Not far from where I write, by American distance standards, is the beautiful Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe near La Crosse, Wisconsin. We honour her on December 12. The ground was broken in 2004 under the aegis of Raymond Leo Burke, then the local bishop, now cardinal, and it was dedicated in 2008. Our Lady smiled on its building from the beginning to the present day.
It is a wonderful pilgrimage destination. The shrine demonstrates that beautiful church architecture on a grand scale is still possible today. New materials and technologies can raise new sites of worship for God’s glory.
