This Christmas, a Morton Grove church is celebrating the arrival of two Catholic holy relics, including one from St. Luke, a key figure in Christianity and author of a gospel that tells the story ...

They’re the latest religious relics at the Shrine of All Saints in Morton Grove, which includes objects associated with more than 3,000 saints.

The event will be held at the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics on 2291 St. John’s Rd. It will start on Tuesday, June 17 and run through Monday, June 30.

Among the relics added this past fall to the extensive collection at the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics was one of Marianist Sisters founder Blessed Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon (aka Sister ...

The Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics, one of three pilgrimage sites in the Cincinnati Archdiocese, houses the second largest collection of Holy Relics in the United States. John Grindrod/The ...

Some of the relics kept at the Shrine of the Holy Relics in Maria Stein, Ohio, are shown Jan. 22, 2003, in a hand-carved wooden altar. The Catholic Church approves of homage being paid to relics ...

The Shrine of All Saints at St. Martha Church in Morton Grove has 3,100 Catholic holy relics and added ones from St. Luke, author of a gospel, and St. Juan Diego.

Georges Kazan, an archaeologist who studies Christian relics, wrote in 2015: “Many Christians saw relics as earthly repositories of God’s Holy Spirit, able to work miracles and bestow healing.