What does Corpus Christi mean? The words “Corpus Christi” mean “Body of Christ” and are another name for the “Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ” celebrated on the Sunday after Trinity Sunday. This solemnity marks with particular emphasis the doctrine of Christ’s real presence—body, blood, soul, and divinity—in the Eucharist.
June 12 – The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and grounds will be closed all day Friday, June 12, for a private event. June 13 – The 3:00 pm Holy Hour / Adoration is canceled due to the America 250 Event at the La Crosse Center. Please plan your pilgrimage accordingly.
Catholics from across the nation will gather in La Crosse for a historic day of prayer, renewal, and public witness. Hosted by CatholicVote President and CEO Kelsey Reinhardt and spiritually led by Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, this national event, the Zeale for America 250 Rally, will be held at the La Crosse Center on June […]
Pontifical Mass with Cardinal Burke for All Saints Day
All Saints Day is Saturday, November 1, 2025. Please join us at the Shrine on November 1st, the First Saturday of November, for Solemn Pontifical Mass offered by His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke according to the Ancient Use of the Roman Rite.
The Shrine is blessed with dozens of relics of the saints, and many of them will be on display at the Shrine for All Saints Day this year.
Mass Times
8:30 am
12:15 pm – Solemn Pontifical Mass at the Throne
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First Saturday Devotion
Each First Saturday, the Shrine offers a 15-minute reflection on the Mysteries of the Rosary at 11:30 a.m. and then the Holy Rosary is prayed publicly at 11:45 a.m. before Holy Mass at 12:15 p.m. This will also be the case on November 1st. The Solemn Pontifical Mass at the Throne with His Eminence will last about two hours. The Shrine’s usual Holy Hour with Benediction will still take place from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
While, in the United States, there is no obligation to attend Mass this year on All Saints Day, because November 1st falls on a Saturday, this Holy Day, even without an obligation, will be a beautiful occasion to pray at the Shrine and to begin the Month of All Souls by looking to the lives of the Saints in heaven as both inspiration and as a catalyst for a renewed longing for the life of the world to come.
Please join us at the Shrine for this great Solemnity of All Saints, and be uplifted by sacred music, as we worship Almighty God at Holy Mass as proximate preparation for worshiping Him face-to-face one day in His Kingdom.
Relic Veneration
Please note that the veneration of relics on this day will be different from saints’ individual feast days. Requests for individual relics will not be able to be offered for the faithful to touch, but rather, to keep good order and best protect these sacred treasures, veneration (without kissing or touching the reliquaries) will take place only from a distance.