Chartres pilgrimage grows as organizers warn against renewed traditionalist divisions

Chartres pilgrimage grows as organizers warn against renewed traditionalist divisions

(OSV News) -- The 44th annual traditional pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres will bring together some 20,000 pilgrims over the Pentecost weekend May 23-25 for a 60-mile walk centered on the theme of "the mission." On May 25, a public holiday in France, U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke will celebrate the closing Mass in the thousand-year-old

Chartres pilgrimage grows as traditionalist organizers warn against renewed divisions - Biweekly Newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond %

(OSV News) — The 44th annual traditional pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres will bring together some 20,000 pilgrims over the Pentecost weekend May 23-25 for a 60-mile walk centered on the theme of “the mission.” On May 25, a public holiday in France, U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke will celebrate the closing Mass in the thousand-year-old Chartres Cathedral. Organized by the association Notre-Dame de Chrétienté, the pilgrimage dates back to 1983. …