Category: messages to the sacred Clergy
Messages for Priests, Deacons and Religious, too
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
Question #1 – “What should I do first?” – Pilgrimage 2023
After registering, it’s time to do the one thing necessary. … Read More
Watch: Students on Pilgrimage
What is it like to be on traditional, walking pilgrimage for three whole days? Student pilgrims from Thomas More College of Liberal Arts share their experience in the video below.
The 28th annual Pilgrimage for Restoration is scheduled to take place Friday-Sunday, September 29 – October 1, 2023 A.D.
Pre-register or register for the 2023 Pilgrimage for Restoration today.
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‘Something for everybody’ to participate in 2023!
Frequently asked questions before registration – 2023
Question: My sister and I — and maybe a brother or fellow parishioner — are very interested in signing up for pilgrimage.
Answer: Thanks be to God for the grace of pilgrimage. What’s keeping you from registering today?
Q: We’d like to know Read More
Is this what’s stopping you? How to get it right from the beginning: forming a new brigade – Pilgrimage 2023
Dear Fellow Pilgrim,
Over the many years of making pilgrimage and helping others to do the same, we have developed a series of steps that the organizers have learned from their experiences. When brigades fail to form or reform from year to year, it is usually because Read More
Sample bulletin & web-announcements 2023 – NEW poster

Attention clergy, bulletin editors, webmasters, pilgrims all!
Tell the parish family & friends about the 28th 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!
http://pilgrimage-for-restoration.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Pilgrimage_for_Restoration_poster_2023.pdf
Here’s the sample Read More
Watch: Marching in a Brigade with the Church militant
No one makes Pilgrimage alone.
At the Pilgrimage for Restoration, pilgrims form in brigades and walk together in song, prayer, and fellowship.
Almost without being noticed, pilgrim-organizers (all volunteers) guide and shadow the sometimes mile-long column of brigades to assist them at every step of The Way, allowing pilgrims to concentrate on the “one thing alone necessary” – seeking and being with Christ.
Follow a brigade of students from Thomas More College in the video below.
The 28th annual Pilgrimage for Restoration is scheduled to take place Read More