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?” 2020

Director

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 Read More

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

A. C.

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 Read More

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

Emily LaFata

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 Read More

Question #9 – “Who supplies what for whom, and when?”

Emily LaFata

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.

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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.