A mainstay-division in the pilgrimage organization is the much-admired Company of St. René Goupîl (CSRG).
Founded in March 1998 by the late Bob Murray of Troy, NY and friends, the laymen & women of this apostolate are dedicated to imitate the charity of their heavenly Patron in the temporal/material assistance they give freely to pilgrims in need along the way.
Company members are pilgrims: servants like St. René Goupîl who freely help other pilgrims generously to provide:
- the Thursday shuttle, and transportation for weary pilgrims all three days
- first-aid and blister care
- food-preparation at camp locations and water-distribution along the pilgrimage route
- assistance with crossing streets and through intersections
- campsite set-up and the transport of all equipment and pilgrim’s gear
- managing the mobile port-a-johns
- communications
- guiding the walking column all along the way
- temporal care for Priests
- Mass set-up
- directing & coordinating actions to bring all parties punctually to the sacred Liturgies each day
Those who feel called to donate talents & skills to help pilgrims in their temporal/material needs may join the Company of St. René Goupîl (CSRG) by registering, choosing the Company as their Brigade.
Pilgrim-servants of the CSRG are asked to apply or re-apply to the Company in spring — early summer at the latest — by registering. The fee can be substituted for a free-will donation until June 1, or waived by the Director of the CSRG at request of the registrant before May 1.
Click here to serve with the Company of St. René Goupîl and to register.
- All CSRGers are expected to exemplify the spirit of their heavenly Patron. To that end, all Company members are asked to study the letter of St. Isaac Jogues in which he gives an account of St. René’s martyrdom.
- Click here to read St. Isaac’s letter.
- For more information and contact information please see the Company blog.
Click here to email the pilgrim-servant Director for the CSRG.
Click here to register for the Pilgrimage. (A CSRGer signs-up and registers using the same form.)
Click here to donate alms to the pilgrimage apostolate, or to sponsor a pilgrim.