Messages to Pilgrims
Messages to pilgrims
Pilgrim families & seniors arriving Sunday are most welcome to join other pilgrim families & seniors already on pilgrimage as early as 10:00am Sunday morning at the Shrine in Auriesville for special, new events there.Weather forecast for pilgrims
As pilgrims prepare for step off this Friday, here are pictures of the weather forecast for each campsite location. Pilgrims should keep the weather in mind as they prepare, and pack appropriate clothing and shoes. For suggestions, see this post.
Pilgrimage for Restoration
Come to restore. The rest will come.
23rd annual — 2018 A.D.
Friday – Sunday
28 – 30 September
“Now is the acceptable time.”
Your friends staying home this year can make pilgrimage from afar, from home or parish: obtain a plenary indulgence, sponsor a pilgrim (or two), request prayers or offer them — all from this page.
Listen to and learn the Songs of Pilgrimage!
“No one makes pilgrimage alone.”
Oremus pro invicem.
In unione orationum.
Ad majorem Dei gloriam.
Question #9 – “Who supplies what for whom, and when?”
Organizers supply bottled water throughout, and supplement meals with hot soup & bread in the evening and hot water & bread with jam at breakfast.
Pilgrims supply their own powdered coffee, hot chocolate, tea bags, instant hot breakfast cereal, as well as cups, plates, bowls, spoons et cetera at each meal.
The Company of St. René Goupîl’s volunteers help pilgrims throughout. The Company provides some first-aid for foot-sore, blistered pilgrims. The volunteers also transport pilgrims’ gear from camp to camp — and give rides to weary walkers, too. They also help to prepare bivouacs along the way. Pilgrims assist one another — especially the women & children — to pitch tents.
Friday and Saturday’s privately owned sites are equipped with running water, toilets, a few showers and wash basins, with remote electrical supply only.
Pilgrim families or/and seniors participating in the “Modified Pilgrimage” may park RVs at each private campsite for an additional fee paid directly to the campsite personnel or owners on location.
In every instance, parents or seniors contact the manager/owner directly, optimally in advance.
day-1 Fri-Sat — Alpine Lake RV Resort Bob Scott, office mgr 518-654-6260
day-2 Sat-Sun — Pop’s Lake Campground “Kat” or Bob Stead, owners 518-883-8678
Pilgrims may camp Sunday night at the Martyrs’ Shrine, but there is no hook-up or water on site. Pilgrims must obtain written permission from the Pilgrimage Coordinator at the Shrine. beth.lynch@martyrshrine.org
Pilgrims staying overnight in the area make reservations at local lodgings. See this page for info.
For more information about accommodations, see the other FAQs on this blog, and the website.
Pilgrimage for Restoration
Come to restore. The rest will come.
23rd annual — 2018 A.D.
Friday – Sunday
28 – 30 September
“Now is the acceptable time.”
Your friends staying home this year can make pilgrimage from afar, from home or parish: obtain a plenary indulgence, sponsor a pilgrim (or two), request prayers or offer them — all from this page.
Listen to and learn the Songs of Pilgrimage!
“No one makes pilgrimage alone.”
Oremus pro invicem.
In unione orationum.
Ad majorem Dei gloriam.
Question #5 – “What’s this I heard about check-in Thursday evening & rendezvous Friday morning?”
That’s right. Every pilgrim must check-in upon arrival.
We strongly advise you to do that on Thursday afternoon or evening with the ‘early-birds’.
It’s possible Friday morning, too — but barely. There is always too little time.
That’s because every pilgrim, without exception, must also report to (more…)
Question #4 – “Where can a pilgrim stay overnight Thursday, to be ready for step-off early Friday morning?”
Once you’ve registered, begun to pray with fellow pilgrims, and requested the shuttle, it’s time to make plans to (more…)
Question #2 – “What next, after beginning to pray?” – release of liability & parental authorization
After registering, remitting the fee, and beginning to pray with fellow pilgrims, the next step is (more…)
Ask in her holy Name today, and it will be given you and pilgrim-friends
Thanks to your Mother, in other words, you don’t have to miss the pilgrimage because you were ‘a day late and a few dollars short’ (again?) this year.
Besides ‘alms for palms‘ to sponsor you, the organizers’ policy is that (more…)
Your gift on her birthday? – Nativity of Our Blessed Lady
You bet’cha. Today’s your lucky day.
You can thank Our Blessed and all-Immaculate Lady, St. Mary the Mother of God, whose feast – her holy Nativity – we celebrate today. September 8.
Thanks to your Mother, in other words, you don’t have to miss the pilgrimage because you were ‘a day late and a few dollars short’ (again?) this year.
Besides ‘alms for palms‘ to sponsor you, (more…)
Please pray for our brother-pilgrims in Canada.
The Director asks all pilgrims for Restoration to pray for the intentions of and abundant graces for our brothers-in-pilgrimage who this week prepare to honor Our Lady, Queen of Canada, in the 15th annual Pilgrimage to Our Lady of the Cape Shrine Quebec – organized by the lay-led apostolate, Marie Reine du Canada, of St. Clement Parish, Ottawa.
Pilgrims for Restoration are asked to remember their brothers when praying daily the pilgrims’ prayer composed by St. Nicholas of Flüe, found by clicking here.
One of the 12 days of Christmas in summertime – Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart, purer than the driven snow
Wish to save your soul on pilgrimage and spare some cash registering for it?
Then today, August 22, the feast of Our Blessed Lady’s all-Immaculate Heart, is your lucky day.
Save $50 EACH when you and two other friends register and remit the fee via PayPal on her feast.
Three days of back-to-back discounts – thanks to The Blessed Virgin Mary and her holy Father
Today, August 14, the Vigil of the Dormition & Assumption of The Blessed Lady, begins three days of rock-bottom discounts on registration for groups & families of three or more.
Tomorrow, the Great Feast itself, is the second day of discounts.
And then we honor Our Lady’s holy Father – St. Joachim – The Grandfather of Christ, on his feast Thursday, August 16th.
You must register & submit the fee via PayPal on one of the days of the feast in order to receive the discount. (more…)
St. Ignatius has a surprise for you on his feast, today – July 31.
The discount period on registration fees for groups & families expired June 1. But that doesn’t mean you or your friends and family are left holding the bag.
Thanks to the merits of St. Ignatius commemorated on today’s feast, you and your friends & family may register TODAY at the (more…)
“Dear St. Anne, find me a … MAN-ly discount!”
O God, who didst vouchsafe to bestow upon blessed Anne such grace, that she was found worthy to become the mother of her who brought forth Thine only-begotten Son; mercifully grant that we who celebrate her festival, may be helped by her intercession with Thee. Through the same Our Lord Jesus Christ … Collect of today’s liturgical festival
The discount period on registration fees for groups & families expired June 1. But that doesn’t mean you or your friends and family are stuck.
Thanks to Our Blessed Lady’s charity commemorated on today’s feast of her Mother, St. Anne, you and your friends & family may register TODAY at the (more…)
Sample bulletin & web-announcements 2018
PASTORS, now you can ‘get rid of your parishioners’ the way you’ve always dreamt. Send them packing … on a traditional, walking pilgrimage.
We’ve made it easy for you to do so. (more…)
Let Our Lady of Mt. Carmel leave something sweet in your pocket on one of the 12 days of Christmas in summertime.
The discount period on registration fees for groups & families expired June 1. But that doesn’t mean you or your friends and family are stuck.
Thanks to Our Blessed Lady’s charity commemorated today on her feast of Mount Carmel, July 16, you and your friends & family may register at the discounted rate.
But hurry. The ‘grace period’ ends at (more…)