Hajj pilgrimages articles
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Why US Catholics are planning pilgrimages in communities across the nation
A long-planned series of Catholic pilgrimages has begun across the United States this weekend, with pilgrims embarking on four routes before converging on Indianapolis in two months for a major gathering focusing on Eucharistic rites and devotions. The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is beginning with Masses and other events in California, Connecticut, Minnesota and Texas. A […]
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Some 365,000 pilgrims arrive in Medina ahead of Hajj 2024
Shafaqna English- Some 364,759 foreign pilgrims have arrived in Medina until Friday ahead of Hajj 2024. Medina’s Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz International Airport was the main entry point for the arrivals, a Saudi newspaper reported without giving specific figures. A total of 186,631 pilgrims have so far left Medina
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Eucharistic boat processions in national pilgrimage routes evoke missionary legacy
By Sam Lucero CECIL, Wis. (OSV News) — Bringing Jesus to the faithful by boat is not an unfamiliar concept to Catholics in the Midwest. Jesuit missionaries in the 1600s used canoes to travel the lakes and rivers of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota to evangelize Indigenous peoples. Some 30 miles from where Jesuit Father Claude-Jean […] The post Eucharistic boat processions in national pilgrimage routes evoke missionary legacy first appeared on OSV News.