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steps after completing registration – 2017

IN COMMEMORATION OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA!

TO: Registrants and fellow pilgrims in The Lord

FROM: Greg Lloyd, Director – Pilgrimage for Restoration

Thank you for having submitted the fee & the release of liability or/and the parental authorization of minor children.

Congratulations for completing registration for the 22nd annual Pilgrimage for Restoration, Friday-Sunday, 29 September – October 1, 2017.

Step-off in September may seem far off, but it always comes sooner than you think, and there is rarely enough time to prepare. In fact, pilgrimage has already begun, certainly for those praying, and now is the acceptable time to prepare with fellow pilgrims.

Please click on the following hyperlinks for step-by-step guidance to prepare, in numeric order, for the days of pilgrimage.

  1. The Chaplain asks each pilgrim and brigade to offer daily the three-line prayer composed by St. Nicholas of Flüe. Download it from this page of the Pilgrimage blog.
  2. Now that you have completed registration, CLICK HERE NOW to read a very important & URGENT message from Dennis, Mitchell, the Vice-Director charged with organizing shuttle service, car-pools, and transportation all three days of pilgrimage.
  3. Chief of Brigadiers Reuben DeMaster has an important message found here for you and every brigadesman and woman.
  4. Next, click here for an useful message from the Pilgrimage Director, in order to keep yourself up-to-date of developments.
  5. To read about conducting oneself modestly-dressed on pilgrimage, click here.

Click here to read answers to frequently asked questions – FAQs — in general.

Click here for answers to questions specifically about preparing for departure and step-off.

Keep this page bookmarked, since it can be accessed only with a hyperlink/URL supplied to a pilgrim after completing registration.

God grant us the grace of making pilgrimage together worthily.

Gregory Lloyd, M.A.
Pilgrimage Director
Fullerton, Pennsylvania
pilgrimage.for.restoration@gmail.com
610/435-2634

Pilgrimage for Restoration
Come to restore. The rest will come.

http://pilgrimage-for-restoration.org/blog/
http://pilgrimage.forumotion.com
www.pilgrimage-for-restoration.org/
https://facebook.com/groups/pilgrimage.for.restoration/
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NCCL – 621 Jordan Circle, Whitehall PA 18052-7119 USA

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Message for families from the Chief of Brigadiers, Pilgrimage 2017

IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MARTYRS OF NEW FRANCE

TO: Family-registrants – Pilgrimage 2017

FROM: Reuben J. DeMaster – Chief of Brigadiers

 

Congratulations on taking a first step of pilgrimage with your family to Our Lady’s Shrine of Martyrs in Auriesville, NY!

The second step is much like every other step of pilgrimage: to pray with the other pilgrim-registrants also preparing to go to Auriesville. Indeed, prayer & penance is the beginning and end — the very reason — of the pilgrimage. The way of a pilgrim is the habit of ceaseless prayer. I. Thessalonians v, 17

That’s why the Fathers-chaplain ask each pilgrim to pray daily the very short prayer composed by St. Nicholas of Flüe.

Find it on this page of the Pilgrimage blog.

“He who sings well, prays twice.” (Attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo.) Why not multiply your praying power by learning or practicing some of the many songs sung on pilgrimage?

Click here to request your own copy of the Songs of Pilgrimage CD or the video documentary. Or paste the URL into your browser. http://national-coalition.org/w/songs-of-pilgrimage-order-form

Listening while you walk (to get your ‘souls’ in shape) or while putzing around the house is a great way to prepare the days of grace.

Find the Pilgrimage media here.

Please let me hear from you if you await the brigade assignment/s for your family, or if you have any questions about brigade-life. Click here to e-mail me.

Godspeed!

Reuben J. DeMaster
Chief of Brigadiers
New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
484/201-8249
r.demaster.pilgrimage@gmail.com

Pilgrimage for Restoration
Come to restore. The rest will come.

www.pilgrimage-for-restoration.org
http://pilgrimage-for-restoration.org/blog/

http://pilgrimage.forumotion.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pilgrimage.for.restoration/

NCCL – 621 Jordan Circle, Whitehall PA 18052-7119 USA

 

NOTE WELL


Veterans know there is never a better time than now to commence preparations. And there never seems to be enough time, no matter how long in advance one registers.

Please therefore contact your brigadier as soon as possible to get started. If you don’t know or cannot reach him or her, drop me an e-mail.

