Blessed Frédéric Baraga/Footprints

Footprints for Blessed Frédéric Baraga are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 6 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

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• Bishop Baraga Shrine (L'Anse) (Missionary years) [Public] Shrine – L'Anse, MI (Baraga Shrine / mission landscape), L'Anse, Michigan, United States
  • Year: 1835
  • Diocese: Diocese of Marquette
  • Shrine landscape at L'Anse on Lake Superior associated with Baraga’s early mission years among Native communities. Public outdoor/shrine stop west of Marquette.
  • Sources: https://bishopbaraga.org/

• St. Peter Cathedral (Marquette) – tomb of Bishop Baraga (Episcopate & burial) [Public] Church – 311 West Baraga Avenue, Marquette, MI 49855, Marquette, Michigan, United States
  • Year: 1868
  • Diocese: Diocese of Marquette
  • Cathedral of the Diocese of Marquette with the tomb of Bl. Frédéric Baraga, first bishop and “Snowshoe Priest” of the Upper Peninsula. Primary public UP pilgrimage stop.
  • Sources: https://stpetercathedral.org/about/history/bishop-baraga/; https://thecatholictravelguide.com/destinations/u-s-a/marquette-michigan-st-peter-cathedral-tomb-of-bishop-baraga/

• Bishop Baraga Educational Center & Museum (Marquette) (Legacy) [Public] Other – 615 South Fourth Street, Marquette, MI 49855, Marquette, Michigan, United States
  • Year: 1972
  • Diocese: Diocese of Marquette
  • Museum in Baraga’s former residence interpreting his missions among Ojibwe and settlers, linguistics, and snowshoe journeys. Orientation stop with the cathedral.
  • Sources: https://bishopbaraga.org/

• La Pointe / Madeline Island mission association (Wisconsin) (Early Great Lakes missions) [Public] Outdoor – La Pointe, Madeline Island, WI, La Pointe, Wisconsin, United States
  • Year: 1835
  • Diocese: Diocese of Superior
  • Apostle Islands mission landscape of Baraga’s early work among Ojibwe communities before the Marquette episcopate. Public island historic stops (ferry access).
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Baraga

• Assinins Historic Site – Baraga mission church & cemetery (Mission founding) [Public] Parish – Assinins, Baraga County, MI, Baraga, Michigan, United States
  • Year: 1843
  • Diocese: Diocese of Marquette
  • Historic mission district founded under Baraga — church, school/orphanage associations, and cemetery of Assinins. Public historic landscape on Keweenaw Bay.
  • Sources: http://travelthemitten.com/landmarks/assinins-historic-site-baraga-county/

• Dobrnice / Slovenian birth region association (Childhood) [Limited] Outdoor – Mala Vas / Dobrnič area, Slovenia, Trebnje, Lower Carniola, Slovenia
  • Year: 1797
  • Diocese: Diocese of Novo Mesto
  • Slovenian birth region of Friderik Irenej Baraga before missionary life in the Americas. Limited European pin — Upper Michigan remains the American library core.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Baraga