Little Flower Parish annual pilgrimage
Sorrowful Mother Shrine
All are welcome to join the annual pilgrimage to Bellevue, OH on Friday, September 26, 2025 to the SORROWFUL MOTHER SHRINE which has been designated a Holy Pilgrimage site for the Jubilee Year 2025.
The Sorrowful Mother Shrine is awe inspiring and a very special place for a pilgrimage! A beautiful, peaceful place of prayer where God and nature touch.
- 8:00 am: Boarding bus at Little Flower, church side
- 8:15 am: Departure
- 9:30 am: Arrival
- 10:00 am: Opportunity for Reconciliation
- 10:30 pm: Pray the Holy Rosary in the chapel
- 11:00 am: Celebration of mass
- 11:45 am: Lunch and learn with historical talk
- 2:15 pm: Blessing of religious articles and pilgrims with relic of the cross
- 2:30 pm: Depart for Little Flower
- 4:00 pm: Arrive at Little Flower

Registration
Registration required by September 18, 2025
Drop in collection basket, or deliver / mail to Little Flower 5522 Dorr St. Toledo, OH 43615 to the attention of Sr. Marilyn Marie Ellerbrock. Registration forms also available on the parish website: littleflowertoledo.org.
$45 per person includes transportation on Motorcoach bus, opportunity for reconciliation, celebration of mass, time for prayer / spiritual reflection, historical talk, blessing of pilgrims and religious items, and fellowship. Free will offering at the shrine. Gratuity for bus driver collected on the bus. All are welcome!
Note: lunch is not included, bring your own lunch or order a box lunch for a separate charge (see below). Small coolers are encouraged and welcomed on the bus.
Questions: Lori Kertesz email: [email protected], phone: 419-356-1965.