Catholic shrines in Chartres and the Loire Valley

• ChartresThe Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Chartres. Chartres cathedral has kept the Veil of the Virgin since 876 and most of its medieval glass. At Pentecost, thousands walk there from Paris.
• FontgombaultThe Abbey of Notre-Dame of Fontgombault. The Benedictine abbey of Fontgombault on the Creuse, where monks sing Gregorian chant and the Mass in its traditional Latin form.
• Saint-Benoît-sur-LoireThe Abbey of Fleury. Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, the abbey of Fleury, where the relics of Saint Benedict have rested since the seventh century.
• OrléansThe City Joan of Arc Set Free. Orléans, the city Joan of Arc freed on May 8, 1429, honors her each spring with feasts that end in the cathedral of Sainte-Croix.
• ChinonThe Royal Fortress of Chinon. The royal fortress of Chinon above the Vienne, where Joan of Arc came to the Dauphin in 1429 and won his trust, with its great hall.
• ToursThe Basilica of Saint Martin. Tours and the tomb of Saint Martin, one of the great pilgrimages of Christendom, with Marmoutier and the cathedral of Saint-Gatien.
• L’Île-BouchardThe Church of Saint-Gilles. L’Île-Bouchard, where four girls saw the Virgin Mary in the church of Saint-Gilles in December 1947, and the pilgrimage authorized in 2001.
• PellevoisinThe Shrine of Our Lady of Pellevoisin. Pellevoisin, where the Virgin appeared to Estelle Faguette fifteen times in 1876, and the scapular of the Sacred Heart.

Saint Martin of Tours, Saint Clotilde, Saint Benedict, Saint Gregory of Tours, Saint Joan of Arc, Saints Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf and Companions, Saint Marie of the Incarnation (Marie Guyart).

• Via CathedralisThe Cathedral Way. Seven days from Paris to Reims, by Chartres, Rouen and Amiens.
• Via BenedictiThe Way of Saint Benedict. Seven days with the monks of Saint Benedict, from Berry to Burgundy.
• Via GratiaeThe Great Shrines of France. Thirteen days from Notre-Dame de Paris to the grotto of Lourdes, through the great shrines of France.
• Via ImmaculataeThe Way of the Immaculate. Ten days through the places of the apparitions, from the rue du Bac to Lourdes.
• 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 SanctorumThe Way of the Saints. Nine days with the saints of France, from Paris to the Alps.