Pilgrimage articles
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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.
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Record-setting 18,000 people turn out for this year's Chartres pilgrimage in France
The 2024 Pentecost pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres was marked by a historic attendance and maximum visibility, welcoming over 18,000 pilgrims from day one for a grueling but spiritually enriching 100 kilometer-long march.
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Young Catholic embarks on 500-mile pilgrimage across Michigan for his own version of the Camino
'It's a pilgrimage to become closer with my faith, and a version of the Camino de Santiago that's been walked for centuries across Spain,' the 31-year-old said. 'Please pray that God gives me the strength to finish!'