On the Feast Day of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, November 13th, we are excited to announce that the 2026 NASPA Convention will take place at the Mother Cabrini Shrine in Golden Colorado. The Convention dates will be Sunday September 13 - Wednesday 16, 2026. Tickets will go on sale in the new year. Mother Cabrini, Pray for us About Mother Cabrini Shrine Mother Cabrini loved the mountains of Colorado. The foothills west of Denver held a special attraction for her. During her jou

NASPA Convention Attendees pose for a group photo at the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City September 16, 2025 New Faces on...

This year we made a pilgrimage back in time to explore the roots of NASPA. Thanks to the meticulous preservation habits of some of NASPA's past presidents, our current President Carol Bezak received documents outlining the origins of our association. Enjoy the following trip down memory lane as we review the mission that has fueled 40 years of service to pilgrims and shrines.

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.

The new Bishop of Rome, Pope Leo XIV, was born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois. His roots are deeply embedded in the...

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...

"On this 2025 Easter Monday, the Church celebrates the reality of the resurrection, and the beauty and message of our Easter liturgies...

We invited Fr. Nicholas Blackwell to lead our 3rd Annual Lenten Retreat on March 17th via ZOOM. Fr. Blackwell is a Canonical advisor for...

The Jubilee Year of Hope invites us to become "Pilgrims of Hope" and NASPA can help!

At the NASPA Annual Business meeting on November 8th, Miguel Mireles, Executive Director of The Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma C

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated on Dec 12. Many of our shrines host special celebrations.

Representatives of 14 shrines gathered at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche November 6-8 for the NASPA Annual Convention.

The National Association of Shrines and Pilgrimage Apostolate is excited to see the early success of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage....

17 Marian Shrines in the U.S. to visit in May

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,...

Fr. David Genier, the Commissary of the Holy Land for the U.S. led NASPA Members on a Lenten Retreat: The Spirituality of Pilgrimage

Shrine leaders gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for the 2024 Pilgrimage Workshop and conference

Henry Kutarna, founder of the Catholic CEO, recently led a workshop with NASPA members on Time Management. Shrine members who...

In the early morning hours of October 7, tensions escalated in the areas around the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. As of now, the...

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...