The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:50:31 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Saint Paul U Camino course shows the Way /item/37419-saint-paul-u-camino-course-shows-the-way /item/37419-saint-paul-u-camino-course-shows-the-way

Saint Paul University is offering a unique interactive course next spring that will allow students and the public alike to traverse part of a major historic Christian pilgrimage, the Camino de Santiago. 

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Canada Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500
Pilgrims flock to rainy Lourdes to celebrate feast of the Assumption at Marian shrine /home/international/item/37043-pilgrims-flock-to-rainy-lourdes-to-celebrate-feast-of-the-assumption-at-marian-shrine /home/international/item/37043-pilgrims-flock-to-rainy-lourdes-to-celebrate-feast-of-the-assumption-at-marian-shrine

If there is one place in the world where it's worth spending the Aug. 15 feast of the Assumption at least once in a lifetime, it's the Marian shrine of Lourdes. The national pilgrimage to Lourdes is currently underway -- Aug. 12 to 16, attracting a record number of pilgrims.

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International Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:46:40 -0400
France pilgrims discover a world of difference /item/36610-france-pilgrims-discover-a-world-of-difference /item/36610-france-pilgrims-discover-a-world-of-difference

What is the difference between a traveller and a pilgrim?

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peterstockland@catholicregister.org (Peter Stockland) Features Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:49:45 -0400
Faith ploughs on with Prairie pilgrimages /item/35839-faith-ploughs-on-with-prairie-pilgrimages /item/35839-faith-ploughs-on-with-prairie-pilgrimages

Just as harvest season was beginning, SaskatchewanƵapp pilgrimage season ended in mid-August with a pilgrimage to a Roman Catholic shrine at Kaposvar, an annual ritual for descendents of 19th-century Hungarian, Czecho-Slovak and Ukrainian sodbusters who settled the area around Esterhazy.

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Canada Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:49:10 -0400
Annual Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage dates back to 1889 /item/34468-annual-lac-ste-anne-pilgrimage-dates-back-to-1889 /item/34468-annual-lac-ste-anne-pilgrimage-dates-back-to-1889

The legacy of the Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage stretches back a lot longer than the Church remembers. Lac Ste. Anne was a sacred pilgrimage site for centuries before French Oblate missionaries arrived at Fort des Prairies (later known as Edmonton) in 1843.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Features Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:09:51 -0400
Pilgrimage bounce back expected for 2022 /item/33955-pilgrimage-bounce-back-expected-for-2022 /item/33955-pilgrimage-bounce-back-expected-for-2022

Gal Hana is optimistic about how IsraelƵapp tourism industry will perform in 2022.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Sat, 22 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0500
Marian novena an ‘Ice bridge’ moment /faith/item/33952-marian-novena-an-ice-bridge-moment /faith/item/33952-marian-novena-an-ice-bridge-moment

Dennis Girard considers the Canada54 Novena from Jan. 6 to Feb. 28 an “ice bridge” moment for the Marian Devotional Movement.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Faith Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:05:09 -0500
Western Canada pilgrimages make measured comeback /item/33386-western-canada-pilgrimages-make-measured-comeback /item/33386-western-canada-pilgrimages-make-measured-comeback

The ongoing spectre of COVID-19 prevents pilgrimages from completely roaring back to life in Canada, but celebrated summer religious summits in western Canada were to make measured comebacks on Aug. 14 and 15. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:21:18 -0400
Holy Family icon for unity, peace, begins 'pilgrimage' in Middle East /home/international/item/33371-holy-family-icon-for-unity-peace-begins-pilgrimage-in-middle-east /home/international/item/33371-holy-family-icon-for-unity-peace-begins-pilgrimage-in-middle-east

BEIRUT -- The pilgrimage of the icon of the Holy Family of Divine Will of Unity and Peace has begun. The icon, written by Melkite Father Samir Rouhana of St. Elias Parish near Haifa, Israel, will be in Lebanon for a month.

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International Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:52:11 -0400
Mission pilgrimage cancelled again as grotto damaged /item/33338-mission-pilgrimage-cancelled-again-as-grotto-damaged /item/33338-mission-pilgrimage-cancelled-again-as-grotto-damaged

VANCOUVER — The largest annual event in the Archdiocese of Vancouver, which draws thousands of Catholics to a historic site in Mission, has been cancelled for the second year in a row.

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Canada Mon, 19 Jul 2021 12:41:47 -0400