St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus, Ohio
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Bonn-derful German Side Trip
BY TIM DRAKE
Basilica of St. Martin, Bonn, Germany
September 3-9, 2006 Issue 
One year ago, I had just
experienced the excitement and the exhaustion of covering World Youth Day in Cologne for the Register.
With an extra day on my hands before my flight home, I wondered how I might
spend my final day in Germany.
I hoped to relax.
Birgitta, the hotel clerk, suggested that
I... READ MORE
A Lily Bloomed Into Blessedness
BY BARRY MICHAELS
National Shrine of Blessed Kateri Takakwitha, Fonda, N.Y.
August 27-September 2, 2006 Issue
When our family
relocated to central New York
last year, it was only a coincidence that moving day was July 14, the feast of Kateri Tekakwitha.
We quickly realized that this
Mohawk woman, beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1980, lived most of her life in
the same region.
One year later, her feast... READ MORE
St. Peter’s Is Alive and Well in Montreal
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN
Cathedral-Basilica of Mary Queen of the World, Montreal
August 20-26, 2006 Issue
If you’ve ever been to Vatican City, you might get a feeling of déjà vu as you
walk toward the Cathedral-Basilica of Mary Queen of the World in Montreal, Quebec.
It’s an instantly recognizable replica of St. Peter’s.
Of course, it’s vastly scaled
down. Where St. Peter’s is 700 feet... READ MORE
Geronimo’s People at Prayer
BY ZETA ANGELICH
St. Joseph Apache Mission, Mescalero, N.M.
August 13-19, 2006 Issue
It was on a recent
drive through the Sacramento Mountains — my
two younger children, a friend of mine and her daughter in tow — that my
peripheral vision caught a glimpse of an old church just off the highway.
We were inside the boundaries of
the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
Intrigued, I made... READ MORE
Shining Star of Texas Formation
BY EDDIE O’NEILL
St. Mary’s Seminary, Houston
August 6-12, 2006 Issue
Deep in the urban
heart of Texas — in Houston, to be precise — St. Mary’s Seminary
has been forming future priests for more than 100 years.
Begun in 1901, the seminary’s
original mission was to foster native vocations and to form priests to serve
throughout the Lone
Star State.
It was... READ MORE
Mothers Need a St. Anne Shrine All Their Own
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN
Shrine of St. Anne for All Mothers, Waterbury, Conn.
July 23 - August 5, 2006 Issue
St. Anne Church in Waterbury, Conn.,
has been compelling passersby to pause and pray since 1922.
Admiring the church’s Gothic
granite exterior, lofty twin towers and monumental dome from the elevated
highway spanning the city, I always imagine I’m looking at a European cathedral
from a... READ MORE
Our Radiant Mother of the Southern Hemisphere
BY JOSEPH ALBINO
Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Maipú, Chile
July 16-22, 2006 Issue
During the early
19th-century conflict between Chile
and Spain — Chile was fighting to gain its independence from
the crown’s army — Chilean civil and religious authorities made their way to
downtown Santiago.
Their destination was the cathedral.
They wanted to pray to Our Lady of
Mount... READ MORE
Benedictine Bounty
BY KIMBERLY JANSEN
St. Benedict’s Church, Atchison, Kan.
July 9-15, 2006 Issue
Situated on the
bluffs overlooking a dramatic bend in the Missouri River, Atchison, Kan.,
has always been a gateway for folks seeking a brighter future. In the year 1858
alone, the small town saw nearly 1,000 wagons pass through its streets on the
way to the Pacific coast.
Today the same number of... READ MORE
Korean Freedom
BY MELANIE RADZICKI MCMANUS
Myeong-dong Cathedral, Seoul, South Korea
July 2-8, 2006 Issue
As cathedrals go, Seoul’s Myeong-dong Cathedral is certainly no showstopper.
When I first spied it tucked off a
bustling street in Seoul’s
chic Myeong-dong district, I confess I was a bit
disappointed with the reddish-brown brick edifice. Its pure Gothic style has no
adornments, resulting in a... READ MORE
500 YEARS AND COUNTING
BY BARBARA COEYMAN HULTS
St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome
June 25-July 1, 2006 Issue
In the
1960s, when first I rounded the bend into the sweeping colonnade that leads to
the Basilica of St. Peter’s, I was of course amazed at the site’s power and its
monumentality: Here lies The Rock.
