The UNITED STATES of AMERICA
Pope Paul VI was a pilgrim in 1965 to the USA. Blessed John Paul II was a pilgrim here in 1979, 1987, 1993 for World Youth Day Denver, 1995 and 1999. Pope Benedict XVI has visited in 2008.
Here are responses to Totus2us podcasts given by Americans
- many thanks to you all ♥
As so many Americans have generously given their response to a Totus2us podcast, click
here for people with names beginning with A - E and here for names F - L and here for names M - Z.
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Blessed John Paul II (in Boston on 1st October 1979):
".. the reason for my mission, for my journey, through the United States is to tell you, to tell everyone — young and old alike — to say to everyone in the name of Christ: "Come and follow me!"
Follow Christ! You who are married: share your love and your burdens with each other; respect the human dignity of your spouse; accept joyfully the life that God gives through you; make your marriage stable and secure for your children's sake.
Follow Christ! You who are single or who are preparing for marriage. Follow Christ! You who are young or old. Follow Christ! You who are sick or aging; who are suffering or in pain. You who feel the need for healing, the need for love, the need for a friend — follow Christ!
To all of you I extend — in the name of Christ — the call, the invitation, the plea : "Come and follow me". This is why I have come to America, and why I have come to Boston tonight: to call you to Christ — to call all of you and each of you to live in his love, today and forever. Amen!"
If you'd be up for giving your something about Mary,
please do get in touch with the Totus2us team
- as well as hopefully bringing you joy,
you'd be really helping Totus2us ♥
Totus tuus ego sum et omnia mea tua sunt.
Accipio te in mea omnia. Praebe mihi cor tuum, Maria. - St Louis de Montfort
Blessed John Paul II took his motto Totus Tuus from this quote.
"I am totally yours and all that I have is yours.
I accept you for my all. O Mary, give me your heart.”
If you'd like to visit a Catholic Church or know more about what's going on in your area, a good place to find out more on the web are the diocesan websites. All in, there are 145 Latin Catholic dioceses, 33 Latin Catholic archdioceses, 15 Eastern Catholic dioceses, 2 Eastern Catholic archdioceses & 1 apostolic exarchate for Syro-Malankara Catholic Church dioceses in the USA (you can use a 'diocesan locator' using your zip code here)! They're listed here by state:
ALABAMA
Diocese of Birmingham - Archdiocese of Mobile
ALASKA
Archdiocese of Anchorage - Diocese of Fairbanks - Diocese of Juneau
ARIZONA
Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix - Diocese of Phoenix - Diocese of Tucson
ARKANSAS
Diocese of Little Rock
CALIFORNIA
Diocese of Fresno - Archdiocese of Los Angeles - Diocese of Monterey - Diocese of Oakland - Diocese of Orange - Diocese of Sacramento - Diocese of San Bernardino - Diocese of San Diego - Archdiocese of San Francisco - Diocese of San Jose - Diocese of Santa Rosa - St Peter the Apostle Catholic Diocese for Chaldeans & Assyrians USA - Diocese of Stockton
COLORADO
Diocese of Colorado Springs - Archdiocese of Denver - Diocese of Pueblo
CONNECTICUT
Diocese of Bridgeport - Archdiocese of Hartford - Diocese of Norwich - Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford
DELAWARE
Diocese of Wilmington
DISTRICT of COLUMBIA
Archdiocese for the Military Services - Archdiocese of Washington
FLORIDA
Archdiocese of Miami - Diocese of Orlando - Diocese of Palm Beach - Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee - Diocese of St Augustine - Diocese of St Petersburg - Diocese of Venice
GEORGIA
Archdiocese of Atlanta - Diocese of Savannah
HAWAII
Diocese of Honolulu
IDAHO
Diocese of Boise
ILLINOIS
Diocese of Belleville - Archdiocese of Chicago - Diocese of Joliet - Diocese of Peoria - Diocese of Rockford - Diocese of Springfield in Illinois - St Nicholas of Chicago for Ukrainians - St Thomas Syro Malabar Diocese of Chicago
INDIANA
Diocese of Evansville - Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend - Diocese of Gary - Archdiocese of Indianapolis - Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana
IOWA
