This is a question we get a lot from pilgrims who call or email us. The answer can vary based upon priorities and circumstances, but the simplest answer is: anytime! As there are many pilgrimage locations throughout the world, there is always somewhere to go, no matter the season. Summer Summer provides more opportunities for … Read More
The Incomprehensible Beauty of Mary
I’ve only become interested in Our Lady of Guadalupe within the last 4 years or so. I’m a self-proclaimed artist who finds great joy in creating religious art. After completing pieces of many of my favorite saints to hang around my college home, and then my first apartment after graduating, I wanted to create a … Read More
3 old-school photos of Marian Shrines worth seeing
1) Our Lady of Lourdes At the time of Bernadette, the Grotto was a dirty, hidden, damp and cold place. The Grotto was called the “pigs’ shelter” because that was where the pigs feeding in the area usually took shelter. It was there that the Virgin Mary, dressed in white, a sign of total purity, … Read More
La Virgencita, Patroness of the Americas
Mexico City can be an intimidating to fly into. It’s not like San Diego when you are still flying but you’re able to see people at work through their office windows… above you. Or like Washington D.C. when your ears pop and you transition from horizontal to vertical to horizontal within thirty seconds. What makes … Read More