Some of the brigades already have blogs. If yours doesn’t, please encourage your brigadier to start one. You, he or she can contact the Pilgrimage’s Vice-Director for Communications, Samantha Lang, for ideas.

Brigade of St. Joan of Arc – https://stjoanofarcbrigade.wordpress.com/
Brigade of St. Isaac Jogues – http://stisaacjoguesbrigade.wordpress.com
Brigade of St. Michael the Archangel – https://stmichaelbrigade.wordpress.com
Company of St. René Goupil – https://companyofsaintrenegoupil.wordpress.com/

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Why must I submit the transportation request form?

The shuttle is provided to enable you to recover your vehicle at the end of the pilgrimage, Sunday afternoon.

In the event you use public transportation (PT), the organizers also will shuttle you to and from the PT terminal.

In every case, plain-pilgrims & pilgrim-organizers need to plan, together, in advance.

Submitting the shuttle request facilitates your transportation in the afternoon or evening on Thursday, September 27, from the Auriesville Shrine to Lake George Village, and again bright & early Friday morning from motel to check-in (which every pilgrim must do) right before Mass and step-off.

Submit the form only after registering and submitting the fee.

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message for pilgrim-registrants from the Director, Pilgrimage 2017

Memorandum

TO: Pilgrim-registrants – Pilgrimage 2017

FROM: Greg Lloyd, Director – Pilgrimage for Restoration

 

A pilgrim is one who prays on The Way to the destination of his prayers.

After registering, what are the first steps of pilgrimage to prepare well for & make the best of the spiritual journey?

  1.   First & foremost, our Chaplains ask each pilgrim & brigade to offer daily the three-line prayer composed by St. Nicholas of Flüe. Find this easy-to-memorize prayer on this page of the Pilgrimage blog.
  2.   To keep abreast of developments and messages to pilgrims, and for helpful practical tips — about things like packing, transportation, camping/lodgings, gear, food, etc. — subscribe to the Pilgrimage blog. http://pilgrimage-for-restoration.org/blog/
  3.   You can also join the Pilgrimage’s Facebook group.
  4.   Looking for a ride to pilgrimage? Get in on the pilgrims’ forum, and form a car-pool — or make other plans with fellow-pilgrims for brigade life, camps, you name it.
  5.   Would you like your family to learn or practice some of the many songs sung on pilgrimage?

    Click here to request a CD or cassette of the Pilgrimage’s very own Songs of Pilgrimage or the documentary video. Or paste the URL into your browser. http://national-coalition.org/w/songs-of-pilgrimage-order-form

    Listening while you walk (to get your ‘souls’ in shape) or work around the house is a great way to prepare the days of grace.

A blessed pilgrimage!

Gregory P. Lloyd
Director of Pilgrimage
Fullerton, Pennsylvania
610/435-2634
pilgrimage.for.restoration@gmail.com

      P.S. Please notify me of any change to your planned participation.

Pilgrimage for Restoration
Come to restore. The rest will come.

www.pilgrimage-for-restoration.org
http://pilgrimage-for-restoration/blog/

http://pilgrimage.forumotion.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pilgrimage.for.restoration/

NCCL – 621 Jordan Circle, Whitehall PA 18052-7119 USA
610/435-2634 pilgrimage.for.restoration@gmail.com

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a word about conducting oneself & family modestly on pilgrimage, in dress foremost

IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MARTYRS OF NEW FRANCE

TO: registrants — fellow pilgrims in The Lord

FROM: Greg Lloyd – Director of the Pilgrimage

 

The pilgrimage’s Chaplains join me in reminding pilgrims to observe norms of Christian modesty on pilgrimage.

As regards clothes, they are to adorn and conceal, not reveal the body, its figure and skin. Decent apparel complements, without flaunting, one’s God-given beauty. It is an outward sign of the soul’s invisible dignity and virtues.

Gentlemen are asked please to refrain from wearing short-trousers, tank tops, tee shirts, and/or apparel with shocking or distracting designs. Though in the Adirondack wilderness, we are throughout praying, including holy Mass. It is only fitting, therefore, to keep clothing neat and in good repair.

On pilgrimage, most ladies wear dresses or skirts, which we ask always to be cut below knee length. If they find they must wear slacks, they are durable, but always loose-fitting, and to the ankle. Blouses should also show good measure: not tight-fitting or sleeveless, and no low necklines. In the apostolic tradition, ladies also wear a hat, scarf, or mantilla while praying the holy Mass. (Cf. Epistle of St. Paul, I Cor. xi, 6-7)

Please let me hear from you if you have any questions. mail [at] pilgrimage-for-restoration.org

Godspeed!

