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NASPA Convention: "Go and Make Disciples"
In preparation for the 2025 Jubilee Year, our late Holy Father Pope Francis emphasized the spiritual significance of pilgrimages, encouraging the faithful to embark on journeys of faith and hope. “Pilgrims of Hope” invited Catholics worldwide to renew their faith through pilgrimage, prayer and acts of charity.

Carol Bezak
Jun 92 min read
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Celebrating the New Pope: Pope Leo XIV's Ties to Chicago
The new Bishop of Rome, Pope Leo XIV, was born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois. His roots are deeply embedded in the...
Ashleigh Kassock
May 92 min read
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6 Pilgrimage Sites for the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker - May 1st
Take a break from your DIY project and visit one of these 6 U. S. sites to honor St. Joseph the Worker, Feast day May 1st, the patron...
Ashleigh Kassock
Apr 241 min read
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NASPA President's Statement on the Death of Pope Francis
"On this 2025 Easter Monday, the Church celebrates the reality of the resurrection, and the beauty and message of our Easter liturgies...
Ashleigh Kassock
Apr 211 min read
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Piety and Hope: The Search for God, Faith, and the Human Quest for Meaning
We invited Fr. Nicholas Blackwell to lead our 3rd Annual Lenten Retreat on March 17th via ZOOM. Fr. Blackwell is a Canonical advisor for...
Ashleigh Kassock
Apr 81 min read
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Celebrate the Jubilee Year at our National Shrines
The Jubilee Year of Hope invites us to become "Pilgrims of Hope" and NASPA can help!
Molly Goellner
Jan 212 min read
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NASPA Welcomes New 2025 Board Member
At the NASPA Annual Business meeting on November 8th, Miguel Mireles, Executive Director of The Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma C
Ashleigh Kassock
Dec 18, 20242 min read
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6 Shrines to visit for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated on Dec 12. Many of our shrines host special celebrations.
Ashleigh Kassock
Dec 8, 20243 min read
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NASPA Convention 2024 highlights
Representatives of 14 shrines gathered at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche November 6-8 for the NASPA Annual Convention.

Ashleigh Kassock
Nov 11, 20244 min read
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NASPA Shrines on The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
The National Association of Shrines and Pilgrimage Apostolate is excited to see the early success of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage....
Ashleigh Kassock
Jun 3, 20242 min read
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17 Marian Shrines in the U.S. to visit in May
17 Marian Shrines in the U.S. to visit in May

Ashleigh Kassock
May 9, 20245 min read
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Happy Easter!
This promise of hope that Jesus brings at Easter is about our future in heaven, but also about our present. As an illustration of this,...
Ashleigh Kassock
Apr 10, 20241 min read
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Lenten Retreat: The Spirituality of Pilgrimage
Fr. David Genier, the Commissary of the Holy Land for the U.S. led NASPA Members on a Lenten Retreat: The Spirituality of Pilgrimage
Ashleigh Kassock
Mar 16, 20241 min read
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Pilgrimage Workshop In DC
Shrine leaders gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for the 2024 Pilgrimage Workshop and conference
Ashleigh Kassock
Mar 16, 20241 min read
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Finding Freedom From The Tyranny of Time Pressure
Henry Kutarna, founder of the Catholic CEO, recently led a workshop with NASPA members on Time Management. Shrine members who...
Ashleigh Kassock
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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Conflict in Isreal
In the early morning hours of October 7, tensions escalated in the areas around the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. As of now, the...
Ashleigh Kassock
Oct 8, 20233 min read
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Convention 2023: Two Weeks later
Hello everyone, It's been two weeks already since most of us returned from the convention, and though we are never really "caught up", I...
Ashleigh Kassock
Oct 7, 20231 min read
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2nd International Shrine Conference
2nd International Conference for Rectors and Pastoral Personnel of Shrines to take place in Rome November 9 - 11 2023 In an email to...
Ashleigh Kassock
May 20, 20231 min read
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U.S. Apparition Site Changes Name
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help takes the name of the present-day location of approved apparitions (Champion, WI) CHAMPION,...
Ashleigh Kassock
Apr 20, 20234 min read
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Christmas Message 2022
The beauty of Christmas can only be experienced with an open heart. One that is open to the message of God’s saving love for us…. and how...
Ashleigh Kassock
Dec 8, 20221 min read
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