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The saints, the places they left behind, and the pilgrimages that go there
Most parishes are named for a saint, and most saints have a place. This is where to find them, and which Canterbury pilgrimage goes there.
If your parish is named for a saint, start there. St. Anthony’s goes to Padua, St. Patrick’s to Ireland, St. Therese’s to Lisieux. The connection is already made for you.
Most saints are somewhere you can stand. A tomb, a cell, a house, a battlefield, the church where they were baptised. The list below pairs each saint with the place and with the Canterbury pilgrimage that visits it.
The list is not the whole calendar of saints, only the ones we already take groups to. If your patron is missing, ask. We build private and parish pilgrimages to order, and most saints are closer to a route we already run than you would think.
Assisi, the Porziuncola and La Verna. See this pilgrimage →
San Giovanni Rotondo, with the Eucharistic miracles of Italy. See this pilgrimage →
Santiago de Compostela, at the end of the Camino. See this pilgrimage →
The Camino north from Porto to Santiago. See this pilgrimage →
Avila, Segovia and the Carmelite foundations of Spain. See this pilgrimage →
Lisieux, Alencon and the Carmel of France. See this pilgrimage →
Domremy, Orleans, Reims and Rouen. See this pilgrimage →
Krakow and Vilnius, and the Divine Mercy. See this pilgrimage →
Krakow, Wadowice and the south of Poland. See this pilgrimage →
Croagh Patrick, Armagh and Downpatrick. See this pilgrimage →
Brigid, Kevin and Columba, across Ireland. See this pilgrimage →
Canterbury, London and the shrines of England. See this pilgrimage →
Margaret, Columba, Iona and the Highlands. See this pilgrimage →
England’s Nazareth, with the Scottish saints. See this pilgrimage →
Vadstena and the shrines of Scandinavia. See this pilgrimage →
Malta, where he was shipwrecked. See this pilgrimage →
Nagasaki and Akita. See this pilgrimage →
Mexico, from Guadalajara to Mexico City. See this pilgrimage →
Tepeyac and the tilma, in Mexico City. See this pilgrimage →
Auriesville, and the country of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. See this pilgrimage →
Seton, Neumann and Cabrini, across the Northeast. See this pilgrimage →
Peoria, Illinois. There is no scheduled pilgrimage to him; this is his story and where he lies. Read about him →
Tell us who your parish is named for and roughly when you can travel, and we will tell you what is possible. Ask us →
Look for the saint in the list above. Each entry names the place and links to the Canterbury pilgrimage that visits it. If your saint is not listed, ask us.
No. Anyone can travel on any of these. The patron connection simply makes it an easier pilgrimage for a pastor to explain, and an easier one to fill.
Often, when the places are near enough to each other. Assisi and San Giovanni Rotondo sit comfortably on one itinerary. Lisieux and Lourdes do not. Tell us the saints and we will tell you honestly whether it works.
A group travelling with its own priest celebrates Mass at the shrines where that can be arranged, requested before you travel. A group without a priest attends a public Mass there.
We build private pilgrimages to order, with no minimum party size. Tell us who is travelling and when, and we will build it around them.
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