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Pilgrimages for Vocations

New Pilgrims Orientation 2013

Archdiocese of Santa Fe: Pilgrimages for Vocations ? New Pilgrims Orientation 2013

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Agenda

1. Preliminary Activities

? Attend mass at nearest Parish ? Registration

2. Welcome and Introductions 3. What is Pilgrimage? 4. History and Overview 5. Reflection of Year's Theme 6. What it means to be a Peregrino or Guadalupana

Testimonies from Veteran Pilgrims

7. Review of Handbook 8. Break 9. Spiritual Preparation 10. Physical Preparation 11. Final Announcements 12. Questions & Answers

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Preliminary Activities (for regional/group orientation)

Attend mass at local Parish

? Presentation will begin after the mass

Registration

? Sign-in sheet ? Snacks

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Welcome and Introductions (for group orientation)

Welcome

? Welcome and introduction by person(s) giving presentation ? Opening Prayer

Presentation is intended for Pilgrims that have walked less than 2 years

Introduction of new Pilgrims

? Participants give name, home parish and number of years walked

Disclaimer:

? This presentation is a brief overview of the information presented in the Handbook and is not inclusive of all aspects of Pilgrimage. Please read the Handbook for more in-depth information. To access the Handbook please go to the following link:

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What is a Pilgrimage?

...a journey, esp. a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion.

Universal form of prayer

Wailing Wall

Practiced since 2,000 BC

Islam ?Mecca (the Hajj) Tibetians in full-body prostration

Judaism ? Jerusalem (wailing wall) Baha'i Faith ? Baghdad, Iraq

Mecca

Hinduism - Gaya

Golden Temple

Sikhism ? The Golden Temple

Buddhism - Lumbini

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Christian Pilgrimages Around the World

Rome Jerusalem Santiago de Compostela, Spain Fatima, Portugal Lourdes, France Mt. Athos, Greece St. Catherine's Monastery, Mt Sinai

St. Peter's Basilica

Santiago de Compostela

Lourdes

Fatima

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Apostle, St. James the Great (Santiago de Compostela)

Patron Saint of Spain

(Remains are held in Galicia, Spain)

3rd most holy town in Roman Catholicism

Feast Day 25 July

Pilgrimage known as "by way of St. James"

?485 miles Scalloped shell

? symbol of pilgrimage

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New Mexico: Pilgrimages for Vocations

Sponsored by Archdioceses of Santa Fe Dedicated to prayer and sacrifice for God's will in all vocations especially priesthood and religious life. Pilgrimage destination

? El Santuario de Chimayo, in northern New Mexico ?Known as "Lourdes of America"

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