Address:
| Our Lady of Sorrows National Shrine 3121 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago, IL 60612 |
Phone: (773) 638-0159
Email: olsparish@ols-chicago.org
| Directions to Our Lady of Sorrows: |
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By CTA rapid transit (The “L”):
From downtown, take the Blue Line "Forest Park" train to the
Kedzie-Homan station. Exit at Kedzie and walk north to
Jackson Blvd., then east to the Basilica at Albany Avenue.
(About 2 1/2 blocks.)
By CTA bus:
Catch a westbound “Jackson #126” bus on Adams Street in the
Loop. Get off at Albany Ave. in front of the Basilica
By CAR or chartered bus:
Heading WEST from the Loop, take Interstate 290 (Eisenhower
Expressway) to the California exit. Continue west on Van Buren
Street to the Basilica parking lot, just past Albany Ave.
Heading EAST from the western suburbs, take Interstate 290
(Eisenhower Expressway) to the Sacramento exit, then go north
on Sacramento and west on Van Buren Street to the Basilica
parking lot, just west of Albany Ave.
From downtown, take the Blue Line "Forest Park" train to the
Kedzie-Homan station. Exit at Kedzie and walk north to
Jackson Blvd., then east to the Basilica at Albany Avenue.
(About 2 1/2 blocks.)
By CTA bus:
Catch a westbound “Jackson #126” bus on Adams Street in the
Loop. Get off at Albany Ave. in front of the Basilica
By CAR or chartered bus:
Heading WEST from the Loop, take Interstate 290 (Eisenhower
Expressway) to the California exit. Continue west on Van Buren
Street to the Basilica parking lot, just past Albany Ave.
Heading EAST from the western suburbs, take Interstate 290
(Eisenhower Expressway) to the Sacramento exit, then go north
on Sacramento and west on Van Buren Street to the Basilica
parking lot, just west of Albany Ave.
East clerestory windows
and tower.
and tower.
Detail of the Shrine Altar of the Seven Holy Founders of the Servants of Mary, with the Virgin Mary in glory.
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Wide steps flow up from
Jackson Boulevard into the
cavernous interior of the shrine.
Jackson Boulevard into the
cavernous interior of the shrine.
| Carved marble statue of Saint Therese of Lisieux in the Chapel of the "Little Flower" |