{"id":133,"date":"2010-06-30T21:00:16","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T01:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgrimage.stblogs.com\/?p=133"},"modified":"2016-05-02T11:15:07","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T15:15:07","slug":"press-release-2010-pilgrimage-theme-concerns-our-lady-and-the-conversion-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=133","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: 2010 Pilgrimage Theme Concerns Our Lady and the Conversion of America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gregory Lloyd, director of the Pilgrimage for Restoration, has announced the theme for the fifteenth annual pilgrimage, which takes place September 22 to 25, 2010. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cRestoration of True Devotion to Mary, Queen of Missionaries and the Reconquest of America.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Pilgrimage for Restoration begins at the Lake of the Blessed Sacrament (a.k.a., \u201cLake George\u201d), New York, and ends at the Shrine of Our Lady of the North American Martyrs, in Auriesville, New York. Pilgrims walk, sing, and pray along the paths traversed by the North American Martyrs \u2014 venerating as they go the places these heroes of God sanctified by their blood witness to Christ and His Church. High Mass in the traditional<\/strong> Roman Rite (forma extraordinaria) <\/em>is offered daily, and priests are available for confession and spiritual guidance throughout the pilgrimage<\/em>. The journey terminates in a beautiful Solemn Mass offered at the Shrine of the North American Martyrs on Saturday, September 25.<\/p>\n

Pilgrims can go the entire distance \u2014 seventy miles over four days \u2014 or come for the last day\u2019s seven-mile walk, which starts at the Shrine of Blessed Kateri in Fonda, and terminates at Auriesville. Transportation for weary pilgrims is provided throughout, as are a safety escort and trained medical personnel. In addition, there is a \u201cmodified pilgrimage\u201d for seniors and parents with young children. This lends a Catholic family atmosphere to the pilgrimage.<\/p>\n

Explaining the significance of this year\u2019s theme, Gregory Lloyd said, \u201cIn view of the recent unmistakable collapses of our own inventions, Catholics in America are daily becoming more acutely aware of the wisdom of St. Paul\u2019s teaching in the letter to the Romans: \u2018Without faith it is impossible to please God.\u2019 The Jesuit and Native American missionaries and martyrs brought the Light of Faith to Huronia and other indigenous American Nations many moons ago. It is high time the new phase of evangelization called for by Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI enlighten all Americans, not only those whose minds are eclipsed by life-long ignorance of Christ, but also many of the baptized.\u201d<\/p>\n

He concluded with a broad invitation to the Pilgrimage. \u201cWe invite all men of good will to pray with us to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ, Son of God, to obtain from her Son the grace of conversion and Catholic Faith for all Americans; to obtain for the Church in North America victory in the struggle against the tyranny of relativism, Satan\u2019s latest futile tactic; and, finally, to expel again the forces of darkness from our Lands, and to resurrect the culture from death.\u201d<\/p>\n

To register online, or to obtain more information, interested parties are referred to the web site of the National Coalition of Clergy and Laity: www.national-coalition.org\/pilgrim\/<\/a>. Inquiries may be directed to the Pilgrimage Director, Gregory Lloyd at lloydg@national-coalition.org<\/a>,<\/a> or:<\/p>\n

National Coalition of Clergy & Laity
\n621 Jordan Circle
\nWhitehall, PA 18052-7119<\/p>\n

Tel. 610-435-2634<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gregory Lloyd, director of the Pilgrimage for Restoration, has announced the theme for the fifteenth annual pilgrimage, which takes place September 22 to 25, 2010. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cRestoration of True Devotion to Mary, Queen of Missionaries and the Reconquest of America.\u201d The Pilgrimage for Restoration begins at the Lake of the Blessed Sacrament […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4541,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions\/4541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}