This year’s program welcomed eight high school junior and senior aged men for 10 days of learning, daily seminar classes and lectures, and forming good friendships with like-minded Catholic men.
To mark the beginning of Holy Week, the National Shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia hosted a three-mile walking pilgrimage April 1 to pray for an end to violence and to reflect on Christ’s call to be peacemakers.
It marks the first step in a three-phase renovation with plans to add an additional 100 relics as well as perpetual memorial candles within the next year.