Gregory P. Lloyd
Pilgrimage Director
610/435-2634
pilgrimage.for.restoration@gmail.com

Pilgrimage for Restoration
Come to restore. The rest will come.

www.pilgrimage-for-restoration.org
http://pilgrimage-for-restoration.org/blog

http://pilgrimage.forumotion.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pilgrimage.for.restoration/

NCCL – 621 Jordan Circle, Whitehall PA 18052-7119 USA

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message for pilgrim-registrants from the Chief of Brigadiers, Pilgrimage 2017

Memorandum

TO: Pilgrim-registrants – Pilgrimage 2017

FROM: Reuben J. DeMaster – Chief of Brigadiers

 

Congratulations on taking a first step of pilgrimage to Our Lady’s Shrine of Martyrs in Auriesville, NY!

The second step is much like every other step of pilgrimage: to pray with the other pilgrim-registrants also preparing to go to Auriesville. Indeed, prayer & penance is the beginning and end — the very reason — of the pilgrimage. The way of a pilgrim is the habit of unceasing prayer. I. Thessalonians v, 17

That’s why the Pilgrimage Chaplains ask each pilgrim to pray daily the three-line prayer composed by St. Nicholas of Flüe. Find it on this page of the Pilgrimage blog.

Find the pilgrims’ three-line prayer on the blog at http://pilgrimage-for-restoration.org/blog/?p=2373

“He who sings well, prays twice.” (Attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo.) Why not multiply your praying power by learning or practicing some of the many songs sung on pilgrimage?

Click here to request your own copy of the Songs of Pilgrimage or the video documentary. Or paste the URL into your browser. http://national-coalition.org/w/songs-of-pilgrimage-order-form

Listening while you walk (to get your ‘souls’ in shape) or while putzing around the house is a great way to prepare the days of grace.

Find the Pilgrimage media here. Request your own copy of the Songs of Pilgrimage CD or the video documentary DVD.

    Please let me hear from you if you await your brigade assignment, or if you have any questions about brigade-life. Please ask your fellow-brigadesmen or women to do the same. Click here to e-mail me.

Godspeed!

Reuben J. DeMaster
Chief of Brigadiers
New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
484/201-8249 mobile
r.demaster.pilgrimage@gmail.com

Pilgrimage for Restoration
Come to restore. The rest will come.

www.pilgrimage-for-restoration.org/modified-pilgrimage
http://pilgrimage-for-restoration.org/blog/

http://pilgrimage.forumotion.com/
www.facebook.com/groups/pilgrimage.for.restoration/

NCCL – 621 Jordan Circle, Whitehall PA 18052-7119 USA

 

NOTE WELL

Veterans know there is never a better time than now to commence preparations. And there never seems to be enough time, no matter how long in advance one registers.

Please therefore contact your brigadier as soon as possible to get started. If you don’t know or cannot reach him or her, drop an e-mail to my colleague, Mike Six, Emeritus Chief of Brigadiers.

Some of the brigades already have blogs. If yours doesn’t, please encourage your brigadier to start one. You, he or she can contact me for ideas.

Brigade of St. Joan of Arc – https://stjoanofarcbrigade.wordpress.com/
Brigade of St. Isaac Jogues – http://stisaacjoguesbrigade.wordpress.com
Brigade of St. Michael the Archangel – https://stmichaelbrigade.wordpress.com
Company of St. René Goupil – https://companyofsaintrenegoupil.wordpress.com/

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message for pilgrim-registrants about shuttle service, car-pools, and transportation all 3 days of Pilgrimage 2017

Memorandum

TO: Pilgrim-registrants, Pilgrimage 2017

FROM: Dennis P. Mitchell, R.O. – Transportation-Team
      d.mitchell.pilgrimage@gmail.com – Co. of St. René Goupîl

 

After completing registration, be sure also to submit the transportation form, to coordinate with organizers your arrival at the pilgrimage starting point Thursday, 28 September, and in order to guarantee retrieval of your vehicle after the final Mass Sunday, October 1.

Even if you or the group you are traveling with intend to keep your vehicle throughout the pilgrimage, we ask you to submit the form, to tell us that.

Please don’t delay. The sooner my colleagues & I know your plans, the sooner your itinerary can be fixed and together we can all help fellow pilgrims looking for rides to the region from ‘all over the map’.

