Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche Announced as National Shrine

Posted on 11 October 2019
By Diocese of St. Augustine
Posted in 2019, Bishop Felipe Estévez, Diocese of St. Augustine, USCCB
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For years, the Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche at Mission Nombre de Dios in St. Augustine has been a renowned landmark where pilgrims from all over the world visit to pray to the Nursing Mother. In fact, John F. Kennedy once called it as the “most sacred acre in America.”
At a Mass celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of La Leche on Friday, Oct. 11, Bishop Felipe Estévez announced that the Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche has been approved by the USCCB for national shrine status.

USCCB Chairman Issues Labor Day Statement

Posted on 24 August 2019
By Diocese of St. Augustine
Posted in 2019, Bishop Frank Dewane, USCCB
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Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice in Florida, Chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, issues a statement on the one-hundred-year-old United States Bishops’ Program of Social Reconstruction.