{"id":10326,"date":"2025-09-01T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T22:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=10326"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:52:57","slug":"q-a-series-to-help-pilgrims-prepare-for-step-off-pilgrimage-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=10326","title":{"rendered":"Q &amp; A series to help pilgrims prepare for step-off &#8211; Pilgrimage 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/two_safeties_race_to_get_ahead_day_4_2007.jpg\" alt=\"pilgrimage for restoration\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The race is on. It&#8217;s now only two weeks &#8212; just 14 days &#8212; til<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>step-off, Friday, September 26 &#8211; feast of The Martyrs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look for a series of short posts on this blog to appear one every other day or so, beginning today, to help get you ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The posts are specially designed to help pilgrims to find answers to the more frequently asked questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>ALL REGISTERED PILGRIMS are expected to read, attentively, <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?cat=35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the online FAQs<\/a> carefully.<em> (They really do contain information that is <strong>critical to participation<\/strong>.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=5212\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Question #1 \u2013 \u201cWhat should I do first?\u201d \u2013 Pilgrimage 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=5743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Question #2 \u2013 \u201cWhat next, after beginning to pray?\u201d \u2013 release of liability &amp; parental authorization. Pilgrimage 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Question #3 \u2013 \u201cSo, how do I get to the step-off location anyway?\u201d Requesting the shuttle. Pilgrimage 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6156\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Question #4 \u2013 \u201cWhere can a pilgrim stay overnight Thursday, to be ready for step-off early Friday morning?\u201d 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Question #5 \u2013 \u201cWhat\u2019s this I heard about <em>check-in<\/em> Thursday evening &amp; rendezvous Friday morning?\u201d 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6171\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Question #6 \u2013 \u201cWhat clothing should I pack, and how should I pack it?\u201d Pilgrimage 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=5235\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Question #7 \u2013 \u201cWhat gear should I pack, and how should I pack it \u2013 and my tent?\u201d Pilgrimage 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=5238\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Question #8 \u2013 \u201cWhat food should I bring, and how should I pack it?\u201d Pilgrimage 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=5243\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Question #9 \u2013 \u201cWho supplies what for whom, and when?\u201d Pilgrimage 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=7670\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;In general, what costs does the registration fee cover and what needs does registration itself provide for?\u201d Pilgrimage 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Pilgrimage for Restoration<\/strong><br>Come to restore. The rest will come.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>30th annual &#8212; <strong>2025 A.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pilgrimage-banner.png\" alt=\"Pilgrimage Banner\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday &#8211; Sunday<br>26 &#8211; 28 September<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Now is the acceptable time.&#8221; II. Cor. vi, 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your friends staying home this year can <a href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/pilgrimage-without-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">make pilgrimage from afar<\/a><\/strong>, from home or parish: obtain a plenary indulgence, sponsor a pilgrim (or two), request prayers or offer them &#8212; all from <a href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/pilgrimage-without-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to and learn the <a href=\"https:\/\/national-coalition.org\/songs-of-pilgrimage-cd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Songs of Pilgrimage<\/em><\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;No one makes pilgrimage alone.&#8221;<br><em>Oremus pro invicem.<\/em><br><em>In unione orationum.<\/em><br><em>Ad majorem Dei gloriam.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The race is on. 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