Marian Shrines
Star of the Sea Marian Shrines
With the blessing of the Archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, Star of the Sea parish has built 16 shrines to Our Lady along the east and west walls of our church. These shrines portray the most important apparitions of Our Lady throughout history. Each features a 48-inch statue or image of that apparition, candles and kneelers for devotions, and a pamphlet describing not only the facts of the apparition but also the most vital words of Our Lady’s message at that time.
The following apparitions are included:
- Fatima (Portugal, 1917) Feast Day May 13
- Lourdes (France, 1858) Feast Day February 11
- Akita (Japan, 1973)
- Guadalupe (Mexico, 1531) Feast Day December 12
- Champion (Wisconsin, 1859) Feast Day October 9
- Knock (Ireland, 1879) Feast Day August 21
- Miraculous Medal (Paris, 1830) Feast Day November 27
- La Salette (France, 1846) Feast Day September 19
- Lady of China (China, 1868) Feast Day May 24
- Manaoag (Philippines, 1610) Celebrated all month of May
- La Vang (Vietnam, 1798) Feast Day November 22
- Czestochowa (Poland, 1655) Feast Day August 26
- Good Success (Ecuador, 1594) Feast Day February 2
- Kibeho (Rwanda, 1981) Feast Day November 28
- Banneux (Belgium, 1933) Feast Day May 31
- Mt. Carmel (Israel, 1251) Feast Day July 16

We invite you to visit the 16 shrines of our Lady at Star of the Sea church, located five minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge, at 4420 Geary Blvd in San Francisco. Parking is available and the church is open from
TO LEARN ABOUT BASIC FACTS AND THE MESSAGE OF EACH APPARITION PLEASE DOWNLOAD A PDF COPY OF THE TITLE OF YOUR CHOICE (BELOW) PREPARED BY THE STAR OF THE SEA PASTOR FR. JOSEPH ILLO.
IMAGES OF THE 16 MARIAN STATUES AND ICONS AT STAR OF THE SEA
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico) Our Lady of Czestochowa (Poland) Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
(Paris-France)Our Lady of Lourdes
(France)
Our Lady of La Salette
(France)Our Lady of Champion
(Wisconsin – USA)Our Lady of Mount Carmel
(Israel)Our Lady of Fatima (Portugal) Our Lady of Kibeho (Rwanda) Our Lady of China Our Lady of La Vang (Vietnam) Our Lady of Knock (Ireland) Our Lady of Banneux
(Belgium)Our Lady of Akita
(Japan)Our Lady of Manaoag
(Philippines)Our Lady of Good Success
Ecuador

Listen to this Gregorian chant notation from the Liber Usualis (1961), p. 279. Latin lyrics sung by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos.
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope!
We invite you to pray the Rosary every day
“On 13 May 1917, the shepherd children (Lúcia dos Santos, Francisco

We pray the Rosary after each Mass: Monday to Friday

CHILDREN’S FLOWERS TO OUR LADY
A TRADITION AT STAR OF THE SEA With the desire to welcome our parish young families, and to foster devotion to Virgin Mary, we have a tradition at Star that is tied to the Apparitions of Mary’s shrines. On Sundays after the 9:30am Family Mass, we invite the children to get a fresh flower that the parish provide, then they gather in front of the sanctuary to listen to one of our priests talk about one of our Lady’s apparitions. The children then follow our priest to the chosen shrine to place the flowers for our lady. The children are eager to participate and It brings joy to all the faithful attending the Mass, seeing the beautiful smiles of each child! as we all learn more about the different apparitions of Virgin Mary around the world.

Enjoy this short video clip recorded at Star of the Sea Church


Light a Candle!
We have 16 new candle racks for each of the Apparitions of Virgin Mary’s shrines in our church. Please light a candle for someone in need of your prayers, for your prayer intentions, or In gratitude to our Lady for her intercessions.
THE HAIL MARY
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee;
Blessed art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

For more information about our shrine please call the parish office (415) 751-0450 or if you are interested in having a pilgrimage visit to our church, please contact: MARIELLA ZEVALLOS (415)751-0450, email: mariella@starparish.com
THANK YOU FOR VISITING OUR SHRINES!