This was the most welcoming community that I have ever visited. We were welcomed from the moment we stepped into the Basilica. Mass was very small in attendants but we went to the 8:30am mass. A member told us that the 10:30am mass has a full choir and a lot more attendants. The homily was GREAT and during the sign of peace every single person met in the center aisle to exchange the sign of peace. We laughed during the homily and really took home a message for the first time in many, many, many years. Not to mention that the church is breathtakingly beautiful even though it's not in the greatest of neighborhoods. I am definitely looking forward to going back.
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| The Basilica is flanked by ten pilgrimage chapels- five on either side |
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| St. Anne's pilgrimage chapel |
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| Shrine Altar of Our Lady of Sorrows in the West Transept |
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| Altar of Mary and the Seven Holy Founders of the Servites in the East Transept |
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| "On May 4th, 1956...Pope Pias XII personally signed the Papal Brief raising this church to the dignity of a Basilica Minor" |
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| "La Pieta" an exact replica of Michelangelo's famous Pieta at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome |
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