Catholic shrines in Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne

• ReimsThe Cathedral of the Coronations. Reims, where Saint Remi baptized Clovis and the kings of France were crowned in the cathedral, and where Saint Remi is buried.
• DomrémyThe Village of Joan of Arc. Domrémy, where Joan of Arc was born and baptized, with her family’s house and the basilica of Bois-Chenu on the hill above the village.
• VaucouleursThe Gate of France. Joan of Arc rode out of Vaucouleurs in February 1429 to find the Dauphin, through the castle gate that still stands.
• WarmerivilleVal-des-Bois. Val-des-Bois at Warmeriville, near Reims, where the Catholic industrialist Léon Harmel ran his spinning mill as a Christian community.
• StrasbourgThe Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Strasbourg. The cathedral of Strasbourg, its astronomical clock and Pillar of Angels, and the Christkindelsmärik, the oldest Christmas market in France.
• Mont Sainte-OdileThe Convent of Saint Odile. Mont Sainte-Odile, where the patron saint of Alsace is buried and where perpetual adoration has been kept since 1931.
• SélestatThe Town of the First Christmas Trees. Sélestat in Alsace, where a record of 1521 mentions Christmas trees, with its Humanist Library and the Romanesque church of Sainte-Foy.
• ColmarThe Isenheim Altarpiece. Colmar and the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald, painted for the sick, with Schongauer’s Virgin of the Rose Bush.
• MarienthalThe Basilica of Notre-Dame of Marienthal. The basilica of Marienthal near Haguenau, one of the great Marian shrines of Alsace, with its Pietà of the early fifteenth century.

Saint Faith, Saint Remi, Saint Clotilde, Saint Odile, Saint Bruno, Saint Louis, Saint Joan of Arc, Saint John Baptist de La Salle, Saint Charles de Foucauld.

• Via CathedralisThe Cathedral Way. Seven days from Paris to Reims, by Chartres, Rouen and Amiens.
• Via IoannaeJoan’s Way. Eight days on the road of Joan of Arc, from her village of Domrémy to Orléans, Reims and Rouen, where she died in 1431.
• Via CaritatisThe Way of Charity. Seven days with the witnesses of charity, from Paris to Lyon.
• Via NativitatisThe Christmas Way. Six days in Alsace at Christmas, with Midnight Mass in Strasbourg Cathedral.