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Three-step instructions & driving directions for pilgrims arriving for SUNDAY’s events 2025

August 12, 2025September 15, 2025 Director

Arriving September 28, to make pilgrimage Sunday-only?

It’s easy. Here’s how. Read More

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Sunday’s events in 2025! Back and better by popular demand.

August 10, 2025September 20, 2025 Director

Pilgrim families & seniors arriving Sunday are most welcome to join pilgrim families & seniors already on Read More

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Deep discounts for students now available – But hurry, limited time only!   Pilgrimage 2025

August 10, 2025September 20, 2025 David Marrero

In honor of the The Blessed Virgin Mary’s Immaculate Heart, students can register at cut-rate discounts until Read More

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spreadsheet to help register your group online for discounted fee – Pilgrimage 2025

August 8, 2025September 15, 2025 Director

Very helpful for students, groups, families, and whole brigades!

Use the spreadsheet linked below to Read More

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He was called “the pillar of the Church in North America” by St. Jean de Brébeuf, S.J.

August 1, 2025September 15, 2025 Director
Who is this “forgotten martyr”, the brave Joseph Read More
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Picture yourself there.

June 21, 2025September 13, 2025 Director
What is it like to be on traditional, walking pilgrimage for three whole days?

Student pilgrims from Thomas More College of Liberal Arts share their experience in this video.

 

The 30th annual Pilgrimage for Restoration is scheduled to take place … Read More

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NEW poster with QR code – plus a sample bulletin & web announcements 2025

June 19, 2025August 11, 2025 Director

Attention clergy, bulletin editors, webmasters, pilgrims all!

Tell the parish family & friends about the 30th annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady’s Martyrs of New France at Auriesville, NY.

All the ‘basic info at a glance’ in a hand-out is available below, including Read More

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Spread the Word! NEW flyer – Pilgrimage 2025

June 17, 2025June 22, 2025 Director

No one makes pilgrimage alone.

Spread the word. Invite to pilgrimage your fellow travelers on the journey to heaven.

The PDF linked here  is a printable half-sheet flyer to share with those you love.

It explains the joy of pilgrimage, and offers a fresh view to those who Read More

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Give Dad the gift of pilgrimage this Father’s Day

June 15, 2025June 28, 2025 Director
Image © copyright Lydia G. Kadar-Kallen 2025 –
unauthorized reproduction prohibited.

 
Click here to register Dad today.

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Is this what’s stopping you? How to get it right from the beginning: forming a brigade – Pilgrimage 2025

May 23, 2025June 28, 2025 Emily LaFata

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

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How to invite a priest to minister to you and your brigade – Pilgrimage 2025

May 7, 2025June 28, 2025 Director

What’s the proverbial ‘bottom line’ here?

Without the priest, there is Read More

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A way to invite friends and fellow parishioners – Pilgrimage 2025

April 30, 2025August 11, 2025 Director

Ask your pastor to read the following announcement to the congregation on Sundays and holy days until Read More

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Frequently asked questions before registration – 2025

April 19, 2025May 21, 2025 Director

Question:  My sister and I — and maybe a brother or fellow parishioner — are very interested in signing up for pilgrimage.

Answer:  Thanks be to God for the grace of pilgrimage. What’s keeping you from registering today?

Q:  We’d like to know Read More

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What does the registration fee provide for you? – Pilgrimage 2025

April 17, 2025July 15, 2025 Director

The registration fee a pilgrim remits helps to cover a lot – but far from everything. (It will cost nearly Read More

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Registration is open – 30th annual Pilgrimage 2025

April 15, 2025March 17, 2026 David Marrero

Click here to register.

Or to

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Some give by going. Others go by giving. We call it, “Alms for Palms”. – Pilgrimage 2025

April 11, 2025May 10, 2025 Greg Lloyd

“palmer” — a pilgrim returning from the Holy Land, palm branches in hand
“alms” — money or goods given as an act of charity

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Call it “alms for palms”.

For as long as Christians have been making pilgrimage, they have known that Read More

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NEW!   postcard – Pilgrimage for Restoration 2025

April 8, 2025May 10, 2025 Director

It’s here. Read More

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Songs of Pilgrimage on CD, and pilgrims’ prayer & hymn booklet

April 1, 2025June 28, 2025 Director

As every pilgrim has surely noticed … just a minute into step-off … the Pilgrimage is Read More

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ordinary & propers of holy Mass, Saturday in 3rd week of Lent – day of recollection, March 29 – Pilgrimage 2025

March 28, 2025March 28, 2025 Director

Pilgrim-retreatants,

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itinerary, RSVP, support – Day of Recollection
for CSRGers, brigade leaders, all other pilgrim-servants, and everyone with a heart for pilgrimage – Pilgrimage 2025

March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 Director

Click here for the schedule of the day of recollection Saturday, March Read More

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Day of Recollection scheduled for all pilgrims, aspiring-pilgrims, and pilgrim-servants – Pilgrimage for Restoration 2025

March 20, 2025March 21, 2025 Director

pilgrims_in_cathedral_of_woods-940x198 Mark your calendar!

Join fellow pilgrims and pilgrim-servants converging at Allentown, Pennsylvania, for a Read More

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12 mottos for a pilgrim-servant to live by

March 19, 2025August 17, 2025 Director

The “12 mottos” linked below, are taken from the letter of sainted Fr. Isaac Jogues, found here.

