{"id":5089,"date":"2016-08-13T17:01:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T21:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=5089"},"modified":"2016-08-13T17:05:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T21:05:08","slug":"what-is-a-brigade-on-pilgrimage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=5089","title":{"rendered":"What is a &#8216;brigade&#8217; on pilgrimage? And who are its &#8216;officers&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/st_isaac_brigade_reforms_early_day-2_ca_2001.jpg\" alt=\"Saint Isaac Brigade Pilgrimage for Restoration ca. 2000\" width=\"350\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/schematic_brigade_organization_8-8-2013_ver._18.0.0.pdf\" title=\"Schematic or organization chart of brigade structure - officers' corps, Pilgrimage for Restoration\" target=\"_blank\">This &#8216;schematic&#8217;<\/a> of brigade organization gives a partial answer.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/pilgrim\/faq.pdf#page=2&amp;zoom=100,51.6,237.4\" target=\"_blank\">This page<\/a> of the FAQs provides a more complete answer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"mailto:e.mcwhirter.pilgrimage@gmail.com?subject=How can I contribute to reform my brigade? Pilgrimage 2016\">Vice-Director for Brigade Life<\/a> and the <a href=\"mailto:r.demaster.pilgrimage@gmail.com?subject=How can I contribute to reform my brigade? Pilgrimage 2016\">Chief of Brigadiers<\/a> ask all brigadiers &amp; their officers <!--more-->to download the <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/schematic_brigade_organization_8-8-2013_ver._18.0.0.pdf\" title=\"Schematic or organization chart of brigade structure - officers' corps, Pilgrimage for Restoration\" target=\"_blank\">brigade organization chart<\/a>, to study and to use it to reconstitute the ranks of their brigades.<\/p>\n<p>All brigadiers &amp; their officers are expected to assist in the reforming of their brigade and re-assignment of officers. Contact <a href=\"mailto:r.demaster.pilgrimage@gmail.com?subject=How can I contribute to reform my brigade? Pilgrimage 2016\">the Chief of Brigadiers<\/a>, Reuben DeMaster, for guidance.<\/p>\n<p>With now but 40 days till step-off, brigadiers are asked to &#8216;get busy&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Now you can <a href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/w\/volunteer-application-2016\/\" title=\"Sign-up to tell fellow organizers your plans - WHETHER OR NOT you intend to volunteer this season. Everyone needs to know. And to remember you next year.\" target=\"_blank\">sign-up<\/a> to volunteer with your fellow bridage-officers, and <b>put off registering<\/b> until you are ready.  (<a href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/pilgrim\/registration.html\/\" title=\"Register for pilgrimage.\"  target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to register.)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If you&#8217;re not going to Auriesville, no need to register at all.  But you can still volunteer, and help your fellow officers prepare for the days on the road.  Just <a href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/w\/volunteer-application-2016\/\" title=\"Sign-up to tell fellow organizers your plans - WHETHER OR NOT you intend to volunteer this season. Everyone needs to know. And to remember you next year.\" target=\"_blank\">sign-up<\/a> to let everyone know.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Even if you are NOT planning or willing to volunteer this season<\/b>, <a href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/w\/volunteer-application-2016\/\" title=\"Sign-up to tell fellow organizers you are NOT volunteering this season. Everyone needs to know. And to remember you next year.\" target=\"_blank\">please tell fellow organizers<\/a>, so they know your intentions, and can remember to communicate with you next year.<\/p>\n<p>If Mr. DeMaster is unable to reply promptly enough to allow your plans to advance, please <a href=\"mailto:m.six.pilgrimage@gmail.com?subject=Not reaching Mr. DeMaster. How can I contribute to reform my brigade? Pilgrimage 2016\">contact the <b>Emeritus Chief<\/b><\/a> of Brigadiers, Mike Six for help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This &#8216;schematic&#8217; of brigade organization gives a partial answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,63,7,15,16,30,38,49,119,57,58,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brigades","category-brigadiers-their-officers","category-frequently-asked-questions","category-messages-to-pilgrims","category-messages-to-students","category-prayer","category-registrants-individual-groups","category-support-the-pilgrimage","category-volunteer-to-organize-your-brigade","category-volunteer-with-brigade-officers","category-volunteer-with-organizers","category-volunteering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5089"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5101,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089\/revisions\/5101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}