Venerable Fulton Sheen/Footprints

Footprints for Venerable Fulton Sheen 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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• Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception (Peoria) – tomb of Archbishop Sheen (Episcopal ties & legacy) [Public] Church – 607 Northeast Madison Avenue, Peoria, IL 61603, Peoria, Illinois, United States
  • Year: 2019
  • Diocese: Diocese of Peoria
  • Side-chapel tomb of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen at Peoria’s cathedral (reinterred 2019). Primary public pilgrimage stop for the cause; handicap ramp at the cathedral front leads toward the tomb chapel. Pair with the Sheen Museum one block away.
  • Sources: https://www.celebratesheen.com/tomb; https://cdop.org/

• Archbishop Fulton Sheen Museum (Spalding Pastoral Center) (Legacy & formation) [Public] Other – 419 Northeast Madison Avenue, Peoria, IL 61603, Peoria, Illinois, United States
  • Year: 2019
  • Diocese: Diocese of Peoria
  • Free museum interpreting Sheen’s life, ordination, media apostolate, and Peoria roots. Housed in the Spalding Pastoral Center on the historic campus where he attended cathedral school and was formed for priesthood — natural orientation stop before or after the tomb.
  • Sources: https://www.celebratesheen.com/museum; https://cdop.org/

• Peoria cathedral school / Spalding campus association (Childhood & vocation) [Limited] School – Near 419–607 NE Madison Avenue, Peoria, IL 61603, Peoria, Illinois, United States
  • Year: 1919
  • Diocese: Diocese of Peoria
  • Campus landscape where young Fulton Sheen learned to serve Mass, attended cathedral school/Spalding High School, and was ordained a priest (20 Sep 1919). Limited exterior history walk between museum and cathedral — prefer those public buildings for entry.
  • Sources: https://www.celebratesheen.com/museum; https://www.celebratesheen.com/tomb

• Catholic University of America (Washington) – teaching years (Teaching apostolate) [Limited] School – 620 Michigan Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20064, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
  • Year: 1926
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Washington
  • University where Sheen taught philosophy/theology for decades before national media fame. Limited active campus; pair with the National Shrine across the street for a DC day.
  • Sources: https://www.cua.edu/; https://www.celebratesheen.com/

• St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York) – media-era preaching association (National media apostolate) [Public] Church – 5th Avenue at 51st Street, New York, NY 10022, New York City, New York, United States
  • Year: 1950
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of New York
  • Iconic NYC Catholic landmark of the era of Sheen’s national television fame and archdiocesan life. Public urban stop for visitors pairing a Peoria pilgrimage with a New York media-era frame — not a private residence or single birthplace notable.
  • Sources: https://saintpatrickscathedral.org/

• Sacred Heart Cathedral (Rochester) – episcopal see association (Episcopate) [Public] Church – 296 Flower City Park, Rochester, NY 14615, Rochester, New York, United States
  • Year: 1966
  • Diocese: Diocese of Rochester
  • Cathedral of the Diocese of Rochester where Bishop Sheen served as residential bishop (1966–1969). Public upstate NY stop pairing with Peoria cause hubs.
  • Sources: https://www.dor.org/; https://www.celebratesheen.com/