Blessed Solanus Casey/Footprints

Footprints for Blessed Solanus Casey 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: 7 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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• Solanus Casey Center (Detroit) (Porter ministry & legacy) [Public] Shrine – 1780 Mount Elliott Street, Detroit, MI 48207-3427, Detroit, Michigan, United States
  • Year: 1924
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit
  • Primary public pilgrimage center for Blessed Solanus Casey: museum, chapel access, and Capuchin hospitality adjacent to St. Bonaventure. Plan-your-visit info on solanuscasey.org.
  • Sources: https://www.solanuscasey.org/; https://www.solanuscasey.org/about-the-solanus-casey-center/

• St. Bonaventure Monastery / Chapel (tomb area) (Porter ministry & death) [Public] Convent – 1740 Mount Elliott Street (campus with 1780 Center), Detroit, MI 48207, Detroit, Michigan, United States
  • Year: 1957
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit
  • Capuchin monastery where Solanus served as porter and where his remains are venerated in the chapel complex connected to the Solanus Casey Center. Same-campus stop with the Center.
  • Sources: https://www.thecapuchins.org/ministries/detroit/st-bonaventure-monastery; https://www.solanuscasey.org/

• St. Joseph Church (Prescott, WI) – baptism parish (Childhood) [Public] Parish – 261 N. Court Street area / St. Joseph, Prescott, WI 54021, Prescott, Wisconsin, United States
  • Year: 1870
  • Diocese: Diocese of Superior
  • Baptism parish for Bernard Francis Casey in the Prescott, Wisconsin, area — firmer public pin than the Oak Grove farm region. Pair with Detroit shrine for a two-hub Solanus tour.
  • Sources: https://www.stjosephprescott.com/fr-solanus-casey; https://www.solanuscasey.org/about-blessed-solanus-casey/

• Sacred Heart Church (Yonkers) – first priestly assignment (Priestly ministry (New York)) [Public] Parish – 110 Shonnard Place, Yonkers, NY 10703, Yonkers, New York, United States
  • Year: 1904
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of New York
  • First assignment after ordination as a simplex Capuchin priest. Sacred Heart, Yonkers, was Solanus's long early ministry base (about fourteen years) before Lower East Side and Harlem assignments.
  • Sources: https://www.solanuscasey.org/about-blessed-solanus-casey/capuchin-life-2/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanus_Casey

• Our Lady of Sorrows (Lower East Side) association (Priestly ministry (New York)) [Public] Parish – 213 Stanton Street, New York, NY 10002, New York City, New York, United States
  • Year: 1918
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of New York
  • Capuchin parish on the Lower East Side where Solanus served after Yonkers — dense immigrant neighborhood ministry before Harlem and Detroit.
  • Sources: https://www.solanuscasey.org/about-blessed-solanus-casey/capuchin-life-2/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanus_Casey

• Our Lady of the Angels (Harlem) association (Priestly ministry (New York)) [Public] Parish – 229 East 113th Street, New York, NY 10029, New York City, New York, United States
  • Year: 1921
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of New York
  • Harlem Capuchin parish assignment (from 1921) before the long Detroit porter years. Completes the NYC leg of a Solanus life trail with Yonkers and the Lower East Side.
  • Sources: https://www.solanuscasey.org/about-blessed-solanus-casey/capuchin-life-2/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanus_Casey

• St. Bonaventure Capuchin Soup Kitchen (Mt. Elliott) – ministry context (Porter ministry) [Limited] Other – 1828 Mount Elliott Street, Detroit, MI 48207, Detroit, Michigan, United States
  • Year: 1929
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit
  • Working Capuchin soup kitchen near the Solanus Casey Center. Limited: active ministry — support or volunteer; do not treat as a tourist attraction. Prefer prayer at the Center.
  • Sources: https://www.cskdetroit.org/; https://www.solanuscasey.org/