Santa Fe Pilgrimage - Kansas
Men and boys are invited to “take the nail” and tread in the footsteps of America’s Protomartyr.
Photos from the 2023 Pilgrimage
Join this unique 33-mile pilgrimage to the Padilla Cross near Lyons, KS, where the Catholic Faith was planted in the USA in 1541.
Pilgrimage time and location: This year the pilgrimage will be held from Friday, July 19th - Saturday, July 20th. The westward path is 33 miles over gravel roads (and parts of the old Santa Fe Trail) and is concluded at the Padilla Cross, about a mile west of Lyons, Kansas.
Significance of this pilgrimage: The Padilla Cross marks the location of a Quiviran Indian village and is dedicated to Fray Juan de Padilla, a Spanish Franciscan priest who journeyed with the Coronado Expedition to spread the Catholic Faith for the salvation of souls. The Quiviran Indians martyred him while he was attempting to evangelize the Kaw Indians in November 1542 (78 years before Plymouth Rock and 104 years before the North American Martyrs), giving him the distinction of being America’s Protomartyr.
Registration Info & Forms
Donations are needed and appreciated! A $20 suggested donation is payable by cash, Venmo or check. Checks should be made out to SSPX or Nathaniel Sevigny (MEMO: Santa Fe Pilgrimage).
The signed registration forms and donations can be dropped off at the Immaculata Parish Office OR given/mailed to Nathaniel Sevigny at 404 W. Bertrand Ave. Saint Marys, KS 66536.
