D., former Bishop of the Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas, to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the evangelization of the Americas.  The chapel is a gift of the E. L. Wiegand Foundation.  The altar, lectern, sanctuary lamp, crucifix, and tabernacle are original contemporary works in bronze.  The chapel has three major works of art.  There is a lovely oil painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe which originated in Mexico in the late 17th Century.  (circa 1680).  There is a four foot hand carved statue of St. Joseph and the child Jesus.  The statue is approximately 200 years old and has been completely restored for use in the Guadalupe chapel.  The most contemporary artistic work is a mural depicting all of the people of Canada, United States, Mexico, Central and South America who played a significant role in the evangelization of the Americas.

Shrine of the Most Holy Redeemer

55 East Reno Ave   

Las Vegas, Nevada 89119        

Shrine Hours:

Monday - Friday: 10:45 am - 4:30 pm

Saturday: 10:45 am - 7:00 pm

Sunday: 7:00 am - 7:00 pm

**During August the Shrine will be closing at 3:00PM on Mon, Tues, Thurs & Friday in order to conserve power during our summer heat.

Gift Shop Hours:

Saturday: 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
*Closed from 1:30-3:00pm on Sat.

Sunday: 7:30 am - 1:45 pm
*Closed during each mass
(reopens before/after morning & noon mass')

Monday: 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Tuesday: 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Wednesday: 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Thursday: 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Friday: 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

The Shrine was dedicated to the greater honor and glory of God and for the salvation of his people. It was named the Shrine of the Most Holy Redeemer as a proclamation that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior...and that he lives with us always and everywhere.

Daily Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Monday - Thursday: 1:00PM - 4:30PM
Friday: 1:00PM - 3:00PM

Wednesday: 1:00PM - 7:30PM
w/ St. Peregrine Novena

Phone: (702) 891-8600

 

 

Marytown - The National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe in Illinois

Marytown in Libertyville, Illinois:   The National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe

http://www.marytown.com

Conventual Franciscan Friars of Marytown

1600 W Park Ave
Libertyville, IL 60048
Ph:  (847) 367-7800

For those unable to visit, their website offers 360 degree virtual tours!!

http://www.marytown.com/content/national-shrine-of-st-maximilian-kolbe

They also offer online Eucharistic Perpetual Adoration:

http://www.marytown.com/content/our-lady-blessed-sacrament-chapel

You click the arrow on the window and live adoration is available. 

THE EUCHARISTIC MONSTRANCE

Upon entering Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament adoration chapel, the eye is naturally drawn to the monstrance where the Eucharistic Jesus is enthroned.  The monstrance is five feet, two inches tall and has been entirely fashioned from sacrificial gifts of jewelry.

Symbols of the four Evangelists grace the base, signifying that Eucharistic doctrine is based in Sacred Scripture.  The stem of the monstrance is formed by a figure of Mary Immaculate crushing the head of a serpentine Satan.  The removable lunela holds Jesus truly present in the consecrated host.  Encircling it are eight medallions portraying “types,” or symbols of the Blessed Sacrament.

A podium of marble with angels in high relief and grateful expression supports the monstrance.  Learn more about the monstrance by clicking HERE.

THE ALTAR OF EXPOSITION

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus: Holy, Holy, Holy, carved in the steps leading to the altar proclaim the sacredness of this space.  Nine species of imported marble make up the altar’s construction.  Its frontal area is a masterpiece, inlaid with mosaics representing the Mass as sacrifice: the breaking of bread at Emmaus, the sacrifices of Abraham and Melchisedech.
 

St. Maximilian Kolbe, Martyr of Charity

St. Maximilian was born Raymond Kolbe in Poland, January 8, 1894. In 1910, he entered the Conventual Franciscan Order. He was sent to study in Rome where he was ordained a priest in 1918.

Father Maximilian returned to Poland in 1919 and began spreading his Militia of the Immaculata movement of Marian consecration (whose members are also called MIs), which he founded on October 16, 1917. In 1927, he established an evangelization center near Warsaw called Niepokalanów, the "City of the Immaculate." By 1939, the City had expanded from eighteen friars to nearly 900, making it the largest Catholic religious house in the world.

To better "win the world for the Immaculata," the friars utilized the most modern printing and administrative techniques. This enabled them to publish countless catechetical and devotional tracts, a daily newspaper with a circulation of 230,000 and a monthly magazine with a circulation of over one million. Maximilian started a radio station and planned to build a motion picture studio--he was a true "apostle of the mass media." He established a City of the Immaculata in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1930, and envisioned missionary centers worldwide.

Maximilian was a ground-breaking theologian. His insights into the Immaculate Conception anticipated the Marian theology of the Second Vatican Council and further developed the Church's understanding of Mary as "Mediatrix" of all the graces of the Trinity, and as "Advocate" for God's people.

