Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica - National Shrine of St. Peregrine

History & Significance

Basilica · Est. Parish founded 1874; present church dedicated January 5, 1902

Our Lady of Sorrows parish was founded in 1874 by the Servants of Mary (Servites) on Chicago's West Side, and its present Italian Renaissance Revival church was dedicated on January 5, 1902. The church became internationally renowned for the Sorrowful Mother Novena begun in 1937, and was raised to a minor basilica by the Vatican in 1956. In 1991 the Servites moved the National Shrine of St. Peregrine, patron of those battling cancer, to the basilica. It serves the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.

Italian Renaissance Revival, with a barrel-vaulted ceiling and Carrara marble high altar

• •Founded in 1874 by the Servants of Mary (Servites)
• •Present church dedicated January 5, 1902
• •Designated a minor basilica by the Vatican in 1956
• •Home to the National Shrine of St. Peregrine (patron of cancer sufferers) since 1991
• •Located on the West Side of Chicago in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago