Trinitytide 2002

Pilgrimage of Grace and Gratitude

The year 2002 marks the 25th Anniversary of the establishment of the Province of Christ the King and the 25th year since the great Congress of St. Louis, which led to its founding. The Province will mark this important event with a pilgrimage of Grace and Gratitude to the shrine of Bishop Charles Grafton in the magnificent cathedral of St. Paul in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin on Friday, September 27th, and Saturday, September 28th.

An important meeting of the National Clericus will be held at the Pilgrimage headquarters, which is at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Fond du Lac, at 2:00 PM, Friday. A pilgrimage banquet for everyone, clergy and laity, will be held at the Pier 15 Restaurant at 6:00 PM.

On Saturday, the procession to St. Paul's will begin at 9:15 AM. and a Solemn Pontifical Mass will be celebrated in the cathedral at 10:00 AM. The pilgrimage will conclude with a candle-lit procession to the shrine of Bishop Grafton. Lunch will be served to all pilgrims at the hotel following the Mass.

Please make reservations for this event as soon as possible. Churchmen throughout the nation are asked to participate in this Pilgrimage of Grace and Gratitude in an act of special devotion to Almighty God for the survival of His Church in these years of turmoil and denial.

Reservations can be made at the Ramada Hotel 800-274-1712 under the Province of Christ the King. $65.00 for a single room; $75 for double occupancy. For information, call Father Charles Slagle at 715-592-6387.