Sorrowful Mother
S H R I N E

4106 State Route 269 
(mail to: P.O. Box 319)
Bellevue, Ohio 44811-0319 
Phone: (419) 483-3435 Fax: (419) 483-6400

Attractions and Facilities

 

If you feel the need to get in tune with yourself and with God's universe, you'll find that a day or even a few hours spent at Sorrowful Mother Shrine
will bring you rich personal and spiritual rewards.

40 Points of Interest, 14 Stations of the Cross, 120 Acres of Beautiful Woods
Open Daily from Dawn to Dusk Everyone is Welcome Personal & Group Pilgrimages that Touch the Heart, Enter the Mind & Exercise the Body ... Balance!
Outdoor Stations of the Cross with Tour Leader History of the Shrine or Spirituality Talks by request
Special Calendar of Events Rosary Procession followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament,
     Blessing of Religious Articles, Blessing of the Sick, with Relic of True Cross
Daily Mass
Handicapped Accessible

Click on the highlighted items  to see full color photograph.

1 Pilgrim & Information Center, Cafeteria

Wild flowers and planted flower beds mingle in the 120  acres of woods and lawns at the Sorrowful Mother Shrine. Birds, annual and migrating, are many and varied. Some animals (deer, raccoon and fox) are present but largely nocturnal. Others (chipmunks and squirrels) abound in their playful visibility. God reveals Himself to us through the Bible and His gift of Creation. The Sorrowful Mother Shrine is "where God and nature touch".

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    38 Restrooms       39 Picnic Areas        the 14 Stations of the Cross
14 Christ's Agony in Gethsemane Garden
15 Sepulcher, the of the Tomb of Christ
16 Lourdes Grotto
17 Our lady of Czestochowa Grotto
18 Sts. Isidore & Maria, Patrons of Farming Grotto
19 St. Maria Faustina, Secretary of Divine Mercy Grotto
20 Mother of Mercy Park behind St. Faustina Grotto
21 St. Joseph and Child Jesus
22 Assumption of the Mother of God Grotto
23 Crucifix (WW I Memorial)
24 Maria del Grazia (of Grace) Grotto
25 Our Lady of Guadalupe Grotto
26 Holy Family Grotto
27 St. Lucy, Patron of Eyes Grotto
28 St. Catherine of Siena Grotto
29 St. George, Great Martyr, Patron of Scouting, Athletes & Military
30 Sacred Heart of Jesus Statue
31 Stained Glass Memorial 
(Fr. Fred Falce, C.PP.S. 1980-1987)
32 St. Peregrine, Patron of those having Cancer
33 Sorrowful Mother Grotto
34 "Pieta" Outdoor Chapel
35 Madonna of Precious Blood & St. Gaspar del Buffalo Grotto
36 St. Teresa "Little Flower" Statue
37 Memorial of the Unborn
38 Restrooms
39 Picnic Areas
40 Dog Walking Area
the 14 Stations of the Cross

The Pilgrim & Information Center & Cafeteria

Cafeteria is located inside the Information Center

 

More Pictures of 
Ethnic Pilgrimages

2 Alpine Grotto/Crucifixion Scene
3 Sorrowful Mother Shrine Chapel
4 Sheltered Rest Areas
5 First Station of the Cross
Station # in Red
6 St. Francis of Assisi
7 St. Anthony of Padua
8 Our Lady of Grace Philippine Shrine
9 Fatima Grotto
10 Our Lady of Mount Carmel
11 Mary Queen of Martyrs
12 Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
13 St. Jude the Apostle

 

   

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