Pilgrimage Sites in United States

Allens Park

Saint Catherine's Chapel on the Rock is a historic Catholic chapel built atop a dramatic rock formation, serving as a spiritual landmark in the Colorado Rockies since 1936.

Auriesville

Auriesville is the sacred site where three Jesuit missionaries were martyred in 1642-1646, and the birthplace of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the 'Lily of the Mohawks'

Baltimore

Baltimore holds special significance as America's first Catholic diocese and home to the historic Baltimore Basilica, a National Shrine that invites pilgrims to explore the roots of Catholicism in the United States.

Belleville

Belleville hosts the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, a major Catholic pilgrimage destination with beautiful devotional spaces.

Carey

Ohio's national Marian shrine, where pilgrims have sought Our Lady of Consolation's intercession since 1875.

Carmel-by-the-Sea

Carmel-by-the-Sea is home to the historic Carmel Mission Basilica, final resting place of St. Junipero Serra and one of America's most popular Catholic pilgrimage sites.

Champion

The only Church-approved Marian apparition site in the United States, where Mary appeared to Adele Brise in 1859.

Chimayó

America's most visited Catholic shrine, where pilgrims seek healing earth in a small adobe sanctuary.

Cold Spring

Minnesota/Great Lakes

150-year grasshopper miracle tradition in rural Minnesota, where German Catholic settlers built a chapel to petition Our Lady for relief from locust plagues.

Conception

Conception Abbey's Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, the first basilica west of the Mississippi, crowns a Benedictine monastery founded in 1873.

De Pere

National Shrine of St. Joseph at St. Norbert College holds the only papally crowned statue of St. Joseph in the United States.

Detroit

Victorian Gothic shrine, a French colonial basilica founded in 1701, and the tomb of Blessed Solanus Casey define Detroit's Catholic landscape.

Doylestown

American Czestochowa — the foremost Polish-American pilgrimage center, housing a Black Madonna icon, run by Pauline Fathers since 1955.

Emmitsburg

Two national shrines — St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes — in a small Maryland mountain town.

Fonda

Fonda hosts the National Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, America's first Native American saint, drawing pilgrims to this sacred Mohawk Valley site.

Graymoor

Franciscan motherhouse on a Hudson Valley hilltop; home of the St. Anthony National Shrine and birthplace of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

Hanceville

Mother Angelica's Eucharistic shrine in rural Alabama, where Poor Clares maintain perpetual adoration beneath a gold-leafed cedar reredos.

Holy Hill

Holy Hill rises 1,350 ft above Wisconsin's Kettle Moraine, crowned by a Carmelite basilica and Marian shrine drawing 300,000 pilgrims each year.

Hulbert

Hulbert is home to Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey, a Traditional Benedictine monastery that serves as the destination for the annual Three Hearts Pilgrimage.

Indian River

Northern Michigan's National Shrine of the Cross in the Woods draws 300,000+ pilgrims yearly to a 31-foot bronze Christ on a 55-foot redwood cross.

Juneau

Juneau's National Shrine of St. Thérèse offers pilgrims a serene spiritual retreat overlooking Lynn Canal, featuring beautiful stone structures and devotional paths.

L'Anse

Shrine of Venerable Frederic Baraga, the Snowshoe Priest who carried the Gospel to the Ottawa and Chippewa on foot and snowshoe.

La Crosse

La Crosse hosts the magnificent Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a premier Catholic pilgrimage destination founded by Cardinal Burke.

Los Angeles

America's largest archdiocese, home to the postmodern Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, St. Junípero Serra's missions, and the only tilma relic outside Mexico.

Middletown

The National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel serves as a major Catholic pilgrimage site dedicated to Marian devotion and Carmelite spirituality.

New Haven

New Haven holds special significance for Catholic pilgrims as the birthplace of the Knights of Columbus and home to Blessed Michael McGivney's tomb.

New York City

America's largest Catholic metropolis, home to five million annual visitors at St. Patrick's Cathedral, the incorrupt body of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, New York's only catacombs, and shrines honoring two American saints.

New Orleans

Catholic heart of the Deep South, where French colonial faith endures in Creole churches and jazz funerals.

Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City stands as a rising Catholic pilgrimage destination with the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine honoring America's first priest-martyr.

Philadelphia

Home to two major national shrines: St. John Neumann (America's first male saint) and St. Rita of Cascia (Patroness of Impossible Causes), plus numerous other sacred sites.

San Antonio

San Antonio offers a rich Catholic pilgrimage experience through its historic Spanish missions and the National Shrine of the Little Flower, America's first shrine to St. Thérèse of Lisieux.

San Diego

San Diego offers Catholic pilgrims significant historic sites including the first California mission and the beautiful St. Joseph Cathedral, making it a meaningful West Coast pilgrimage destination.

San Francisco

San Francisco offers unique Catholic pilgrimage opportunities with the historic National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, established in 1849 and featuring a replica of Assisi's Porziuncola chapel for spiritual renewal without traveling to Italy.

San Juan

San Juan, Texas is home to the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle, a major Catholic pilgrimage site welcoming over one million visitors annually to honor Our Lady of San Juan.

San Juan Capistrano

Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano, founded in 1776, stands as California's oldest church still in use and serves as an official National Shrine for Catholic pilgrims seeking spiritual renewal.

Santa Fe

America's oldest capital city, founded 1610, holds the oldest church and oldest Marian shrine in the US — a living tapestry of Spanish colonial faith.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine hosts America's oldest Catholic pilgrimage site, the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche, offering 450+ years of faith history and spiritual heritage.

St. Louis

Home to the Midwest's only Vatican-authenticated miracle, St. Louis holds a uniquely concentrated Catholic heritage along the Mississippi.

Steubenville

Vatican-designated plenary indulgence site at Franciscan University, where pilgrims seek grace on the Ohio hilltop campus.

Stirling

Shrine of Saint Joseph in the Watchung Mountains — a 100-year-old pilgrimage center run by the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity.

Stockbridge

Eden Hill in Stockbridge, MA is the North American center of Divine Mercy devotion, home to the Marian Fathers and their National Shrine.

Tucson

Tucson offers Catholic pilgrims spiritual encounters at historic Mission San Xavier del Bac and the Byzantine Mary Undoer of Knots Shrine.

Washington, D.C.

America's Catholic capital, home to the largest church in North America, a Jubilee Year pilgrimage site, and the cathedral where President Kennedy's funeral Mass was celebrated.