Why pilgrims come
A sacred place worth the journey.
A major Franciscan pilgrimage of the Americas in Brazil’s sertão, administered by Franciscan friars and centered on devotion to St. Francis bearing the wounds of Christ. The extensive October feast includes Masses, novena, Via Crucis, processions, pilgrim shelters, and confession.
TraditionCatholic
Feasts, anniversaries & celebrations
Feast and romaria of St. FrancisThe full local program can extend into mid-October; use the sanctuary’s current schedule.
Feast of St. Francis of AssisiConnected to this place through patron and focus of the shrine; not a tomb.