As America reaches 250 years, we will return to the burning love of Jesus Christ as the entire country is consecrated to His Sacred Heart.
As America reaches 250 years, we will return to the burning love of Jesus Christ as the entire country is consecrated to His Sacred Heart.
Turn your celebration into a pilgrimage!
Explore this idyllic Kentucky Holy Land from a central camp.
The Kentucky Holy Land is celebrating 250 years of the first Catholics' arrival here.
Over 40 dioceses today traces their roots back to this birthplace of the Church past the 13 colonies.
Americans from far and wide are invited to gather for this celebration. Also, people from across the world are also invited to journey to this "heartland" of the American Catholic Church and join in the grand America 250 celebration with us!
Even beyond the scheduled programming on conference days, you are able to stay before or after and explore the Kentucky Holy Land. Even during conference time, we encourage pilgrims to break away from the crowd and discover why the area has the name: Holy Land.
Bardstown: Awarded the "Most Beautiful Small Town in America" award by USA Today.
Classic Biplane Tours: Fly...yes...fly around the beautiful Kentucky Holy Land.
Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace
Abbey of Gethsemani: One of the oldest monasteries in the United States and the home of the influential writer Thomas Merton
St. Rose Priory: The birthplace of the Dominican Order in the USA.
The Civil War Museum of the Western Theatre
Sisters of Loretto: The first American sisterhood founded by the reknowned missionary Fr. Charles Nerinckx. Also, home of Fr. Badin, the first priest ordained in the USA.
Oscar Getz Museum of Bourbon History
My Old Kentucky Home
The Sacred Heart Crusade is a global revival of the Catholic Students' Mission Crusade, which hasn't had a conference in 56 years. Many have never heard of it, even though it was one of the greatest missionary/youth movements of all time. They even had a castle in Cincinnati!
This conference will be the grand launch of the global movement. But you don't have to wait till then! Discover the spirituality of Sacred Heart and grow closer to Jesus through this way of life today! Learn more. All it takes to become a member is to say a short prayer.