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Category: Announcements – for websites, blogs & bulletins
Info useful to webmasters, bloggers & managers of the parish bulletin.
12 mottos for a pilgrim-servant to live by
The “12 mottos” linked below, are taken from the letter of sainted Fr. Isaac Jogues, found here.
The pilgrim, especially a pilgrim-organzier — or “pilgrim-servant” — who 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.
So, Read More
Question #7 – “What gear should I pack, and how should I pack it – and my tent?” – Pilgrimage 2024
In this post we’ll concentrate on what to pack for personal gear, and how to pack it — including your tent. See this webpage for explanations of ‘the basics’, and ‘the essentials’. Read More
Question #5 – “What’s this I heard about ‘check-in’ Thursday evening & rendezvous Friday morning?” – Pilgrimage 2024
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.
NOTE WELL: THE LAST SHUTTLE TO THE CHECK-IN LOCATION DEPARTS THE AURIESVILLE SHRINE PARKING LOT AT Read More
Question #4 – “Where can a pilgrim stay overnight Thursday, to be ready for step-off early Friday morning?” – Pilgrimage 2024
Once you’ve registered, begun to pray with fellow pilgrims, and requested the shuttle, it’s time to make plans to Read More
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.
Spread the Word! NEW flyer – Pilgrimage 2024
No one makes pilgrimage alone.
Spread the word. Invite to pilgrimage your fellow travelers on the journey to heaven.
The PDF linked here is a printable half-sheet flyer to share with those you love.
It explains the joy of pilgrimage, and offers a fresh view to those who Read More
Is this what’s stopping you? How to get it right from the beginning: forming a new brigade – Pilgrimage 2024
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
Frequently asked questions before registration – 2024
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