Sacred places in Maryland

Three places to begin a deeper relationship with Maryland.

Follow each place’s story, then its source trail. Living communities and custodians determine how visitors may participate.

United States · Pilgrimage shrine

A mountainside Lourdes grotto and pilgrimage ground near Mount St. Mary’s University.

United States · Place of worship

A cathedral basilica associated with the early development of Catholic institutional life in the United States.

United States · Place of worship

A meetinghouse and burial ground that anchor a longstanding Quaker community and its practice of worshipful silence.