Martyrs’ Shrine prepares for next 100 years
Leading up to its 100th anniversary in 2026, Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ont., is launching a major fundraising campaign to ensure it another 100 years of service to pilgrims.
Shrine welcomes, nourishes pilgrims
Anyone who passes through the wooded hills surrounding Midland, Ont., will surely remember the stunning two-spired façade of Martyrs’ Shrine.
Martyrs' Shrine opens arms, gates to Indigenous
When the Martyrs’ Shrine community in Midland, Ont. — Jesuits and benefactors — gets together Sept. 24 to celebrate Mass with retired Ottawa Archbishop Terence Prendergast, it will celebrate St. Jean de Brebeuf and his companions in a whole new context.
Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland cancels 2021 season
For the second year in a row, Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ont., won’t be open to the public this summer.
Pilgrimage sites fall victim to virus
The uncertainty surrounding lifting restrictions to stem the spread of the coronavirus is beginning to take a toll on Canada’s shrines and religious pilgrimages.
Thousands given close encounter with Fatima statue
Thousands of Catholics gathered at locations across southern Ontario during August to greet and venerate the renowned statue of Our Lady of Fatima.
Martyrs' Shrine poised for transformation
Mystics, missionaries and martyrs helped found the Church in Canada. Their lives of faith, their dreams, their failures and successes set the template for who we are meant to be. Which is why a summer pilgrimage to the Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ont., can be more than a pleasant Sunday outing.
Remembering a saint
Meeting on recycling plant next to Martyrs' Shrine delayed
The Town of Midland's Planning and Development Committee won't be talking over plans for a metal and industrial waste recycling facility next to the Martyrs' Shrine at its Dec. 7 meeting.
The Recycling Specialties Inc. proposal for an open-air waste sorting facility on the doorstep of the shrine is off the agenda while the company continues to work on its plans.
Meanwhile, Midland Mayor Gord McKay tells The Catholic Register relocating the Recycling Specialties yard away from the Wye Marsh, Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons and the Martyrs' Shrine is a distinct possibility.