Diocese of Davenport - Diocese of Des Moines - Archdiocese of Dubuque - Diocese of Sioux City
KANSAS
Diocese of Dodge City - Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas - Diocese of Salina - Diocese of Wichita
KENTUCKY
Diocese of Covington - Diocese of Lexington - Archdiocese of Louisville - Diocese of Owensboro
LOUISIANA
Diocese of Alexandria - Diocese of Baton Rouge - Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux - Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana - Diocese of Lake Charles - Archdiocese of New Orleans - Diocese of Shreveport
MAINE
Diocese of Portland in Maine
MARYLAND
Archdiocese of Baltimore
MASSACHUSETTS
Archdiocese of Boston - Eparchy of Newton - Diocese of Fall River - Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts - Diocese of Worcester
MICHIGAN
Chaldean Eparchy of St Thomas the Apostle - Archdiocese of Detroit - Diocese of Gaylord - Diocese of Grand Rapids - Diocese of Kalamazoo - Diocese of Lansing - Diocese of Marquette - Diocese of Saginaw
MINNESOTA
Diocese of Crookston - Diocese of Duluth - Diocese of New Ulm - Diocese of St Cloud - Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis - Diocese of Winona
MISSISSIPI
Diocese of Biloxi - Diocese of Jackson
MISSOURI
Diocese of Jefferson City - Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph - Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon - Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau - Archdiocese of St Louis
MONTANA
Diocese of Great Falls-Billings - Diocese of Helena
NEBRASKA
Diocese of Grand Island - Diocese of Lincoln - Archdiocese of Omaha
NEVADA
Diocese of Las Vegas - Diocese of Reno
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Diocese of Manchester
NEW JERSEY
Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic - Diocese of Camden - Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance Syriac Catholic Diocese in the US & Canada - Diocese of Metuchen - Archdiocese of Newark - Diocese of Paterson - Diocese of Trenton
NEW MEXICO
Diocese of Gallup - Diocese of Las Cruces - Archdiocese of Santa Fe
NEW YORK
Diocese of Albany - Diocese of Brooklyn - Diocese of Buffalo - Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in New York - Eparchy of St Maron of Brooklyn - Lithuanian Catholics outside Lithuania - Archdiocese of New York - Diocese of Ogdensburg - Diocese of Rochester - Diocese of Rockville Centre - Diocese of Syracuse - Syro-Malankara Catholic Exarchate in USA
OHIO
Archdiocese of Cincinnati - Diocese of Cleveland - Diocese of Columbus - Eparchy of Parma - Romanian Catholic Diocese Eparchy of St George in Canton - Diocese of Steubenville - Diocese of Toledo - Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St Josaphat- Parma - Diocese of Youngstown
OKLAHOMA
Archdiocese of Oklahoma City - Diocese of Tulsa
OREGON
Diocese of Baker - Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
PENNSYLVANIA
Diocese of Allentown - Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown - Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh - Diocese of Erie - Diocese of Greensburg - Diocese of Harrisburg - Archdiocese of Philadelphia - Diocese of Pittsburgh - Diocese of Scranton - Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
RHODE ISLAND
Diocese of Providence
SOUTH CAROLINA
Diocese of Charleston
SOUTH DAKOTA
Diocese of Rapid City - Diocese of Sioux Falls
TENNESSEE
Diocese of Knoxville - Diocese of Memphis - Diocese of Nashville
TEXAS
Diocese of Amarillo - Diocese of Austin - Diocese of Beaumont - Diocese of Brownsville - Diocese of Corpus Christi - Diocese of Dallas - Diocese of El Paso - Diocese of Fort Worth - Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston - Diocese of Laredo - Diocese of Lubbock - Diocese of San Angelo - Archdiocese of San Antonio - Diocese of Tyler - Diocese of Victoria
UTAH
Diocese of Salt Lake City
VERMONT
Diocese of Burlington
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Diocese of St Thomas
VIRGINIA
Diocese of Arlington - Diocese of Richmond
WASHINGTON
Archdiocese of Seattle - Diocese of Spokane - Diocese of Yakima
WEST VIRGINIA
Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
WISCONSIN
Diocese of Green Bay - Diocese of La Crosse - Diocese of Madison - Archdiocese of Milwaukee - Diocese of Superior
WYOMING
Diocese of Cheyenne