Canonization Pilgrimage to Rome for the Canonization of the Blessed: Sister Marianne Cope, Kateri Tekakwitha, Pedro Calungsod, Anna Schaffer, Giovanni Battista Piamartaa, Jacques Berthieu & Carmen Salles y Barangueras

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October 16 - 24, 2012

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Canonization Profiles:

Blessed Sister
Marianne Cope

Blessed Sister Marianne Cope: Utica-native Mother Marianne Cope will be canonized a saint on October 21, in Rome, Italy. German-born Blessed Marianne Cope was a Sister of St. Francis in New York. She ministered as a teacher and hospital administrator and helped found two of the first hospitals in the central New York area. In 1883 and emissary from Hawaii came to visit, asking for Catholic sisters willing to provide healthcare on the island of Molokai. Blessed Marianne agreed to go and spent the last 30 years of her life ministering to people with leprosy, or Hansen’s Disease in Molokai. In 1884 she met St. Damien de Veuster who was already ministering to lepers in Molokai. In 1889 she was chosen to be St. Damien’s successor at the Boys Home in Kalawao. Blessed Marianne died in 1918 of natural causes. She once promised her order that no sister who went to minister on the island would contract Leprosy. To this day no sister has contracted the disease.

Blessed
Kateri Tekakwitha

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha: Kateri was born in what is today Auriesville, New York and died at Caughnawaga in Canada in 1680. Born to a Christian Algonquin Mother and a Mohawk Father, Blessed Kateri is known as “Lily of the Mohawks.” In 1667, at the age of 11, she met Jesuit missionaries who had been sent to help make peace with the French. That was her first contact with Christianity. It wasn’t until she was 18 that she asked to be baptized. She lived her faith in the face of a community that was increasingly hostile towards her faith. She died at the age of 24 in Caughnawaga where she had been living with a Christian native woman. A devotion to Kateria began to be manifested almost immediately by her people.

Blessed
Pedro Calungsod

Blessed Pedro Calungsod: Pedro was born in 1654 in Molo, Phillipines. Very few details exist about his early life prior to missionary work. He studied in the Jesuit town of Loboc in Bohol, before sailing to Guam. He was a 17 year old Roman Catholic Filipino, when a Chinese merchant spread rumors that the baptismal water used by the missionaries was poisonous. Following his death, Blessed Pope John Paul II beatified him on March 5th, 2000 at Saint Peter’s Square, in Rome. His first alleged miracle was the healing of a man with bone cancer.

Blessed
Anna Schaffer

Blessed Anna Schaffer: Anna was born on February 18, 1882 in Roman Catholic Bavaria, Germany. She was a strong and healthy girl and she was among the best in school. After her First Communion, she vowed to spend her life serving God. Following an injury at work, she was unable to walk or work anymore. Despite her physical accidents and disease, she accepted her infirmity as a way of sanctification. She received Holy Communion every day thanks to a nearby parish. She saw Saint Francis, who was ready to accept her sacrifices of reparation. From that time on, she bore the wounds of Christ. Her stigmata was, however, unknown to many people as she preferred to conceal it to avoid any sensationalism. Her grave has been a pilgrimage site since her death in 1925. As a Blessed, she has been viewed as a Saint, but not entered in the roster of Canonized Saints.

Blessed Giovanni
Battista Piamartaa

Blessed Giovanni Battista Piamartaa: Giovanni, An Italian priest, born in Brescia in 1841, founded the “Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth for Men” and the “Humble Servants of the Lord for Women”. He was always sensitive to the problems of young people and those of the working class. And through that, he gave birth to a new congregation of priests who devote themselves the care of children, especially those without families. He died in 1913, at the age of 72.

Blessed
Jacques Berthieu

Blessed Jacques Berthieu: Jacques, A French Jesuit priest, born in 1838. He was a diocesan priest for nine years before he decided to enter the Society of Jesus at age 35. He was appointed to the Madagascar mssion even before he finished novitiate. While the Jesuits were forced into exile by the French government, he spent his time gardening and growing food until he was allowed to exercise his priestly duties again. He had 18 mission stations to visit, but was interrupted numerous times because of warfare. On June 6th, he was advised to lead the people to the capital, Tananarive. They were attacked on the way, and took refuge in nearby villages. When he was caught, he was given the choice of becoming a counselor to the Menalamba, or they will not spare his life. He declared that he would never abandon his religion, and he was martyred in Madagascar in 1896.

