ANNUAL ASSEMBLY

July 17-19, 2013

Where: National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, IL (St. Louis area) 

Theme:  ECCLESIOLOGY AT THE CROSSROADS

Speaker: Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, President of OXTRAD (Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue) and 106th Bishop of Rochester (UK)

Registration form:  Click here to print and mail in.

<ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW ACTIVE

Registration fee :   $161  (Includes registration and meals).

Hotel:  The Shrine Hotel is now full.  We've arranged for an off-site hotel to handle the overflow.   

Drury Inn - $94.95/night.  (Click on Drury name to reserve your room).

Drury Inn & Suites Fairview Heights
12 Ludwig Drive
Fairview Heights, IL  62208
Telephone:  (618) 398-8530

Transportation to and from the off-site hotel - We have rented a van to transport people without cars to the Shrine in the morning and back to the hotel in the evening. 

Agenda - Click here

NOTE:  Registration opens at 3 PM on Wednesday, the 17th with the first event being a Solemn Pontifical Eucharist at 5 PM.  The Assembly ends at 12 noon on Friday, the 19th.

GROUND TRANSPORTATION

FROM LAMBERT AIRPORT:

• Train to Fairview Heights station:  The station is accessible from the baggage claim area, and signage points you to either escalator or elevator to get you to the upper level to where the station is located.  Ticketing machines are located in the corridor leading out to the train platform.  Purchase the "one trip" ticket ($2.25) (check for time stamp) which is good for two hours, one-way.  Occasionally, while on board, your ticket might be checked by the onboard attendant; you will notice many regular riders sporting their weekly/monthly passes on a lanyard.  There are many station stops, but the trek from the airport to Fairview Heights takes only about 30 minutes.
  • How to buy a ticket video:  view here

• From the Fairview Heights station to the Shrine:  Only a ten-minute car ride --we will be establishing a transportation bridge from there to the Hotel.  Stay tuned for more updates.

• Taxi from airport to Shrine:  Mid-America  Car Service, Inc.  618-277-1515  (costs approx. $73.00)

DRIVING:   

• 442 S DeMazenod Dr, Belleville, IL 62223      (Located on IL State Highway 15 east)

Get directions to the Shrine on MapQuest
 

• From Northern Illinois:  Take I-55 south to I-255 south (just south of the Collinsville exit), take I-255 south to IL State Highway 15 east (exit 17A), go 1 mile & Shrine is at the top of the hill on the right-hand side. 
• From Southern Illinos:  Take I-64 west to I-255 south, take I-255 south to IL State Highway 15 east (exit 17A), go 1 mile & Shrine is at the top of the hill on the right-hand side. 
• From Downtown St. Louis,  MO (and West County):  Take I-64 east across the Poplar St. Bridge to I-255 south, take I-255 south to IL State Highway 15 east (exit 17A), go 1 mile & Shrine is at the top of the hill on the right-hand side (15 minutes from downtown St. Louis).
• From South County, St. Louis MO:  (also approaching St. Louis on I-55 north or I-44 east):  Take I-270 south, (I-270 changes to I-255 in the vicinity of I-55), continue on I-255 north into Illinois, take IL State Highway 15 east (exit 17A), go 1 mile & Shrine is at the top of the hill on the right-hand side. 
• From North County, St. Louis, MO:  (also approaching St. Louis on I-70 east):  Take I-70 east across the Poplar St. Bridge to I-255 south, take I-255 south to IL State Highway 15 east (exit 17A), go 1 mile & Shrine is at the top of the hill on the right-hand side. 
• From Chicago, IL:  1-55 South to I-255 South, Exit 17A
• From Indianapolis, IN:  I-70 West to I-55 South to I-255 South, Exit 17A
• From Louisville, KY:  I-64 West ot I-255 South, Exit 17A
• From Memphis, TN:  I-55 North to I-270 South to I-255 North, Exit 17A
• From Branson, MO:  I-44 East to I-270 South to I-255 North, Exit 17A
• From Kansas City, MO:  I-70 East to I-270 North to I-255 South, Exit 17A