Pilgrimages

Listed below, you will find international pilgrimages, which include visits to shrines or historic places of the Blessed Virgin Mary. For information on Marian pilgrimages in or from the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico, please click here.

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Pope John Paul II to Fatima in May 2000

Pope John Paul II travels to Fatima, Portugal on May 13, 2000 to beautify Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the children who experienced the apparitions of Our Lady in 1917.

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Lion and the Lamb Pilgrimages

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Year 2000

  1. Holy Land and Rome
    with Fr. David Hellmann of Lafayette, Indiana
    May 15 - 26

    -- Highlights: Israel -- Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jerusalem, Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Cana, Mt. Tabor, Jordan River, Jericho; Rome -- St. Peter's in the Vatican, audience with the Holy Father, Tours of ancient Rome, the Catacombs, and the major basilicas, and visit the tombs of St. Peter and St. Paul.

  2. Holy Land with optional extension to Italy
    with Fr. Noel Mueller, O.S.B. of St. Meinrad Archabbey
    June 18 - July 3

    -- Highlights: Walk in the footsteps of Jesus and his mother Mary and the disciples in the Holy Land. Continue to Italy to visit sites in Assisi, Rome, and Monte Cassino.

  3. Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Italy
    with Monsignor Peter Dunne of Boys Town, Nebraska
    June

    -- Highlights: From Oberammergau with the Passion Play to the Vatican and Papal Audience this will be an unforgettable experience during this millennial anniversary of Jesus' birth. There will be an optional extension to Medjugorje. Special Cities: Munich, Oberammergau, Einsiedeln, Salsburg, Vienna, and Rome

The Marian Items on the Calendar for the Great Jubilee 2000 in the City of Rome

The specific Marian events, which are under the official sponsorship of those responsible for the calendar, are as follows:

December 1999
25 Saturday:
Solemnity of the Birth of the Lord at the Basilica of St. Mary Major
January 2000
1 Saturday:
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God at St Peter's Basilica
February 2000
11 Friday:
Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes at St Peter's Basilica
Celebration of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick
Jubilee of the sick and health-care workers
March 2000
11 Saturday:
Basilica of St Mary Major
Recitation of the Rosary
18 Saturday:
Basilica of St Mary Major
Recitation of the Rosary
25 Saturday:
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
at Nazareth in the Basilica of the Annunciation
Liturgical celebration linked with the Basilica of St. Mary Major and the major Marian shrines of the world to underscore the dignity of women in the light of Mary's mission (Mulieris dignitatem)
April 2000
1 Saturday:
Basilica of St Mary Major
Recitation of the Rosary
8 Saturday:
Basilica of St Mary Major
Recitation of the Rosary
15 Saturday:
Basilica of St Mary Major
Recitation of the Rosary
May 2000
6 Saturday:
Basilica of St Mary Major
Recitation of the Rosary
13 Saturday:
Basilica of St Mary Major
Recitation of the Rosary
20 Saturday:
Basilica of St Mary Major
Recitation of the Rosary
26 Friday:
Basilica of St Mary of the Angels
Divine Liturgy in the Alexandrian-Ethiopian Rite
(Feast of Mary Covenant of Mercy)
27 Saturday:
Basilica of St Mary Major
Recitation of the Rosary
August 2000
5 Saturday:
Vigil of the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord at the Basilica of St Mary Major
Prayer Vigil in response to the request of the Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I.
14 Monday:
Vigil of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Basilica of St Mary Major
Incense Rite of the Coptic Liturgy
15 Tuesday
Solemnity of the Assumption of the blessed virgin Mary
Opening of the 15th World Youth day
September 2000
8 Friday:
Feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Solemn Celebration to recall the birth of the Mother of the Lord in relation to the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ
15 Friday:
Opening of the International Marian-Mariological Congress
24 Sunday
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time / Holy Mass
Conclusion of the International Marian-Mariological Congress
October 2000
1 Sunday:
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Feast of the Pokrov (Protection of the Mother of God)
Basilica of St Mary "sopra Minerva"
Divine Liturgy and the Akathistos Hymn in the Byzantine Rite
3 Tuesday:
Day for Jewish Christian Dialogue
7 Saturday:
Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary
Recitation of the Rosary and torchlight procession
8 Sunday:
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Bishops Dedicate Third Millennium to Mary
21 Saturday:
Basilica of St Mary Major
Recitation of the Rosary
28 Saturday:
Basilica of St Mary Major
Recitation of the Rosary
November 2000
21 Tuesday:
Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Basilica of St Mary in Trastevere
Divine Liturgy in the Syro-Antiochene Rite (Syrian and Malankarese)
December 2000
8 Friday:
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Basilica of St Mary Major
Akathistos Hymn
16 Saturday:
Basilica of St Mary Major
Celebration in the Mozarabic Rite
Janury 2001
1 Monday:
Solemnity of Mary Mother of God at St Peter's Basilica
5 Thursday:
Vigil of the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
Basilicas of St John Lateran, St Mary Major and St Paul-Outside-the-Walls

