St. Anthony’s Chapel, Holy Stairs, Missionary Work of The Fathers of the Holy Spirit and Church Brew Works, Pittsburgh

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7:30 – 7:45 AM

Board bus at Saint Basil The Great Church 8700 Brecksville Road,

Brecksville, Ohio 44114

10:00 – 11:40 AM

Saint Anthony Chapel (Troy Hill, Pittsburgh)

“A Quaint European Haven in Pittsburgh”

We’ll take a private tour of the chapel that contains:

– The largest collection of relics of saints in the world outside of the Vatican

(5,000+).

– Life Sized Hand Carved Stations of The Cross from Germany

– Small Museum on the Life of Fr. Suitbert Mollinger, the Belgian Priest who

built the chapel and acquired the relics and station of the cross statues.

– A great gift shop.

12:00 – 1:30 PM

Holy Spirit Chapel (Duquesne University, Pittsburgh)

– Attend Mass at historic Holy Spirit Chapel (built in 1899).

– Post-mass presentation by Father Greg Olikenyi from the Order of The

Holy Spirit and faculty member at Duquesne in Department of Theology.

– Learn about the history of the missionary order and their works, past and

present, around the world. This includes founding Duquesne University in

1878.

– Discover how Duquesne and this chapel produced many famous alumni

including 4 bishops and 2 cardinals.

1:30 – 2:00 PM

Lunch Break

2:15 – 3:45 PM

St. Patricks Church (Strip District, Pittsburgh)

– Private Tour of the First Catholic Church in Pittsburgh established in 1808.

– Climb the Holy Stairs (on your knees) which are a replica of the Holy Stairs

(Scala Sancta) at Pilate’s Praetorium that Saint Helena (mother of Roman

Emperor Constantine) brought back to Rome from Jerusalem.

4:00 – 4:30 PM

Church Brew Works (Old Lawrencville, Pittsburgh)

Explore the restored Old Saint John the Baptist Church and its brewery.

4:35 – 7:10 PM

Bus Ride Home

– Snacks on Bus

– We will make a 20 minute rest stop if anyone wanted to purchase

additional food/dinner.

– Watch a short testimony from Medjugorje where Our Lady has been

appearing daily since June, 1981.