Pilgrim guides

Altötting, Germany Altötting - pilgrim's guide Altötting in Upper Bavaria is called the heart of Bavaria, and for more than five centuries its Chapel of Grace with the Black Madonna has… Assisi, Italy Assisi - Basilica of St Francis - pilgrim's guide The Basilica of St Francis in Assisi holds the tomb of the Poverello and some of the most beautiful frescoes in Europe. This guide is for t… Fátima, Portugal Fátima - pilgrim's guide Fátima in central Portugal is the place of the 1917 apparitions and one of the largest Marian shrines in the world. This guide suggests how… Gietrzwałd, Poland Gietrzwałd - pilgrim's guide Gietrzwałd is a village in Warmia where, in 1877, Mary is said to have spoken to two girls in Polish and asked for the daily Rosary. These… Góra Świętej Anny, Poland Góra Świętej Anny - pilgrim's guide Góra Świętej Anny (St Anne's Mountain) is a Franciscan shrine on the highest point of the Chełm ridge in the Opole region, with a miraculou… Częstochowa, Poland Jasna Góra - pilgrim's guide Jasna Góra in Częstochowa is the Pauline shrine of the Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Częstochowa, the most important place of pilgrimage… Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland Kalwaria Zebrzydowska - pilgrim's guide Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a Bernardine shrine of the Passion and of Our Lady in the hills near Kraków, with the Basilica of Our Lady of the… Knock, Ireland Knock - pilgrim's guide Knock in County Mayo is Ireland's national shrine, the place of a silent apparition in 1879. This guide is for pilgrims who want to come he… Kraków, Poland Kraków-Łagiewniki - pilgrim's guide The Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Kraków-Łagiewniki is where St Faustina Kowalska lived and died, and the world centre of devotion to the Divin… Licheń Stary, Poland Licheń - pilgrim's guide The Shrine of Our Lady of Licheń, Sorrowful Queen of Poland, in Licheń Stary, on Lake Licheń in eastern Greater Poland, is the country's se… Lisieux, France Lisieux - pilgrim's guide Lisieux in Normandy is the town of St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, one of the best-loved saints of the Church. This guide is for pilgrims wh… Loreto, Italy Loreto - Shrine of the Holy House - pilgrim's guide On a hill above the Adriatic stands a basilica that holds the Holy House, according to tradition the house in Nazareth where Mary lived. Th… Lourdes, France Lourdes - pilgrim's guide Lourdes at the foot of the Pyrenees is one of the most important Marian shrines in the world: the Grotto of Massabielle, the water from the… Mariazell, Austria Mariazell - pilgrim's guide Mariazell in alpine Styria is Austria's national shrine and one of the most important Marian sites in Central Europe. This guide is for pil… Međugorje, Bosnia & Herzegovina Medjugorje - pilgrim's guide Medjugorje (Međugorje) is a parish in Herzegovina to which, since 1981, pilgrims from all over the world have come to pray to Mary, Queen o… Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain Montserrat - pilgrim's guide The Benedictine abbey of Montserrat, set among the jagged rocks of Catalonia less than 50 km from Barcelona, is the home of La Moreneta, th… Paprotnia, Poland Niepokalanów - pilgrim's guide Niepokalanów, the City of the Immaculate, is a Franciscan friary and shrine founded by St Maximilian Maria Kolbe, about 40 kilometres west… Padova, Italy Padua - Basilica of St Anthony - pilgrim's guide The Basilica of St Anthony in Padua, known to locals simply as Il Santo, holds the tomb of one of the Church's best-loved saints. This guid… Pompei, Italy Pompeii - pilgrim's guide The Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii is one of the most important places of Rosary prayer in the world, just a few steps from th… San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy San Giovanni Rotondo - Shrine of St Padre Pio - pilgrim's guide In San Giovanni Rotondo, on the slopes of the Gargano peninsula, St Padre Pio lived and heard confessions for more than half a century. Thi… Santiago de Compostela, Spain Santiago de Compostela - cathedral - pilgrim's guide The cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia guards the tomb of St James the Apostle and is the goal of the Camino, a network of pilg… Watykan, Vatican City St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican - pilgrim's guide The basilica built over the tomb of the Apostle Peter is the heart of the Catholic Church and also the place where pilgrims pray at the tom… Wadowice, Poland Wadowice - pilgrim's guide Wadowice is the town where Karol Wojtyła, later St John Paul II, was born in 1920. The heart of the pilgrimage is the Basilica of the Prese… Wambierzyce, Poland Wambierzyce - pilgrim's guide Wambierzyce, known as the Silesian Jerusalem, is the Baroque shrine of Our Lady Queen of Families at the foot of the Table Mountains in sou… Święta Lipka, Poland Święta Lipka - pilgrim's guide Święta Lipka is a Baroque Marian shrine on the border of Warmia and Masuria in north-eastern Poland, famous for its organ with moving figur…