Dates of Pilgrimage 2025 are, as is the custom, the last weekend in September.
This year, the traditional feast of Read More
Online registration for Sunday-only events remains OPEN – Pilgrimage 2024
Online registration for Sunday-only events remains open until Sunday morning.
Registration for Sunday-only is required, but there is no registration fee.
Register online here for Sunday-only events.
Online registration is better by far for Read More
Online registration for all three days is CLOSED.
But ‘walk-on’ registration for all three days of pilgrimage is OPEN at check-in, Thursday afternoon. – Pilgrimage 2024
Online registration for the full pilgrimage closed Saturday night, 21 September, at 11:59PM EDT.
But ‘walk-on’ registrations will be accepted on site at check-in, this Thursday afternoon, 26 September.
Print, fill out, and bring this one-page registration form, with cash or check to remit the registration fee, Thursday afternoon.
See the FAQs on this blog for all other instructions.
Blessed pilgrimage!
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
Question #1 – “What should I do first?” – Pilgrimage 2024
After registering, it’s time to do the one thing necessary. … Read More
The race is on. It’s now only two weeks — just 14 days — til 
In honor of the The Blessed Virgin Mary’s Immaculate Heart, students can 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. 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