The Shrine honors Saint Peregrine Laziosi (1260-1345), as the patron saint of those suffering from cancer.

About Saint Peregrine

Peregrine was a member of the Order of The Servants of Mary (Servites). At the age of 60 he was diagnosed with cancer of the leg. The night before his leg was to be amputated, he experienced a trance-like sleep in which he saw Jesus curing him from the cross. Upon waking, he discovered that his leg was completely healed. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1726.

​A first-class relic of Saint Peregrine is on display for veneration by the faithful, especially persons suffering from cancer, at a side aisle shrine dedicated to the saint in the Shrine Church.

​Members enrolled in the guild receive the benefit of being remembered in a Shrine Masses invoking the intercession of Saint Peregrine. St. Peregrine Guild Masses take place the first Monday of each month at 12:15 p.m. The enrollee may be living, deceased or the family member of a person suffering from cancer.

​Learn more about the Saint Peregrine painting at the Shrine

​A card can be sent to you upon request so that you may send it to the enrollee.