EARTH CHAPEL
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in History, Museum | No Comments »Did you know that the Shrine has an earth chapel? What is an earth chapel? The Missionary Oblates are committed to promoting peace and justice and the integrity of creation. TO this end we have established an Earth Chapel on ...
Pilgrimages/Tours
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in History, Missionary Oblates, Museum, Shrine | No Comments »Visitors on pilgrimage are most welcome and they come from various parts of New England and beyond. Catered lunches are available on request. Space in front of the Shrine is reserved for buses. Contact 978-458-6346 or email us ...
The Oblates and the City of Lowell
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in History, Missionary Oblates, Museum, Shrine | No Comments »As a lasting tribute to Father Andre Garin, OMI, first pastor of St. Joseph Church, the citizens of Lowell on October 22, 1896 dedicated a statue in his memory in front of St. Jean Baptist Church, his last building. Over the ...
A Little Bit of History
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in History, Shrine | No Comments »On April 18, 1868, Father André Garin O.M.I. arrived in Lowell to preach a mission at St. Patrick's Church to the hundreds of French-speaking mill workers, who had migrated from Canada. The local diocesan priest, Father O'Brien, could only minister in ...
The Shrine Church
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in History, Missionary Oblates, Museum, Shrine | No Comments »A large section of the present building housing St. Joseph the Worker Shrine was used by a Protestant group, the Unitarian Society, beginning in 1850. In 1868, this former Protestant church was purchased by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate to ...
