{"id":6166,"date":"2025-09-15T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T03:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6166"},"modified":"2025-09-16T00:50:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:50:59","slug":"question-5-whats-this-i-heard-about-check-in-thursday-evening-rendezvous-friday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6166","title":{"rendered":"Question #5 &#8211; &#8220;What&#8217;s this I heard about &#8216;check-in&#8217; Thursday evening &#038; rendezvous Friday morning?&#8221; &#8211; Pilgrimage 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s right. <b>Upon arrival, every pilgrim without exception must check-in at <a title=\"Wood Park, location of check-in Thursday after noon, and step-off Friday morning.\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/FKDCpGEYA7A1cvCb6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wood Park<\/a>, Thursday between 4:30 to 10:30.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Learn about Thursday's check-in - required for every pilgrim.\" href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/arrival\/check-in-thursday\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to learn <b>how to check-in<\/b>, stress-free.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Learn HOW TO ARRIVE at a the check-in location in Wood Park in Lake George Village, using the shuttle service. Check-in is required for every pilgrim.\" href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/arrival\/arrival-points-thursday-and-shuttle-service\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to learn <b>how to arrive at the check-in location<\/b> Thursday after noon.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE WELL: <b>THE LAST SHUTTLE<\/b> TO THE CHECK-IN LOCATION DEPARTS THE AURIESVILLE SHRINE PARKING LOT AT<!--more--> 8:00 THURSDAY EVENING.<\/p>\n<p>Pilgrim-DRIVERS must plan in advance to arrive &#8211; <i>without passengers<\/i> &#8211; and park in the lot behind the Coliseum church at Auriesville no later than 7:45PM Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Start your plans now. <a title=\"Request the shuttle from the Auriesville, NY Shrine to check-in at Wood Park in Lake George Village, NY.\" href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/transportation-request-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Request the shuttle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t panic. Don&#8217;t delay. Step-by-step, EXACT instructions are provided when you <a title=\"Request the shuttle from the Auriesville, NY Shrine to check-in at Wood Park in Lake George Village, NY.\" href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/transportation-request-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">request the shuttle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">For those pilgrims ONLY who arrive in Lake George Village after 10:30 Thursday night, there is an <i>alternate<\/i> check-in Friday morning at 6:00am at Wood Park. <span style=\"color: indigo;\"><b>This alternate check-in is NOT AN <i>OPTION<\/i> for pilgrims. <i>It is a last resort<\/i><\/b>, after all personal plans and efforts to arrive at the check-in location before 10:30 Thursday evening have fallen through.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Every pilgrim, <b>without exception<\/b>, must report to the &#8216;rendezvous point&#8217; &#8211; at Wood Park &#8211; no later than 6:00 Friday morning, to form-up with the brigades <i>before<\/i> holy Mass &amp; step-off.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the instructions that organizers give on site at check-in Thursday evening and rendezvous Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Pilgrimage for Restoration<\/strong><br \/>\nCome to restore. The rest will come.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">30th annual &#8212; <b>2025 A.D.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pilgrimage-banner.png\" alt=\"Pilgrimage Banner\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Friday &#8211; Sunday<br \/>\n26 &#8211; 28 September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;Now is the acceptable time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Your friends staying home this year can <a title=\"Request prayers, promise prayers, pray with pilgrims from afar, obtain plenary indulgence, sponsor a pilgrim by name\" href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/pilgrimage-without-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">make pilgrimage from afar<\/a><\/b>, from home or parish: obtain a plenary indulgence, sponsor a pilgrim (or two), request prayers or offer them &#8212; all from <a title=\"Support the pilgrimage, request prayers, sponsor a pilgrim, obtain a plenary indulgence or make pilgrimage even from home.\" href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/pilgrimage-without-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to and learn the <a title=\"Songs of Pilgrimage order form &amp; link to free MP3 tracks\" href=\"https:\/\/national-coalition.org\/songs-of-pilgrimage-cd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Songs of Pilgrimage<\/em><\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8220;No one makes pilgrimage alone.&#8221;<br \/>\n<i>Oremus pro invicem.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>In unione orationum.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Ad majorem Dei gloriam.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s right. Upon arrival, every pilgrim without exception must check-in 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,3,63,64,66,7,15,16,17,35,36,37,38,39,43,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-early-bird-check-in","category-announcements-bulletins","category-brigadiers-their-officers","category-car-pooling","category-check-in-before-step-off","category-frequently-asked-questions","category-messages-to-pilgrims","category-messages-to-students","category-messages-to-the-sacred-clergy","category-q-a-prepraring-for-departure-step-off","category-register-for-pilgrimage","category-registrants-families","category-registrants-individual-groups","category-registrants-sacred-clergy","category-schedules","category-shuttle-service-to-step-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6166","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=6166"}],"version-history":[{"count":76,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9894,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6166\/revisions\/9894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}