Pilgrimage
UPDATED (May 9 at 8:00 pm): SHORTER RAIN ROUTE will be used from ST. PETERS looping through PRAIRIE SIDING back to ST PETERS. HOUR BY HOUR info: (click here) eriestclairparishes.com/shrine-walk-may-11
UPDATE: Lake Erie and St. Clair Catholic Family of Parishes and Vocations London presents “WALKING IN HIS FOOTSTEPS” Pilgrimage for Priestly Vocations. May 11, 2024. With special guest: Bishop Ronald P. Fabbro, Bishop of the Diocese of London. START 7:00 AM Mass at St. Peter’s, Tilbury. WALK 15KM Walk to Merlin Shrine. GATHER LUNCH at Merlin Shrine with Praise and Worship. REGISTRATION at dolpriest.ca/walking ALL are Welcome to join for the whole event (or part of the event by starting walk from rest stations along route).
On Sat May 11, 2024, there will be a Pilgrim Walk to the Rosary Shrine beginning with an early mass at St. Peter’s. The theme will be “WALKING IN HIS FOOTSTEPS” The route will be down pump road to the Merlin Town Line to the Shrine. The Theme of the walk is Vocations. Bishop Fabro will be in attendance for mass and part of the walk. A light BBQ lunch, live worship music and whiteness talks are planned at the Shrine.
IF the weather is bad, we will have a different route in the rain after mass which will loop back to St. Peter’s Hall.
We will have a porta-potti set up at Hwy #2 and the Merlin Park-and-Ride as one station. We will have two other stations set up along the Merlin Town line on the way to the Shrine and one other near the train tracks on Pump Road. All the details of the day are on the website page: eriestclairparishes.com/shrine-walk-may-11