Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend the Wednesday Morning part of this amazing Pilgrimage . But for the record I am going to include the agenda for the entire Pilgrimage and where possible I will provide photos etc.
Jesus I trust in you
Mother Mary I entrust myself to you
Wednesday August 21, 2019, 2019
8:00 Am - Adoration - Blessed Sacrament Parish
9:00 AM - Holy Rosary Blessed Sacrament Parish
9:30 AM - Holy Mass Blessed Sacrament Parish
10:15 - Meet and Greet - Blessed Sacrament Parish HUB
11:00 AM Dan and Lynn Potvin - Blessed Sacrament Parish
12:00 PM Lunch Break
I arrived at Blessed Sacrament Church at around 1:30 PM just in time to take a few photos before heading into the Church for the afternoon presentations which were awesome.
I love that the entrance to Our Lady's kiosk is by way of the Brother Andre Door.
Most sessions began with a short video.
The video at this time describes the voyage of the Pilgrim statue making its way to Ottawa in 1947.
This account is taken from a book that was commissioned by Archbishop Vachon
2:00: PM - Father Roger Vandenakker
Keith Doucette
3:30 - Divine Mercy Chaplet - Blessed Sacrament Parish
Dennis and Angelina
Canada’s first Rosary Bowl on August 22 promises to ‘unleash torrent of graceclick here for article on LifeSiteNews and how you can be a part of this historic event
Historic Blessing of the Roses at the Confraternity Altar - believed to be the first time since the late 1800's.
After the Blessing Angelina passed out the roses and we shared the petals. My petals are at the foot of the Sacred heart of Jesus Statue from Great Grandpa Brousseau ( my mother's grandfather)
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 )