The pilgrim, especially a pilgrim-organizer — or “pilgrim-servant” — who Read More

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dates of milestone 30th annual
Pilgrimage for Restoration 2025 A.D.

February 17, 2025March 17, 2026 Director

Dates of Pilgrimage 2025 are, as is the custom, the last weekend in September.

This year, the traditional feast of Read More

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Join the agapē potluck festivities after final Mass Sunday – Pilgrimage 2024

September 25, 2024September 26, 2024 Director

Back in 2024!
ALL pilgrims are invited to a warm meal after the final Mass at the picnic pavilion across the field from the Visitor Center & gift shop, near the entrance to the Ravine of St. René’s martyrdom.

See this post for schedule of all of Sunday’s events.

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Liturgical Schedule – Pilgrimage 2024

September 25, 2024September 23, 2025 Director

All organizers are asked to print-out all four pages of the schedule (front & back), in order to Read More

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Welcome to the blog of the annual Pilgrimage for Restoration to Auriesville, New York.

A traditional walking pilgrimage
now in its 31st year

from the Lake of the Blessed Sacrament at Lake George Village, NY

to the Shrine of Our Lady's Martyrs of New France at Auriesville, NY


Come to restore. The rest will come.
Friday-Sunday, 25-27 September 2026 A.D.

Re-tracing again, please God, the path of the Martyrs to Our Blessed Lady's Shrine at Auriesville.

Mark your 2026 calendar!

The 30th annual Pilgrimage for Restoration took place in New York Thursday-Sunday, 25-27 September, and was, by unanimous acclaim, a grace-filled event. Deo gratias! Nearly 100 youths received - in pouring rain - the holy Sacrament of Confirmation Thursday afternoon according to the ritus vetus
The 31st annual Pilgrimage for Restoration is scheduled to take place Friday-Sunday, 25-27 September 2026 A.D.

RETURNING AGAIN, please God, TO AURIESVILLE.
Pre-register or register today.

Subscribe to this blog for updates.

Check the NEW website.

'Something for everybody' to participate in 2024!

Wish to car-pool? Check the forum.

(Pilgrimage for Restoration 2024 showered pilgrims with graces last September.)

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Pilgrimage Links

1. Visit the new website of the pilgrimage at www.pilgrimage-for-restoration.org.

2. Visit the forum for pilgrims at http://pilgrimage.forumotion.com.

3. Visit the pilgrimage Facebook group page at https://facebook.com/groups/pilgrimage.for.restoration.

4. Visit the pilgrimage Facebook page at https://facebook.com/groups/pilgrimage.for.restoration.

Pre-Register or Register

Pre-register to secure the discount until June 30, using the one-step registration form.

This year's improved webform makes it even super-easier to submit your registration online in one step only.

Download the 2024 printable brochure and an hard-copy of the registration form.

All You Need to Know

Schedule in overview
Songs of Pilgrimage
modified Pilgrimage
group & family rates
early-bird check-In, Thursday
Friday dawn rendezvous
directions and rendezvous, Sunday
FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions
assistance and transportation
bivouacs and provisions
camping and lodging
equipment for more than 1 Day
Pilgrimage Documentary on DVD
Liturgy & spirituality

Pilgrimage without the Travel

Download the Prayer Request and Sponsorship Form (PDF).
Request prayers, sponsor a pilgrim or participate from afar using the web form.

Inquiries?

Call the National Coalition office 484/240-5797, or e-mail the Director for Communications.

Volunteers

Volunteers needed! Click here to help.

Our Saints

The Forgotten Martyr, Joseph Chihwatenha

Other Saints of the Pilgrimage & its brigades

The Eight North American Martyrs (offsite link)

Our Brother Pilgrims in France & Canada

The annual Pentecost Pilgrimage to Notre-Dame de Chartres Cathedral-Shrine, Chartres - France - organized by the apostolate, Notre Dame de Chrétienté, Paris

The annual Pilgrimage to Our Lady of the Cape Shrine Quebec, Canada - organized by the lay-led apostolate, Marie Reine du Canada, of St. Clement Parish, Ottawa

Litany of the North American Martyrs

Lord, have mercy on us!
Christ, have mercy on us!
Lord, have mercy on us!
Christ, hear us!
Christ, graciously hear us!
Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs, pray for us!
St. Isaac Jogues, pray for us!
St. John de Brébeuf, pray for us!
St. Gabriel Lalemant, pray for us!
St. Charles Garnier, pray for us!
St. Anthony Daniel, pray for us!
St. Noël Chabanel, pray for us!
St. René Goupil, pray for us!
St. John Lalande, pray for us!

RSS NCCL blog Looking East

  • What is happening to the Irob People and the rest of Tigray State in Ethiopia?
  • Six years without school in Tigray State, Ethiopia
  • Please give. For love of our God who also fled to Egypt, as these suffering refugee families of Irob.

RSS NCCL blog Reform of the Reformer

  • The first one hundred days of Leo XIV
  • “The Pope Leo XIV Surprise” – Tom Woods interviews Roger McCaffrey
  • Has this project got a prayer? – “Give as You are Given” Looking East
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