PILGRIMAGE FOR RESTORATION

Join St. John Bosco Camps on Pilgrimage

Fathers and sons, as well as the young men of our community are invited to join the St. John Bosco Brigade on the 29th Annual Pilgrimage for Restoration from September 27th-29th.

Following in the footsteps of St. Isaac Jogues and his companions, the pilgrims will walk 62 miles over in three days from Lake George Village, NY to the Shrine of the North American Martyrs in Auriesville, NY.

Joining many other brigades and as many as 2,000 other pilgrims, we will spend three days walking, praying and singing. With the daily Traditional Latin Mass, confessions and spiritual direction on the trail the pilgrimage is both physically challenging and spiritually enriching.

The St. John Bosco Brigade will be for men 18 years old and older, as well as for boys 13 years old and older with an adult guardian.

If you know any women who would like to attend I encourage them to reach out to mail@pilgrimage-for-restoration.org to see if there is space on other brigades for them. St. John Bosco Camps will have a men only brigade.

How does it work?

Want to come? Simply email Fr. Dalimata, the brigade chaplain and organizer at secretary@stjohnboscocamps.org

Fr. Dalimata will then contact you to review your request and then help you to register for the St. John Bosco Brigade to participate in the pilgrimage.

Fees

The cost of participation will include a registration fee to be paid to the Pilgrimage for Restoration, as well as a brigade fee to St. John Bosco Camps.

Brigade registration fee of $25.00 per person to be paid to St. John Bosco Camps. This will cover the cost of travel for the Chaplain and any other clergy who participate in this brigade.

$145.00 per pilgrim to pilgrimage for restoration if paid before August 31st. ($35.00 discounts per person for groups of three or more)

Total cost paid to all parties: $170

This will cover the following expenses:

• Pilgrims’ prayer & songs booklet
• Brigade organization to lead in prayer & guide a pilgrim on the road and in camp
• Modest first-aid for foot-sore pilgrims on the road and in camp
• All the bottled water a pilgrim needs to drink over the course of three days
• The camping fee for two nights at two private campsites – Friday & Saturday nights, day-1 & day-2
• Bread, soup, and hot water for two suppers (Fri-Sat) in camp
• Bread & jam, apples, and hot water for three breakfasts (Fri-Sun) in camp
• Hauling of all baggage & gear from camp to camp each day
• Vans to give rest to weary walkers all three days
• Port-a-potties all three days for the main column, walking
• Shuttle service to step-off location Thursday evening, from the Auriesville shrine parking lot to the step-off location in the Lake George Battleground Campground.
• Travel for Brigade Chaplain and Seminarian

What am I responsible for?

Personal clothing and necessaries for a three day walk including sleeping bag and tent, walking boots, water bottles, etc. (NB: All gear not needed on the walk is transported in vans between the campsites.)

Food: each pilgrim is responsible for their own personal food supply, though this is supplemented at breakfast and dinner with bread, jam, fruit, soup and bottled water by pilgrimage volunteers.

Travel: Each pilgrim is responsible for getting to and from the pilgrimage. The Pilgrimage for Restoration does have a parking shuttle service that can be coordinated in order to drop off a car on Thursday at the shrine (final destination) and be brought back to the step off location. This does not include shuttle to/from the airport.

Want to come?

Contact Fr. Dalimata regarding attendance via secretary@stjohnboscocamps.org if you'd like to attend.

More information can be found at the Pilgrimage for Restoration Website: pilgrimage-for-restoration.org