Category: Q & A – prepraring for departure & step-off

Answers to questions which pilgrims frequently ask about how to get to pilgrimage and how to prepare oneself for step-off

Question #5 – “What’s this I heard about ‘check-in’ Thursday evening & rendezvous Friday morning?” – Pilgrimage 2024

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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.

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Question #5 – “What’s this I heard about ‘check-in’ Thursday evening & rendezvous Friday morning?” 2023

Director

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 #5 – “What’s this I heard about ‘check-in’ Thursday evening & rendezvous Friday morning?” 2022

Director

That’s right. Every pilgrim without exception must check-in upon arrival at the step-off location Thursday afternoon or evening.

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 Read More