This 5 Day Pilgrimage begins at 8:00 am, Blessed Sacrament Parish in Ottawa Wednesday August 21, 2019 with adoration, the Holy Rosary and the Holy Mass and comes to a close in Cap de la Madeleine Sunday August 25th, 2019 with the wrap up in the Basilica Basement hub at 9;30 and Holy Mass in the Old Shrine at 1130
Confessions will be available at various times throughout the pilgrimage.
Bus/Hotel Packages:
From Toronto - Contact Mary - 416.497.7059 or Marg - 416.226.1449
From Ottawa - Contact Carol Ann Parlato - cparlato@tpi.ca - for Registration Form - Click "HERE"
From Halifax - Contact Jaunita - juanitabates1987@gmail.com
If you making your own way to the Cape a limited number of rooms are available at the Hotel Maison de la Madone located across the street from the Shrine – call 819.375.4997.
with Bishop Pierre-Olivier Tremblay
o.m.i., Rector of the Shrine,
Father Tim Nelligan, Pastor of Blessed
Sacrament Parish, Ottawa, ON.
and Dennis and Angelina Girard.
Bishop
Tremblay was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Trois Rivieres on July 22, 2018.
His Motto is UN FEU SUR LA TERRE so you can see evangelization is very dear to
the heart of our new Bishop: hmm and
Mary is the STAR OF
THE NEW EVANGELIZATION
Tuesday August 21, 2018
Our Journey begins
I was
greatly blessed to have two delightful travelling companions, Ann Louise
Revells and Jennifer Huestis, both from Blessed Sacrament Parish. During my
threedays at the Cape I made many new wonderful friends. The majority of the pilgrims were from Blessed
Sacrament Parish.
Ann
Louise was our driver ( thank you ) and came by my house around
12:15pm Tuesday and the three of us were on our way. We stopped at Rigaud around 3:00pm and visited the Beautiful Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes
situated on a lovely hill overlooking the small town. What a spectacular view!!! Because of highway
construction and detours along the way we believe that Mother Mary placed the
exit to this lovely town right in front of our noses because there it was and in a split second all three of us said "ok let’s take it" or
something like that.
We
remained at this Shrine for about an hour and a half and had a lovely picnic
sharing all the goodies we brought with us. Thank you mama Mary
I took
this photo when we were leaving
We
arrived at the Madonna Hotel in Cap de la Madeleine at approximately 6:30pm and checked
in. After taking our luggage to our rooms and freshening up, we made our way over to the old Shrine to attend mass at
8:00pm. After mass we drove into the town till we found a Tim Horton’s. Yummy!
After supper we headed back to the hotel and settled in for the night.
Thank you Jesus and Mother Mary for the safe trip and the beautiful day!
Wednesday August 22, 2018
Feast of the Coronation
of Mary
This was a quiet day which was actually very nice. I spent most of the
time reading, praying, lighting candles and just looking around. I bought a few souvenirs at the gift shop, and visited the small outdoor Kiosk to
request some masses. There was a steady but soft rain on and off all day but it was nice
and warm so it didn’t bother me at all. Really it was kind of peaceful.
In the
evening five of us had dinner at the Stratos Pizzeria in the town. The company was wonderful and the food was delicious
And of
course we all attended mass for the Feast of the Queenship
of Mary celebrated
by Bishop Tremblay at 8 at the old Shrine
After
mass we attended a reception in the Basilica basement. There, we were able to
venerate approximately 150 first class relics; so amazing! What a blessing!
After a lovely Continental Breakfast at the Madonna Hotel we headed over to the basement of the large Basilica to hear the miraculous story of Our Lady of the Cape from Bishop Tremblay
Salve Regina sung by Bishop Pierre-Olivier Tremblay and Fr. Tim Nelligan
Salve, Regina
Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae;
vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae.
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo, advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.
The Basilica was the "Hub" for the 2018 Cape Pilgrimage
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Friday August 24, 2018
Going Home
Many of the pilgrims had returned home but for those of us still at the Shrine we had the privilege of attending Mass celebrated by Father Tim Nelligan in the Chapel of the Oblate Residence at 9:00am
After Mass Jennifer and Ann Louise and I prayed the Sorrowful Mysteries of the rosary before leaving for Ottawa ( with meditations by Ann Louise )
