Diocesan Pilgrimage

Family Pilgrimage at the

National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa

Saturday, September 14, 2024

9AM - 3:30PM

The Our Lady of Czestochowa shrine is a versatile destination for a family-friendly pilgrimage. 
This shrine, renowned for its spiritual significance and home to the famous Black Madonna painting, offers a range of activities. 
Families can 

• explore the chapels, 
• learn about their religious heritage, 
• participate in a procession, 
• attend mass, 
• and enjoy concerts. 

The shrine is also situated on 170 beautiful acres of land, located on Beacon Hill and overlooking Peace Valley. It is the perfect place to visit for prayer, reflection, and relaxation, offering walking paths and picnic spots for families to enjoy quality time together.

Agenda

9:00 - 9:45 am – Concert 
10:00 - 11:00 am - Holy Mass
11:00 – 11:30 am – Procession  
11:30 am –  12:00PM praise and worship music 
12:00 pm –Music, Activities for families, Visit to all the chapels.
2:30 pm – Bilingual Holy Rosary in the Rosary Garden
3:30 pm – Farewell

"Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage." Psalm 84:5

For more information contact: Belén Perez – 609.403.7133

Past Pilgrimage 2017

Diocesan pilgrimage to Basilica a moment for community, prayer

Coverage from TrentonMonitor.com

They came from the four corners of the Diocese, many of them up before the sun to board more than three dozen buses with one destination: the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.

More than 27 parishes of the Diocese of Trenton were represented for the annual diocesan pilgrimage Nov. 4. After a nearly four-hour drive
– filled with prayer and the recitation of the Rosary – the Diocese’s faithful arrived at “Mary’s House,” where they were personally greeted with a smile, handshake and even hugs by their shepherd, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., as they filed one by one off their buses.

Trenton Monitor Photo Gallery: 
Diocesan pilgrimage highlights

Over the next several hours, pilgrim families, deacons and priests from Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties participated in the recitation of the Angelus, listened to some of the presentations given in various shrine chapels, gathered with the Bishop for a special catechetical talk on faith and participated in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Children also received a “Pilgrim Passport,” where after certain chapel visits, they earned a passport stamp.

The day of faith culminated with Mass in the
Great Upper Church, in which Bishop O’Connell served as principal celebrant and homilist. 
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( Caption: Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., stands with pilgrims from a bus that arrived from St. John the Baptist Parish, Allentown, including John Teague, left, who served as an altar server during the Mass celebrated Nov. 4 during the diocesan pilgrimage to Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Monitor photo by Jen Mauro)