Great Time at the Shrine

Dr. Hahn and I had the pleasure of visiting and speaking at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin, this weekend.  A crowd of 400 came out to make the Marian pilgrimage, and hear talks on Confession and Eucharist, and receive those very sacraments.  The Shrine, built by the people of the Diocese of La Crosse under the leadership of now-Cardinal Raymond Burke, is a hidden treasure of Catholicism in the Midwest.  Extraordinarily beautiful, the shrine church and its grounds were designed with the help of Duncan Stroik, the expert in ecclesiastical architecture from the Architecture School of the University of Notre Dame. (He’s also godfather of several Bergsma children, but that’s another story!) If you ever find yourself in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, the Shrine is well worth a day’s visit!

And the St. Paul Center isn’t finished with Wisconsin. This weekend, November 12th, Matthew Leonard and Rob Corzine will be a little further north in Eau Claire presenting the foundational study of the dynamic Journey Through Scripture program, Genesis to Jesus.
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Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, with Monastery of the Franciscans of the Immaculate, overlooking La Crosse, Wisconsin