Please also visit the online pilgrims’ forum to interact with fellow pilgrims, including to help those looking to car-pool to the starting-point, and back home.

Lots of pilgrims are looking for rides to step-off. Information you offer to others in the forum, and by submitting the transportation form, can be used to help arrange car-pools.

Please contact me if you have any questions about transportation.

A blessed pilgrimage!

Dennis P. Mitchell
Responsible Officer (R.O.), Transportation-Team
II. Dept. for Logistics – Company of St. René Goupîl
Bangor, Pennsylvania
610/390-9507 mobile
d.mitchell.pilgrimage@gmail.com

Pilgrimage for Restoration
Come to restore. The rest will come.

www.national-coalition.org/w/transportation-request-form

http://pilgrimage.forumotion.com
www.facebook.com/groups/pilgrimage.for.restoration/

NCCL – 621 Jordan Circle, Whitehall PA 18052-7119 USA

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Why must I submit the transportation request form?

The shuttle is provided to enable you to recover your vehicle at the end of the pilgrimage, Sunday afternoon.

In the event you use public transportation, the organizers also will shuttle you to and from the PT terminal.

In every case, plain-pilgrims & pilgrim-organziers need to plan, together, in advance.

Submitting the shuttle request facilitates your transportation in the afternoon or evening on Thursday, September 22, from Auriesville to Lake George Village, and again bright & early Friday morning from motel to check-in (which every pilgrim must do) right before Mass and step-off.

Submit the form only after registering & submitting the fee.

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Should I use the “individual/group” webform to register for Pilgrimage 2015?

Who should use the “individual/group” webform webform to register for Pilgrimage 2015?

1. Use this form to register yourself — that is, once you have decided to make pilgrimage and are ready to submit the registration fee in full.

2. Use the same form to register at least one other person with you — again, assuming you both have decided to make pilgrimage and are ready to submit the full fee.

3. Use the same form to register yourself, together with at least two other pilgrims also ready to submit the fee, in order to avail of the group discount.

Group discounts are available until June 1.
The same webform may be used anytime before or after after June 1, although after June 1 the discount rate may apply only on ‘discount days’ in honor of Our Blessed Lady and certain Jesuit saints on their feasts. (Check the blog.)

Who should NOT use the “individual/group” webform?

1. Do NOT use the “individual/group” webform if you are finding it difficult to pay the full fee, and intend to ask the charity of family & friends to sponsor you with “alms for palms”.

In that case, please first PRE-register using this webform, and thereafter ask the charity of family & friends to sponsor you with “alms for palms”.

2. Do NOT use the “individual/group” webform if you wish to register a family for more than one day.

In that case, use the family webform to register a family participating for more than one day.

3. Do NOT use the “individual/group” webform if you wish to register yourself, your family or a group for Sunday’s events only.

In that case, click here to register for Sunday’s events only.

Click here to return to the registration webform, to continue registration.

DO NOT USE the registration webform to PRE-register.

PRE-registration is not the same as registration.

If you have already decided to make pilgrimage and are ready to submit the fee in full, use this page to register.

If you have not yet decided finally whether to make pilgrimage, but would like to, or still need to find a sponsor to contribute (to) your fee, click here to PRE-register.

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Should I use the PRE-registration form to prepare for Pilgrimage 2015?

Who should use the PRE-registation form to prepare for Pilgrimage 2015?

1. Use this form to PRE-register yourself if you are not yet sure you can make pilgrimage & will make your final decision later.

2. Use the same form to secure the $95 discounted fee by submitting the ‘pre-fee’ immediately and the balance by July 1* — or the full fee on one of Our Lady’s ‘discount-days’ thereafter.

* The discount period is extended to August 1, when pre-registration is postmarked and pre-fee submitted by July 1.

3. Use this form if you are finding it difficult to pay the full fee, and will beg the charity of family & friends to sponsor you with “alms for palms”.

Click here to return to PRE-registration form, to continue pre-registration.

DO NOT USE the PRE-registration form TO REGISTER.

PRE-registration is not the same as registration.

If you have decided to make pilgrimage and are ready to submit the fee in full, use this page to register.

Click here to return to PRE-registration form, to continue pre-registration.

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Should I use the “individual/group” webform to register for Pilgrimage 2014?

Who should use the “individual/group” webform webform to register for Pilgrimage 2014?