[This information was obtained from http://www.vatican.va/news_services/or/or_eng/static/caleng.html]

Pilgrimages of the Association of Marian Helpers

Toward the Third Millennium: Spiritual Journeys 2000

Married Couples' Retreat & Pilgrimage

Queen of Peace Travel: Holy Year Pilgrimages

Gulvich Tours: The Shrines of Italy

Pilgrims' Peace Center Pilgrimages

The Jubilee Year in Lourdes

Inauguration of the Holy Year
December 24, 1999 January 2, 2000
  • December 24:
    Monsignor Jacques Perrier will inaugurate the Holy Year in Lourdes (march from the parish of the Sacred Heart to the Sanctuaries) and also the Celebration of the Christmas Festivities.
  • December 31:
    A common vigil will be proposed at the Sanctuaries, in the city of Saint Peter in the Parish and the town of Lourdes.
  • January 1: Feast of Mary, Mother of God
    At 1:00 a.m., Monsignor Jacques Perrier will hold the first mass of the millennium in the grotto.
Week focusing on the Message of Lourdes
February 9 - 20, 2000
  • February 11:
    Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, world day of the sick, Jubilee of the sick the holy (with television link between Rome and Lourdes).
    • 110th Anniversary of the Institution of the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
    • Congress of Pilgrimage Directors
    • Congress of the Pastoral of Leisure and Tourism
    • Council of Rectors of Sanctuaries
  • February 18: Feast of Saint Bernadette
Feast of the Annunciation
March 25, 2000
  • March 26:
    The day after the Feast of the Annunciation, a pilgrimage from the dioceses of Tarbes and Lourdes to Lourdes to open the season.
Holy Week
April 17 - 24, 2000
    The feasts of Palms and Easter in the Sanctuaries will be the occasion of great celebrations along the esplanade of the Rosary and in the underground Basilica of Saint Pius X. In Tarbes Cathedral, Monsignor Jacques Perrier will preside over the Chrismal Mass.
Eucharistic Week
June 18 - 25, 2000
  • June 18: Trinity Sunday
  • June 25: Holy Sacrament
    The celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Beatification of Saint Bernadette.
    At the same time in Rome there will be the International Eucharistic conference.
The Week of Mary
Auguest 11 - 15, 2000
    A week of jubilee celebrations in Lourdes. The week will count on the presence of Cardinals Schonborn (Archbishop of Vienna), Lustiger (Archbishop of Paris), and Danneels (Archbishop of Malines - Brussels).
Night of Peace and Solidarity for the Young
August 13 - 14, 2000
  • Presence in the Sanctuaries of the young on route for the J.M.J. of the year 2000 in Rome.
  • Pilgrimage of the Assumption
    The family of the assumption will celebrate 150 years since its foundation.
Month of the Rosary
October, 2000
  • Pilgrimage of the Rosary
  • October 7: Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
  • Month of November:
    Feast of All Saints and the Plenary Assembly of the Bishops of France
Closing Ceremony of the Jubilee Celebrations
December 8, 2000
    On the Solemn occasion of the Immaculate Conception, the last feast to Mary during the year, the jubilee celebrations will be closed.

Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica, Mexico City

Hosanna 2000

Pilgrimages to Knock and Our Lady's Island, Ireland

Saint Joseph's Young Priests Society of Ireland is sponsoring a pilgrimage to the Knock Shrine on Saturday, June 24, 2000 and to Our Lady's Island on Sunday July 16, 2000.

To learn more about this Society and the pilgrimages:

Saint Joseph's Young Priests Society
23 Merrion Square
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel: Dublin 676 2593

35th Annual Assumption Pilgrimage

August 12-15, 2000
Highlights:

Includes:

Speakers include:

For more Information: www.nationalshrine.org/current.html#August13

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