Pilgrimage Mass with Fr. Angelos

To all Pilgrims of Hope!

Our next pilgrimage will be Saturday, September 27th. Mass is at 11:30 am. This next pilgrimage will be a DEANERY-WIDE Pilgrimage.

Our entire deanery (10 parishes) are a part of the pilgrimage this month, so let’s bring a strong St. Kilian presence!

We ask all to arrive at the Cathedral campus and meet by the Shrine of Our Lady of La Vang by 10:00am. (The Shrine is located on the Lewis Street side of the campus.) We will celebrate Mass in the Cathedral at 10:30am. Following the Mass, we will have a tour of the Christ Cathedral campus. The entire pilgrimage lasts about 3 hours. If people want to carpool, you may leave your cars in the St. Kilian lower parking lot. We look forward to celebrating this year of Jubilee with you!

Remaining Pilgrimage Dates:

  • November 15th

 

HALLMARKS OF THE JUBILEE

Jubilee Indulgence: Special graces for the forgiveness of the temporal punishment due for sins are made available during the Jubilee Year. The faithful may obtain a plenary indulgence – remission of all temporal punishment (time in Purgatory) for sin– by meeting the normal conditions (confession, Holy Communion, prayer for the pope’s intentions, and no attachment to sin) and by participating in one of the following activities:

  • Pilgrimages: The four major basilicas in Rome are the main pilgrimage destinations, but pilgrims may also go to the Holy Land, their diocesan cathedral or other officially designated locations.

  • Pious visits to sacred places: At these locations, the faithful are to engage in Eucharistic adoration and meditation, among other spiritual practices.

  • Works of mercy and penance: The faithful are to perform the spiritual or corporal works of mercy or carry out works of penance, such as abstaining from meat on Fridays.

  • Holy Doors: The pope opens the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica at the beginning of each jubilee year. Passing through the holy doors symbolizes the pilgrim’s journey of conversion.

  • Papal Basilicas: The pope will open the Holy Doors of the four main churches (called “major basilicas”) in Rome: St. Peter’s Basilica, St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major, and St. Paul Outside the Walls.

To obtain a plenary indulgence we are called to complete the following actions:

  1. Visit the Year of Hope Cross or another designated holy site

  2. Go to Confession

  3. Receive the Eucharist

  4. Pray for the intentions of the Pope

  5. Perform an act of mercy or charity.

What is a plenary indulgence?

As defined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1471: “An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints.”

 
Caroline Ellison