The annual pilgrimage of the GB and Scandinavia District took place on September 2nd & 3rd 2017.
Appeals had been made for a good level of support in this, the centenary year of the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima, particularly from those of the faithful who had been unable to undertake the Society’s pilgrimage to Fatima. The aim was to have at least 100 pilgrims — one for each year of the centenary.
It is a measure of the District’s love for Our Lady that 154 pilgrims took part, from babes-in-arms to octogenarians.
The procession began with the pilgrims filing through the Slipper Chapel to start on the holy mile to the Abbey ruins and the site of the replica of the Holy House of Nazareth. During the procession, hymns were sung, interspersed with decades of the rosary.
At the site of the Holy House, Fr. Brucciani dedicated the Society and England to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary after which Mass was offered in the village hall followed by Benediction, and then a hot meal.
May this pilgrimage increase our devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and attract more new Knights.
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