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

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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.

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.

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Download the pilgrims’ daily prayer, composed by St. Nicholas of Flüe

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image_st_nicholas_of_flue_8-2013 “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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Question #5 – “What’s this I heard about ‘check-in’ Thursday evening & rendezvous Friday morning?” 2022

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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

Question #5 – “What’s this I heard about ‘check-in’ Thursday evening & rendezvous Friday morning?” 2021

Director

That’s right. Every pilgrim 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

Optional over-night accommodations Friday & Saturday for seniors and families participating in the ‘modified events’ and not able to camp out – and for any pilgrim Sunday evening after conclusion of Pilgrimage 2021

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This post lists a few lodgings for seniors and families of the ‘modified events’ who elect to overnight locally indoors — instead of camping out — along the pilgrimage route Thursday, Friday, or Saturday evening, and/or for any pilgrims on Sunday after the Read More