1. Use this form to register yourself — that is, once you have decided to make pilgrimage and are ready to submit the registration fee in full.

2. Use the same form to register at least one other person with you — again, assuming you both have decided to make pilgrimage and are ready to submit the full fee.

3. Use the same form to register yourself, together with at least two other pilgrims also ready to submit the fee, in order to avail of the group discount.

Group discounts are available until July 1 — or thereafter on one of Our Lady’s ‘discount-days’. The same webform may be used anytime — before or after after July 1 — although after July 1 the discount rate may apply only on announced ‘discount days’ in honor of Our Blessed Lady and certain Jesuit saints on their feasts.

Who should NOT use the “individual/group” webform?

1. Do NOT use the “individual/group” webform if you are finding it difficult to pay the full fee, and intend to ask the charity of family & friends to sponsor you with “alms for palms”.

In that case, please first PRE-register using this webform, and thereafter ask the charity of family & friends to sponsor you with “alms for palms”.

2. Do NOT use the “individual/group” webform if you wish to register a family for more than one day.

In that case, use the family webform to register a family participating for more than one day.

3. Do NOT use the “individual/group” webform if you wish to register yourself, your family or a group for Sunday’s events only.

In that case, click here to register for Sunday’s events only.

Click here to return to the registration webform, to continue registration.

DO NOT USE the registration webform to PRE-register.

PRE-registration is not the same as registration.

If you have already decided to make pilgrimage and are ready to submit the fee in full, use this page to register.

If you have not yet decided finally whether to make pilgrimage, but would like to, or still need to find a sponsor to contribute (to) your fee, click here to PRE-register.

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Should I use the PRE-registration form to prepare for Pilgrimage 2014?

Who should use the PRE-registation form to prepare for Pilgrimage 2014?

1. Use this form to PRE-register yourself if you are not yet sure you can make pilgrimage & will make your final decision later.

2. Use the same form to secure the $95 discounted fee by submitting the ‘pre-fee’ immediately and the balance by July 1* — or the full fee on one of Our Lady’s ‘discount-days’ thereafter.

* The discount period is extended to August 1, when pre-registration is postmarked and pre-fee submitted by July 1.

3. Use this form if you are finding it difficult to pay the full fee, and will beg the charity of family & friends to sponsor you with “alms for palms”.

Click here to return to PRE-registration form, to continue pre-registration.

DO NOT USE the PRE-registration form TO REGISTER.

PRE-registration is not the same as registration.

If you have decided to make pilgrimage and are ready to submit the fee in full, use this page to register.

Click here to return to PRE-registration form, to continue pre-registration.

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How will you participate in Pilgrimage 2013?

Click here to pre-register for Pilgrimage 2013.

The dates of Pilgrimage for Restoration 2013 are September 20-22.

If you’d rather skip pre-registering, and instead submit final registration straight away, here are your options:

1. Click here to register yourself or a group for Pilgrimage 2013.

2. Click here to register your family for more than one day, whether for the ‘modified Pilgrimage’ or walking with the ‘main column’.

3. Click here to register for Sunday’s events only.

Wish to sponsor a needy pilgrim, to support the NCCL apostolate, or to participate in pilgrimage from afar? Just click here.

To volunteer for the Company of St. Rene Goupil, the apostolate which cares for the temporal needs of fellow-pilgrims, click here.

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How will you participate in Pilgrimage 2012?

Click here to pre-register for Pilgrimage 2012.

The dates of Pilgrimage for Restoration 2012 are September 28-30.

If you’d rather skip pre-registering, and instead submit final registration straight away, here are your options:

1.  Click here to register yourself or a group for Pilgrimage 2012.

2. Click here to register your family for more than one day, whether for the ‘modified Pilgrimage’ or walking with the ‘main column’.

3. Click here to register for Sunday’s events only.

Wish to sponsor a needy pilgrim, to support the NCCL apostolate, or to participate in pilgrimage from afar? Just click here.

To volunteer for the Company of St. Rene Goupil, the apostolate which cares for the temporal needs of fellow-pilgrims, click here.

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Register for Pilgrimage 2012

Click here to register yourself or a group for Pilgrimage 2012.

Click here to register your family for more than one day, whether for the ‘modified Pilgrimage’ or walking with the ‘main column’.

Click here to register for Sunday’s events only.

Click here to sponsor a needy pilgrim, to support the NCCL apostolate, or to participate in pilgrimage from afar.