| The Basilica and Shrine are open for visitation: Monday thru Friday, 9am to 4:30pm Saturday, 9am to 12 noon Sunday, 7:30am to 1:30pm ( NOTE: When parking lot is closed, please enter at front of Basilica on Jackson Boulevard, or through the monastery next door.) *A small Museum and Gift Shop are open for organized tours and on major feast days, including the monthly Saint Peregrine Services. |


| THE ORGAN; Lyon & Healy, 1902, is probably the largest remaining instrument made by the Chicago firm. The four-manual, fifty-seven-rank instrument stands in large chambers behind two symmetrical galleries at the sides of the chancel. The transept openings are fitted with ironwork. The oak cases show no visible pipework. On the left side are the detached console, choir seats, and the Swell and Choir divisions. On the right side are the Great and Solo divisions. The Lyon & Healy is tonally unaltered, although the console has been changed twice. This organ gives us an idea of company practice for instruments of a grander scale --- for example, the long-discarded organ at Orchestra Hall, Chicago, built in 1904. The dedication recital took place March 30, 1902, with Clarence Eddy at the console. The Lyon & Healy was awarded a citation by the Organ Historical Society, listing it as an historic instrument worthy of preservation. ----From J.E. Ambrosino, OHS Organ Handbook, 2002 Furnished by Mary Gifford, Director of Music at St. Mary Catholic Church in Des Plaines, Illinois. Her recordings made on the Our Lady of Sorrows organ include "The Lyon Roars" and "Catholic Heritage." |
