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2025 historic churches pilgrimages
General Information
Daily Holy Mass provided during each Pilgrimage
Prices are per person, include Deluxe Motorcoach Roundtrip Transportation & Four to Five Star Hotel Lodging (if applicable)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2025
ST. JOSEPH DAY OF PRAYER
Detroit's Historic St. Joseph Shrine, located across from Eastern Market at 1828 Jay St., under the care of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest Religious Order & designated by Archbishop Vigneron as a Jubilee Year Pilgrimage Site, will again hold its annual Day of Prayer on its Patronal Feast Day, Wednesday, March 19, the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A full day of religious activities is planned from 7 am to 9 pm including Masses at 8 am (Low), Noon (High with Cappella Choir), & 6 pm (High with Cappella Choir); 11:45 am Eucharistic Benediction & Blessing of Bread, Private Confession starting at 7:30 am & available throughout the entire day. 1:45 pm St. Joseph Public Procession to Eastern Market with Novena Devotions & Veneration of Relic, 2:45 pm St. Joseph Italian Dinner ($25 pay at the door cash/checks), 4:30 pm Magnificat Children's Choir Concert, 5:15 pm Solemn Vespers, 7:45 PM Italian Dessert in the Social Hall. Guided Tours after the Masses. For more information, please see/open Download below: 2025 St. Joseph of Prayer Detroit Poster
SUNDAY, JUNE 22 - TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2025
MEDIEVAL FRANCE HISTORIC 10-DAY PILGRIMAGE WITH REVEREND CANON JEAN-BAPTISTE COMMINS, ICKSP
Reverend Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins, Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest Religious Order & Pastor of Detroit's St. Joseph Shrine in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of his Priestly Ordination. Daily Holy Mass with Gregorian chant, Sacred choral, & organ music provided by members of Detroit's St. Joseph Shrine Chant Schola & Cappella. Pilgrimage sites throughout France (Brittany, Vendee, Normandy, Paris, Versailles) include Vannes Cathedral containing the reliquary of St. Vincent Ferrer, Basilica of St. Louis Marie de Montfort, Vendee Martyrs Memorial with attendance at world-famous Grand Park Puy du Fou Dramatic Play Commemoration, Benedictine Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel, Lisieux in the footsteps of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Rouen in the footsteps of St. Joan of Arc, Versailles Palace & Gardens, Chartres Cathedral along with several other Paris & Vicinity Historic Religious Sites including Basilicas of Notre Dame, Sacre Coeur, Miraculous Medal, St. Denis. Prices: $4850 (double) include any taxes, roundtrip airfare from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, all ground transportation in France, lodging with private bath, 2 meals daily, any additional touring & entrance fees. Single occupancy lodging possibly available at extra cost. Call Caroline at Sacred Heart Tours (845) 594-2222 to register by February 28 or for possible time extension and/or more information. (See Download below for information brochure & application.)
Downloads
France Pilgrimage with Reverend Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins June 22-July 1, 2025 (pdf)
DownloadWEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3 - DECEMBER 9, 2025
MEXICO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE & OTHER HISTORIC RELIGIOUS SITES 7-day PILGRIMAGE
Daily Holy Mass accompanied by Pilgrimage Chaplain. Pilgrimage sites include extended visit to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (with viewing of the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe dating from 1531 & to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception), Mexico City Cathedral Metropolitana (one of the largest churches in the world), San Francisco Church (where St. Juan Diego brought his tilma to the Bishop), Plaza of Three Cultures (where St. Juan Diego was baptized), Holy Family Church (containing the remains of Blessed Miguel Pro, Tomb of Blessed Conchita Cabrera de Armida, Church where St. Juan Diego's uncle was healed, St. Michael's Well & Our Lady of Octotian Church miraculous sites in Tllaxcala, Teotihuacan Pyramids, (if time permits) "Floating Garden" boat ride on the river. Prices: $1995 (double); $2435 (single) include any taxes, roundtrip airfare from Chicago, all ground transportation in Mexico, lodging with private bath, 2 meals daily. Call Totally Yours Pilgrimages at (630) 315-0533 for more information and/or to register by August 5 (please also call me for further questions at (248) 250-6005 & mention Michael Semaan of Prayer Pilgrimages as your information source, if registering). (See Download below for information brochure.)
Downloads
Mexico Our Lady of Guadalupe & Other Sites Pilgrimage December 3-9, 2025 (pdf)
DownloadthursDAY, JANUARY 9, 2025
jubilee holy year christmas season eight DETROIT downtown area Historic churches pilgrimage
Planned Detroit Historic Churches Decorated for Christmas To Visit:
Assumption Grotto, Ss. Peter & Paul Jesuit Church, Sweetest Heart of Mary Church, Old St. Mary’s Church, St. Joseph Shrine, Most Holy Redeemer Church,
St. Francis D’Assisi Church, & Basilica of Ste. Anne de Detroit
Noon Holy Mass followed by Novena to the Black Madonna at Detroit’s Sweetest Heart of Mary Church
Scheduled Deluxe Motorcoach Michigan Departures & Returns from
Sterling Heights, Brighton, & New Boston
Total Cost: $45 per person (meal break on your own in Mexicantown)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2025
CANCELLED! TOLEDO'S ROSARY CATHEDRAL & INDIANA'S NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY CAMPUS PILGRIMAGE
PILGRIMAGE CANCELLATION DUE TO NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY CLOSED FROM 12/26/24 TO 1/11/25! PREVIOUS REGISTRANTS WILL BE REFUNDED.
Religious Sites Specially Decorated for Christmas Highlights To Visit:
Visit/Tour with Public Rosary at Toledo Ohio's Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral (Only Spanish Plateresque Styled Church in North America)
Visit/Tours of South Bend Indiana's Notre Dame University Campus’ Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Largest Collection of 18th Century French Stained Glass in the World), Reliquary Chapel (contains 1618 Relics of 784 Saints), Our Lady of Lourdes Outdoor Grotto, Log Chapel, Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, Theodore Hesburgh Library
Scheduled Deluxe Motorcoach Michigan Departures & Returns from
Sterling Heights & Detroit (immediately following 8 AM Opening Mass at Detroit's St. Joseph Shrine)
Total Cost: $75 per person (Notre Dame Campus Meal options on your own)
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PRAYER PILGRIMAGES, LC PURCHASE POLICY & DISCLAIMER
Please note that all sales are considered final but, in certain cases, principally due to emergency circumstances and at the personal discretion for Prayer Pilgrimages, LC, will be refunded. Pilgrimage destinations, schedules, and other itinerary items are subject to change without notice due to emergencies and/or unexpected circumstances. Prayer Pilgrimages is not responsible for any losses or damages to personal property, for injuries, sickness, expenses, or damages incurred or claimed by pilgrimage participants. Prayer Pilgrimages reserves the right to accept, remove, or decline any person participating or intending to participate in a pilgrimage. The pilgrimage purchaser and/or participant assumes the entire responsibility and liability any claim, demand, action, or suit based on or arising out of the injuries or damages to persons or property sustained or alleged to have been sustained in connection with or incidental to participation in any Prayer Pilgrimages pilgrimage. In consideration of the foregoing, the pilgrimage purchaser and/or participant, his or her executors, administrators, and assignees do hereby release and discharge Prayer Pilgrimages, LC associated employees and volunteers and all sponsors for all claims of damages, demands, actions whatsoever in any manner arising or growing out of his or her participation.