The registration fee a pilgrim remits helps to cover a lot – but far from everything.
It will cost nearly $70,000 to realize pilgrimage in 2026. Fees and sponsorships have not covered expenses for 25 of the 30 years.
Q: What does a pilgrim’s registration fee help to provide?
A: Plenty. For example:
– instructions, preparation, guidance to step-off, and every step along The Way — given by veteran pilgrim-servants
– pilgrims’ prayer & songs booklet
– brigade organization to lead in prayer & guide a pilgrim on the road and in camp
– modest first-aid for foot-sore pilgrims on the road and in camp
– all the bottled water a pilgrim needs to drink over the course of three days
– the camping fee for all three nights at three private campsites – Thursday, Friday and Saturday, day-0, day-1 & day-2
NOTE: Pilgrims opting to camp overnight Thursday, day-0, at Charles R. Wood Park remit the reservation fee when they register for pilgrimage and choose the option to reserve a spot. The fee for overnighting at Wood Park is included again in the registration fee in 2026.
Pilgrims who wish to overnight at a different campsite or a local motel in Lake George Village must book & pay the chosen establishment for it in advance.
– bread, soup, and hot water to supplement two suppers (Fri-Sat) in camp
– bread & jam, apples, and hot water to supplement three breakfasts (Fri-Sun) in camp
– hauling of all baggage & gear from camp to camp each day
– vans to give rest to weary walkers all three days
– port-a-potties all three days following the main column, walking
– shuttle service to step-off location Thursday evening; that is, from arrival parking lot at the Shrine in Auriesville, or from a public transportation (PT) terminal in Albany — Albany Internat’l Airport or downtown bus or rail terminal — to the step-off location, and return to the parking lot or PT terminal Sunday.
– a free, hot, hardy, plentiful meal and agapē send-off after holy Mass Sunday … a joyful way of giving thanks and exchanging warm goodbyes with fellow pilgrims, especially prized by those who have long distances to drive, lots of mouths to feed, and wishing to reduce the interruption and the cost of stopping on the way home.
And that just skims the proverbial surface.
Find out more in Questions & Answers 1 through 9 on the blog. https://pilgrimage-for-restoration.org/blog/?cat=35
Q. What costs does the registration fee not cover?
A. The registration fee does not cover —
– The cost of a nearby motel accommodation for Thursday (see this post for more about Thursday options)
– the cost of transportation that each pilgrim incurs –whether driving or flying — to arrive Thursday in Auriesville, and to return home
( Confer, on the other hand, the notes above about the shuttle service Thursday afternoon from Auriesville to a motel nearby or the campground at the step-off location approx. 65 miles northeast of Auriesville. Also, back to PT terminal Sunday. )
– nine simple meals prepared & packed by each pilgrim for breakfast, lunch & supper Friday, Saturday and Sunday
– personal medication or foot treatment kits, etc.
Click here to consult questions 6,7,8, and 9 in the FAQs at https://pilgrimage-for-restoration.org/blog/?s=faq .
301st annual
Friday – Sunday
25-27 September A.D. 2026
“Nobody makes pilgrimage alone.”
“In unione orationum.”
“Now is the acceptable time.“
Registration is open.
Click here to register.
Jump-start your plans, even if you are not sure you can make it to Auriesville. PRE-register. It’s simple: remit a pre-fee of $35, and you are left free to decide later whether you can make it or not.
You can also 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!
Click here for the traditional way to afford pilgrimage.