I went there often, partly because
a friend was studying a statue inside for her doctoral... READ MORE
An Old Sweet Church Keeps Georgia on Your Mind
BY MARY-CLARK RECHTIENE
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah, Ga.
June 18-24, 2006 Issue
In a historic city
of many churches, each one unique in its background and architecture, the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is a standout.
With its tall twin spires soaring
over Lafayette Square, the Catholic edifice stands like a confident sentinel
keeping watch over the faithful not only in... READ MORE
Path of the Paduan
BY ROBERT G. SCHROEDER
National Shrine of St. Anthony and Friary, Cincinnati
June 11-17, 2006 Issue
High in the hills
overlooking downtown Cincinnati rests a holy
place of serenity and prayer — the National Shrine of St.
Anthony and Friary.
This historic site was founded by
the Cincinnati Franciscans in 1888 and has been welcoming and inspiring friars
and visitors for more than a century.
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Mary, Larger Than Life and Just as Lovely
BY ELISABETH DEFFNER
Mariam Mother of Life Shrine, El Cajon, Calif.
May 28-June 3, 2006 Issue
As I strolled along
the rose-bordered path toward the Mariam Mother of Life
Shrine at St. Ephrem Maronite
Catholic Church in El Cajon,
Calif., I observed that the
massive statue of the Madonna and child looks like a natural part of the
landscape.
The brick-and-concrete base swells
from the... READ MORE
Latin Luminescence Not Far From Fenway
BY GAIL BESSE
Holy Trinity German Church, Boston
May 21-27, 2006 Issue
During a recent
visit to Boston’s beautiful Holy Trinity
German Church,
I fell in love with the reverent worship of the high Latin Mass.
Everything was a prayer: the sacred chants, the organ
music filling the reverberant nave, the rhythm of the liturgy. My breathing
slowed as I was enveloped by... READ MORE
Bottomless Mine of Motherly Love
BY E.M. FARRELL
May 14-20, 2006 Issue
It was in 1902 that
the Passionists, the religious order dedicated to
Christ’s crucifixion, purchased 10 acres of high ground overlooking the
northeastern Pennsylvania city of Scranton.
Before laying the cornerstone,
the order chose St. Ann
patron of its projected monastery. The mother of the... READ MORE
Beyond Our Lady of Guadalupe
BY MARY HANSEN
Mexico teems with Marian shrines
April 30-May 6, 2006 Issue
And rightly so. It’s the most popular Catholic shrine in the world.
Some 20 million people visit each year.
What most don’t know is that, in the wake of Juan
Diego’s image-producing encounter with the Blessed Mother in the 1500s, there
came an effusion of Marian devotion throughout the... READ MORE
Hidden in Plain Sight
BY BARBARA COEYMAN HULTS
Basilica of St. Mark the Evangelist, Rome
April 23-29, 2006 Issue
Turn an average
street corner in Rome
and chances are you’ll find yourself enveloped in a great mist of history,
legend, art, saints, popes, emperors, gladiators …
I could go on and on.
I’ve visited countless times, and
indeed lived there for a time, yet this observation occurred to me with... READ MORE
Easter With an Evangelist
BY EDDIE O’NEILL
St. Matthew’s Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
April 16-22, 2006 Issue
It was here that
funeral services were held for Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who died after
serving on the Supreme Court for more than 33 years.
Although Rehnquist was
a Lutheran, the Archdiocese of Washington granted his family special permission
because the National Cathedral (an Episcopal... READ MORE
Incorruptible and Indomitable
BY GINA GIAMBRONE
Blessed Margaret of Castello Shrine, Columbus, Ohio
April 9-15, 2006 Issue
Blessed Margaret of
Castello just earned herself another fan.
I’ll be honest. I knew next to
nothing about this remarkable little woman until I paid a visit to her shrine
at St. Patrick’s Church in Columbus,
Ohio. But during my journey to
that site, Blessed Margaret quickly joined the company... READ MORE
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