Blessed Carmen
Salles y Barangueras

Blessed Carmen Salles y Barangueras: Carmen was Born on April 9th, 1848, The Spanish founder of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. She worked with disadvantaged girls and prostitutes and saw that early education was essential for helping young women. She died in 1911.


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Vatican recommends a Pilgrimage for the "Year of Faith" Oct 11, 2012 – Nov 24, 2013

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI

Praying at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Jerusalem, Israel

Pope Benedict XVI declared a Year of Faith beginning on October 11, 2012, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Vatican II Council, and conclude on November 24, 2013.



On January 12, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a note with recommendations for the Year of Faith and at the top of the list they recommend a pilgrimage, "of the faithful to the See of Peterto the Holy Land, the place which first saw the presence of Jesus, the Savior, and Mary, His Mother." Year of Faith is an occasion for the faithful to understand more profoundly the foundation of the Christian faith.

 

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
Placing a prayer at the Western (Wailing) Wall

Jerusalem, Israel

Come with 206 Tours to The Holy Land, to draw closer to Jesus of Nazareth, and to follow in His footsteps where the Scriptures will come alive as you visit Our Lord's homeland. Or, if you have already done Holy Land consider joining any one of our other 500 pilgrimages. You will pray, reflect, renew and affirm your faith. You will also be inspired by the natural beauty of the landscapes, in addition to learning about the saints and rich heritage. On a pilgrimage you will  encounter that which has changed the lives of so many pilgrims, an act of faith and prayer. If you want to be a Saint, or if you want to be a holier person, than pilgrimage is for you.  We at 206 Tours believe that a Pilgrimage is a personal invitation from God, comprised of His offer and dependent upon our acceptance.  God's call may vary but the purpose remains consistent:  It is an individual summons to know God more fully.  A pilgrimage is a spiritual journey to which the pilgrim joyfully responds "yes" to God's invitation.



During the Year of the Faith, let us all respond to God’s invitation and to Pope’s Benedict XVI’s recommendation by joining a pilgrimage!

The blessings of the pilgrimage and our encounters with the Lord, Our Lady, the saints are certain to strengthen us throughout life.

May God bless and reward you for all the support and for the efforts you undertake.

Sincerely,

Milanka Lachman

President

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A Pilgrimage of One

Pompeii, Italy

They say that the easiest way, or the first step, in becoming comfortable with yourself, is by going to the movies on your own. To some, that seems as one of the most terrifying things to do, or maybe it has never crossed your mind. You think of all the things that we do in everyday life, on our own, like grocery shopping, going to the mall, getting your car washed, or running everyday errands. But the difference that is absorbed by going to see a movie alone as imposed to running an “errand”, is that going to the movies is seen as an extracurricular activity that you would normally spend with friends. When you go to a restaurant, carnival, or a party, it is a time to relax and enjoy the company of others. You go to share stories and create new ones that you will not only talk about with those that went, but share with people you are just meeting for the first time.

In 2012, there are a number of options of things to do. We are all different, and what we see as entertaining may not be seen the same to others. And in a lot of cases, you are always told to “do what makes you happy”. But without that independence and drive to do so on your own, that saying would end with, “provided that someone else is as equally interested, and available”.

There are a number of benefits from traveling by on your own, for an evening, to another country, or on a Pilgrimage. You learn that friends are everywhere. Our regularly scheduled departures are mostly comprised of individuals who come from all over the US, some even as far as Australia. And the one thing that binds them, is to be on a spiritual journey which is led by a Catholic priest and guide.

There are many benefits to traveling with a group where you don’t know anyone:

1)      Some of the best travel experiences our Pilgrims have had were traveling with a group of people where no one knew one another until they got there.

2)      There is an element of “it’s in God’s hands”

3)      Our trips offer one “Introduction Evening”.

4)      There is no fixed seating, so you are always welcome to move around.

5)      Our trips are very active and such trips are best for bonding

6)      The guides are your best source for information.

At the end of the day, after all the letters we receive from those returning, they often cite “meeting different people” is one of the reasons they love travelling. When you leave your home and travel to different countries, it’s what you come back with that is the most important. And that’s being able to tell stories that most can hardly dream, and friends for life that were apart of those stories.

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