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Shrines and Holy Places
Alabama
St. Bernard Abbey
Cullman, AL 35055
Phone: (256) 734-8291
Fax: (123) 456-7890
St. Bernard Abbey is a vibrant monastic community of Catholic men who follow the 1500-year Benedictine tradition of worship and work through daily prayer and various labors.
The monks were sent to Alabama in the 1870's to serve the needs of German-Catholic settlers in the state. The Abbey in Cullman was founded on September St. Bernard Monastery29, 1891; it is the home of the monks where they live out the monastic life of leaving everything and following Christ.
stbernardabbey.com
Ave Maria Grotto
1600 Saint Bernard Ave SE
Cullman, AL
256-734-4110
http://www.avemariagrotto.com/
The Ave Maria Grotto is a landscaped, four-acre park with 125 miniature reproductions of some of historic Catholic buildings and shrines throughout the world.
Brother Joseph Zoettl, a Benedictine monk of St. Bernard Abbey began building the shrine in 1933 on the monastery recreation grounds. In 1934 a new, larger site was selected. Brother Joseph continued his work for over 40 years, using materials from all over the world. He built his last model, the Basilica in Lourdes, in 1958 at the age of 80.
avemariagrotto.com
Our Lady of the Angels Monastery
Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament
3222 County Road 548
Hanceville AL 35077
256-352-6267.
Mother M. Angelica founded Our Lady of the Angels Monastery of Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration In 1962. In 1981 she founded the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) and in 1992, she founded WEWN to broadcast Catholic programs world-wide via short-wave radio
The chapel at the Monastery was declared the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament in 1991. As the number of visitors increased, Mother Angelica realized the need for priests to hear Confessions, celebrate Mass, and give spiritual talks. To fill the need she founded the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word, an Order of priests and brothers who live a Franciscan, Eucharistic life dedicated to bringing souls back to the Church.
olamshrine.com
On May 31, 2006, the Franciscan Friars of The Immaculate enthroned a statue of Our Lady of America at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament at EWTN headquarters, Hanceville, Alabama. The following article is the homily given at the enthronement ceremony by Fr. Angelo Mary Geiger, F.I.
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Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
2 South Claiborne Street
Mobile, AL 36602
Telephone: 251-434-1565
Construction of the Cathedral began in 1835 and was consecrated on Sunday, December 8 in 1850.
Much of the construction work still had to be finished and subsequent generations completed the church. In 1954 the Cathedral was damaged by fire and was restored more beautiful than before.
In March of1962 the Cathedral was designated a Basilica.
mobilecathedral.org
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