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Relics

All are welcome to make a pilgrimage to Pilgrim Center of Hope. See below for information about relics of saints and stones of holy sites you can find at the Center.

What are relics? Where do they come from? Why do Christians venerate them? How is this Scriptural?

Pamphlet contains explanation about relic classification (First Class, Second Class, etc.) and Latin indications (ex ossibus, ex indumentis, etc.).


Reliquary


Gethsemane Chapel

Gethsemane Chapel is named for the Garden of Gethsemane, where our founders discerned God’s call for their lives. This humble chapel is home to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.

  • Stations of the Cross line the walls containing small fragments of each Station in Jerusalem, along the Via Dolorosa where Christ carried the Cross.  
  • To the righthand side - Stone from Monte Sant'Angelo, where the Archangel Michael appeared during times of tribulation.

Sacred art as an aid to your prayer, reflection, and meditation is also housed in this chapel.

Seats 35 persons. Gethsemane Chapel is available for personal prayer during regular business hours (9am-5pm).

7680 Joe Newton St, San Antonio, TX 78251