St. Maria Goretti visits Wisconsin: thousands attend events, miracle reported

JS has a blurb: Thousands venerate remains of St. Maria Goretti in Elm Grove

JS: Michael Sears

Thank you to @GorettiUsa for bringing this great saint's relics to our diocese #mercy #purity pic.twitter.com/Rzh7xjRi5U

— Diocese of Madison (@MadisonDiocese) October 17, 2015

WisSJ(a nice writeup): Thousands descend on Madison parish for rare proximity to a Catholic saint's body

Credit: John Hart - To keep the line moving visitors were asked to keep their veneration to 15 seconds

Credit: John Hart

Also: WMTV Channel 15 Video

More photos from St. Maria Goretti Parish

Pilgrims came for veneration:

Posted by Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Friday, October 16, 2015

To be officially recognized by the Church, there would have to be a formal investigation but:

Posted by St. Maria Goretti Parish on Sunday, October 18, 2015

St. Maria Goretti to Wisconsin this Week

The Journal Sentinel has picked up on the exciting news of the great saint of purity and forgiveness coming to our state this week.  Following a few stops in the Archdiocese of Chicago, including tonight at St. John Cantius, where Bishop Joseph Perry, former pastor and Canon Lawyer in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, will offer a Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form, St. Maria will be here for the weekend.  She will be in Madison at St. Maria Goretti parish on Friday (10/16) for her 125th birthday, and for two days (10/17-18) at St. Mary's Visitation in Elm Grove.

Here also is the link for the article on her visit in the Wisconsin State Journal.

Patroness of Mercy Coming to Elm Grove

As part of the Vatican's efforts to prepare the world for the Extraordinary Year of Mercy, the relics of the beloved St. Maria Goretti are coming to the United States for the first time.

Their only stop in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee with be at St. Mary's Visitation Parish in Elm Grove, October 17th (9am-12pm & 6pm-11pm) and October 18th (12:30pm-5pm).

There will also be a Solemn Holy Mass (Ordinary Form) offered in honor of the St. Maria Goretti at 9am on the 17th.

More information is available at The St. Mary's Visitation website or the official website of the pilgrimage.

Her relics will also visit the Diocese of Madison on October 16th and will be at a number of places in the Archdiocese of Chicago the previous week.