In honor of the The Blessed Virgin Mary’s Immaculate Heart, students can register at cut-rate discounts until Read More
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Offer prayers, request prayers, obtain an indulgence, sponsor a pilgrim – Pilgrimage 2024
Click here to offer or request prayers or to sponsor a pilgrim online.
NEW poster – sample bulletin & web-announcements 2024

Attention clergy, bulletin editors, webmasters, pilgrims all!
Tell the parish family & friends about the 29th annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady’s Martyrs of New France at Auriesville, NY.
All the ‘basic info at a glance’ in a hand-out is now available (in three formats), including a short ‘sample announcement’ for the parish blog or weekly bulletin.
And this all-new easy-to-print poster!
Here’s the sample Read More
Download the pilgrims’ daily prayer, composed by St. Nicholas of Flüe
“Pray without ceasing.” It’s never too early to join fellow pilgrims in prayer. To make it easier to remember and recite the short prayer each day, every pilgrim is asked to print it out, post it to the refrigerator in the kitchen, leave it at one’s night table next to the bed, tape it to the mirror in the bathroom … Ok, you get the idea.
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Photos galore – Pilgrimage 2023
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Registration for the 29th annual Pilgrimage 2024 is scheduled Read More
Online registration for Sunday-only events remains OPEN – Pilgrimage 2023
Online registration for Sunday-only events remains open until Sunday morning.
Registration for Sunday-only is required, but there is no registration fee.
Register online here for Sunday-only events.
Online registration is better by far for Read More
Online registration is CLOSED. Walk-on registration for all three days of pilgrimage is OPEN at check-in, Thursday afternoon. – Pilgrimage 2023
Online registration for the full pilgrimage closed Monday night, 25 September, at 12:59PM EDT.
But ‘walk-on’ registrations will be accepted on site at check-in, Thursday afternoon.
Print, fill out, and bring this one-page registration form, with cash or check to remit the registration fee, Thursday afternoon.
See the FAQs on this blog for all other instructions.
Blessed pilgrimage!
Modified Pilgrimage Schedule – Pilgrimage 2023
The schedule of events for the modified pilgrimage is attached below.
All pilgrims participating in the modified events are asked to print it out and keep it on hand for immediate reference in the field this week during Pilgrimage.
Sacred Music – Pilgrimage 2023
The plan of sacred music for the Liturgies of Pilgrimage 2023 has been finalized, and may be found attached below.
St. Cecilia Brigade members do not need to print out this document.
Question #5 – “What’s this I heard about ‘check-in’ Thursday evening & rendezvous Friday morning?” 2023
That’s right. Every pilgrim without exception must check-in upon arrival at Wood Park, Thursday between 4:30 to 10:30.
Click here to learn how to check-in, stress-free.
Click here to learn how to arrive at the check-in location Thursday after noon.
For those pilgrims ONLY who arrive after 10:30 Thursday night, there is an alternate check-in Friday morning at 6:00am at Wood Park. This alternate check-in is NOT AN OPTION for pilgrims. It is a last resort, after all personal plans and efforts to arrive before 10:30 Thursday evening have fallen through.
Every pilgrim, without exception, must report to Read More
Question #4 – “Where can a pilgrim stay overnight Thursday, to be ready for step-off early Friday morning?” 2023
Once you’ve registered, begun to pray with fellow pilgrims, and requested the shuttle, it’s time to make plans to Read More