In 1941, the Nazis imprisoned Father Maximilian in the Auschwitz death camp. There he offered his life for another prisoner and was condemned to slow death in a starvation bunker. On August 14, 1941, his impatient captors ended his life with a fatal injection. Pope John Paul II canonized Maximilian as a "Martyr of Charity" and “Patron Saint of our difficult century” in 1982. St. Maximilian Kolbe is the patron of journalists, families, prisoners, the pro-life movement and the chemically addicted.

 

During the Jubilee Year 2000, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops designated Marytown as the National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe.

Pilgrims are welcome to venerate the relics of this Polish Conventual Franciscan priest, publisher, theologian and evangelist. His life of charity and heroic death in the Auschwitz death camp is commemorated in our Kolbe/Holocaust Exhibit. Saint Maximilian is considered the patron of journalists, families, prisoners, the pro-life movement, those afflicted with chemical dependency and eating disorders, and the media communications. Come and visit an inspirational place of prayer, hospitality, evangelization, and personal spiritual growth!

ST. MAXIMILIAN'S FEAST DAY: AUGUST 14

 

 

National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Ohio

Basilica & National Shrine of Our Lady of ConsolationConventual Franciscan Friars
315 Clay Street
Carey, OH 43316
Ph:  (419) 396-7107

http://www.olcshrine.com

About The Shrine

A HOLY PLACE OF MARY’S FAVORS

Since 1875, countless pilgrims have journeyed to the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, Ohio to offer prayers of thanks and to confide their needs to the Mother of God as Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted.
Devotion to Mary under this title dates back to the second century and is among her earliest titles of honor. In the 17th century, as plague ravaged the population of Luxembourg, the people formed a special union with Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted.
An image of her was enshrined in a small chapel built on the outskirts of town and many favors were authenticated among visiting pilgrims. In 1652, the Pope fostered devotion to Our Lady under this title by establishing a confraternity.
The devotion spread to the United States, and the first shrine to Our Lady of Consolation was built in Carey, Ohio. A replica statue was commissioned and arrived from Luxembourg in 1875.
Since 1875, Mary, the Mother of God, has manifested herself as a most loving Mother to the thousands of the devoted pilgrims at this shrine. Through her prayers, the sick and afflicted have found health, comfort and consolation.
Our Lady of Consolation offers a number of special events and heritage days throughout the year.  All are welcome at anytime on their journey to faith, hope and healing.

healing masses and other events:

http://www.olcshrine.com/calendar-of-events.html

Saint Anthony of Padua Relics in Maryland

Located in scenic Howard County, Maryland, just 30 miles west of Baltimore, the Shrine of St. Anthony has been home to the Franciscan Friars for over 70 years.

Ellicott City, Maryland -- The Franciscan friars at the St. Joseph Cupertino Friary houses a relic of St. Anthony.  The relic held at the friary is particularly valuable.This relic of the 13th century monk in Padua, Italy, comes with impeccable records of authenticity. The relic was a gift from Franciscans in Padua, where tens of thousands of pilgrims go each year to see Anthony's relics.

Shrine Chapel open daily 9am.-5pm.

St. Anthony of Padua Province Provincial House 12300 Folly Quarter Road Ellicott City, MD 21042-1419

Phone:  410-531-1400 

Last Sunday of the month Noon Healing Mass
Join us on the last Sunday of the month at the 12 noon Mass as we pray for the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of those seeking healing. Immediately following Mass, individuals or small groups of people will be prayed over by the Friars....
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Maria Stein Shrine of Holy Relics, Maria Stein, Ohio

The Maria Stein Shrine of Holy Relics is the second largest collection of relics in the United States located in Maria Stein, Ohio. It was founded in 1875 by father J. M. Gartner who entrusted his collection of relics to the Sisters at Maria Stein.

With 1,100 relics - of which 95% are “first class relics” (from the body of the saint, usually part of a bone) - the Maria Stein Convent was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The convent includes second class relics (clothes and items that the saint used), and third class relics ( things that a saint touched) as well.

In addition to the permanent holy relics display, the shrine features a diverse store of expositions, which change annually and may include exhibits of the homes of the region, lace making, presentations by local artists and craftspeople, and a quilt collection.

Down a path from the main buildings of the shrine is a tiny church referred to as the "Chapel in the Woods," in which there is an altar, edged by angel-shaped lamps.

Location:

2291 St. Johns Rd., Maria Stein, Ohio, 45860

Phone: (419) 925-4532 

Email:  info@mariasteinshrine.org 

Website:

http://www.mariasteinshrine.org

Heritage Museum

Mon - Thurs: 9:30 am - 6 pm
Fri & Sat: 9:30 am - 4 pm
Sun: 12 pm - 4 pm

Closed on Holidays

Relic & Adoration Chapels

Mon - Thurs: 8 am - 6 pm
Friday: 8 am - 4 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 4 pm
Sunday: Noon - 4 pm

Closed on Holidays