Collegamento Nazionale Santuari to hold La Notte dei Santuari on October 31

The Collegamento Nazionale Santuari and the Ufficio nazionale per la Pastorale del tempo libero, turismo e sport della CEI will hold La Notte dei Santuari on Saturday, October 31.

The event includes approximately 150 scheduled appointments across Italy, such as prayer vigils, pilgrimages, testimonies, and artistic and cultural moments. Organizers changed the date this year from early June to October 31 to align the event with the eve of the Solemnity of All Saints. Don Marco Fagotti, who is in charge of the Sezione Turismo religioso of the Ufficio Catechistico Nazionale, stated that the date was chosen because shrines are places where holiness is experienced through connections to saints, relics, and faith experiences.

The project began in 2019 to promote shrines as places for evangelization, welcome, and pilgrimage. The theme for this year is "Aspirate alla santità, ovunque siate." The initiative also maintains a connection to the Giornata Mondiale di Preghiera per le Vocazioni by offering reflections on discernment and Church charisms.