The Cascia Center is a work of prayer, planning, dialogue, and friendship. As an Augustinian ministry since 1907, the National Shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia strives to bring people together, to learn from each other and discover God in this exchange. We believe the gift of reconciliation is carried in the stories of our lives and in the sharing of these stories. When we are able to tell our stories, have them heard and respected, we come alive. We find strength to renew and heal. We find partners of dialogue and trust in bearing the wounds of life and in examining our lives and values so that we might author a future story of hope together.
In every ministry of healing, support, transformation, education, renewal, and welcome, the Cascia Center will be a place where these types of stories are honored and shared as sacred gifts for our mutual benefit and healing - that we all might create a community of peace that inspires and builds fullness of life.
Moving Forward
In planning the future of the Cascia Center, we have a central question: how can we be a unique force for reconciliation and healing in our city? We are engaging many voices in this discussion - friends of the Shrine, patrons, ministers, and others who know the many needs for peacemaking around us. The National Shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia is already a unique place for prayer, sacramental reconciliation, and devotion. We want to build on this and in fact improve opportunities for pilgrims and patrons to gather. At the same time, how are we to extend our outreach - just as Rita reached out to others - through services that promote transformed, reconciling communities? We hope to continue to be a place of healing, support, transformation, education, renewal, and welcome for all people.
The Cascia Center begins to take Shape
Groundbreaking for the Cascia Center
Dedication of the Cascia Center
