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26 Sep

2022

A Visit To the Shrine of the North American Martyrs

Posted by Stuart Chessman 
(Above)The original 1885 chapel of the shrine.

Our annual pilgrimage to Auriesville, New York – this year, unavoidably, in advance of the official “Pilgrimage for the Restoration.” The weather was glorious, but very few visitors or pilgrims were about. Often, however, the grounds of the shrine are most impressive, the experience most spritual, when visited in silence. The shrine in the best condition I have seen in years – the current management is a vast improvement over the Jesuits.

(Above and below) The orginal chapel, prepared for the celebration of the Mass of the Ages.
(Above and below) Statuary in the “Ravine.” Nowadays the statues are mostly painted white.

(Above) The huge main hall – now eerily deserted.
(Above) In this photograph from 2014 we notice that papal portraits have been affixed to the center altar. Those have been removed.
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