For the past several years I have served with the Company of St. Rene Goupil on the annual Pilgrimage for Restoration. It isn't too late - even today, Thursday, early afternoon - to look them up and sign up to take the pilgrim road from Lac du Saint Sacrement (,Lake George) to Ossernenon (Auriesville) and stand on the very ground where Saint Rene Goupil, Saint Isaac Jogues, and Saint Jean de Lalande split their blood for Christ!
In a world gone mad like that which faced these martyrs? Tradition, rooted deeply in Christ's Sacred Saving Presence, is the necessary companion of sanity....
How providential that this article comes out on the very EVE of the 30th annual Pilgrimage of Restoration!!!
Please consider looking up the Pilgrimage Website even NOW - Thursday morning - and stepping onto the pilgrim road tomorrow from Lac du Saint Sacrement (Lake George) to Ossernenon ,(Auriesville), itself!!!
I've have the great privilege of visiting Ossernenon (which St. Isaac called, "The Land of Crosses") many times since boyhood. I've had the great privilege for the past few years of serving in the Company of Saint Rene Goupil on this Pilgrimage and attending to the medical needs of my fellowship w pilgrims. Please come!
We pray for the Restoration of Tradition, to be sure, but I'm sure I'm not alone in realizing that we pilgrims are begging the merciful God for the Restoration of our own Catholic souls!
"So the Faith was planted," St. Edmund Campion, SJ, would say, "so it must be restored!"
I had the Pilgrims of Restoration in mind when I wrote this homage to the North American Martyrs. May God bless you for your sacrifices, and know that I will be praying for you all as you follow the footsteps of the Martyrs!
God bless you for making this public. Will share this on other social media platforms as well. 🙏🏼
For the past several years I have served with the Company of St. Rene Goupil on the annual Pilgrimage for Restoration. It isn't too late - even today, Thursday, early afternoon - to look them up and sign up to take the pilgrim road from Lac du Saint Sacrement (,Lake George) to Ossernenon (Auriesville) and stand on the very ground where Saint Rene Goupil, Saint Isaac Jogues, and Saint Jean de Lalande split their blood for Christ!
This was so beautiful, thank you
Absolutely convinced the Jesuits will enjoy renewal at some point. No way such merit remains forever ineffective.
Amen. The true spirituality of St. Ignatius is such a gift for the Church.
Thank you for this wonderful history of the missions in North America.
Thanks be to God! We are blessed to call these men our Spiritual fathers!
In a world gone mad like that which faced these martyrs? Tradition, rooted deeply in Christ's Sacred Saving Presence, is the necessary companion of sanity....
How providential that this article comes out on the very EVE of the 30th annual Pilgrimage of Restoration!!!
Please consider looking up the Pilgrimage Website even NOW - Thursday morning - and stepping onto the pilgrim road tomorrow from Lac du Saint Sacrement (Lake George) to Ossernenon ,(Auriesville), itself!!!
I've have the great privilege of visiting Ossernenon (which St. Isaac called, "The Land of Crosses") many times since boyhood. I've had the great privilege for the past few years of serving in the Company of Saint Rene Goupil on this Pilgrimage and attending to the medical needs of my fellowship w pilgrims. Please come!
We pray for the Restoration of Tradition, to be sure, but I'm sure I'm not alone in realizing that we pilgrims are begging the merciful God for the Restoration of our own Catholic souls!
"So the Faith was planted," St. Edmund Campion, SJ, would say, "so it must be restored!"
PILGRIMS! AT THE READY! FORWARD! MARCH!
I had the Pilgrims of Restoration in mind when I wrote this homage to the North American Martyrs. May God bless you for your sacrifices, and know that I will be praying for you all as you follow the footsteps of the Martyrs!