In
its fourteenth year (2009), the annual pilgrimage is a spiritual journey of the faithful to the place where Ss. Isaac Jogues, René Goupil and John LaLande were martyred over 360 years ago.
It is conducted in public honor of Christ Our King, for the restoration of new Christendom, and in reparation for sins against
the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Invoking the intercession of Americas saints
and martyrs, we desire that the Catholic Faith restore every dimension of our lives: our hearts, families, workplaces, parishes,
neighborhoods, cities, dioceses, the American nations.
The pilgrimage
is an exercise of penance and prayer, of contradiction and restoration, having both a personal and social character.
Modeled on the annual Pentecost pilgrimage to Notre-Dame de Chartres, France, we embrace the traditional doctrine &
practice of Holy Church, with all its demands.
A special intention
of the pilgrimage is the restoration of
the Catholic family
and
the Latin liturgical tradition. We hope thereby to show our attachment to the
Church's Tradition and the riches it contains, not with the intention of reverting to some by-gone era, but rather of
drawing benefits from the ancient sources and putting them to work in the world today.
Prayer during the Pilgrimage
Pilgrims of all ages walk in brigades (groups
of 15 to 35), under a patron saint. Brigades are formed by laymen who sing hymns, direct meditations,
recite the Holy Rosary and other prayers. Pilgrims live according to the mandate of Our Lord and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost - friendship and prayer sustaining each pilgrim on his spiritual way.
Priests and religious from
various dioceses and communities accompany the pilgrims along the way, hear confessions, teach the Faith.
Holy Mass, the 1962 Roman missal, is offered each day in accord with Pope John Paul II's motu proprio, Ecclesia Del. Glorious instrument of prayer, the traditional Latin Mass stresses the universal character
of the Church. Holy Mass is offered in a most solemn manner Saturday.
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