(Fulda) On Saturday and Sunday, the 7th and 8th of September, the 10th National Pilgrimage of the German District of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X will take place. The Pilgrimage is traditionally carried to Fulda to celebrate the Traditional Rite of the Mass for the consecration of Germany to commemorate the Virgin Mary, which was completed in 1954 by the German bishops.
The theme of the pilgrimage in 2013, is the persecution of Christians. They prayed for their loyalty to the faith in difficult times and the persecuted Christians in the world. More than 100,000 Christians are killed for their faith each year.
The pilgrimage of the German national pilgrimage will begin on Saturday afternoon in front of the Stadtschloss City Palace with a Marian procession through the city. The two-day prayer meeting will again be held in the ballroom of the Old Orangery at Castle Garden, which belongs to the Maritim Hotel. On Saturday evening at 18:30 a solemn High Mass will be celebrated in the Traditional Rite. At night, the Catholic youth movement will keep a prayer vigil before the altar.On Sunday, at 8 o' clock, a presentation by Norbert Clasen about persecution of Christians will take place: For Islamic Tolerance in Past and Present. At 9:30 a solemn High Mass will follow. The celebrant is the new German District Superior Father Firmin Udressy. The national pilgrimage will be concluded with the prayer of Consecration to Mar in which the Mother of God is beseeched to return Germany again to the Mother of God and Virgin Mary.
The National Pilgrimage is open to all Christians who are willing to support the concern. It is expected to have around 1000 participants from all over Germany.
Info: www.deutschlandweihe.de
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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I suppose pilgrimages are always open to all but its not advertised as an ecumenical pilgrimage and in no way does it treat of ecumenicism, false or otherwise, so its a tad misleading to label it an 'ecumenical pilgrimage'
ReplyDeleteSeems strange seeing "SSPX" and "Ecumenical" in the same sentence…
ReplyDeleteTrue vs. False Ecumenism, and it is advertised as such.
ReplyDeleteMind you, I don't endorse Catholic Answers but: http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=205749
ReplyDeleteHmmm that is odd I can't say I'm happy with this then
ReplyDeleteI suppose it just says 'open to everyone' rather than ecumenical pilgrimage, I mean are there many pilgrimages that explicitly say 'Catholic only' ?
ReplyDeleteI've never known of a Pilgrimage, SSPX or otherwise, which would invite non-Catholics to participate.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't bother me. They're not dimming the lights, they're just inviting people in, hopefully they love the things they see enough to become Catholics.
It doesn't bother me either. I see it as a wonderful and gracious and humble invitation and Heaven knows the Germans
Deleteare in great need of conversion. And what better than under the inspiration of traditional Catholicism.
I think the point of the Pilgrimage, is to commemorate a Consecration of all Germany to the Immaculate Heart, which includes a lot of Protestants, atheists and what have you. Are Protestants who attend the Pilgrimage tacitly admitting a point of Dogma which normally eludes them? I can only hope.
ReplyDeleteHmm it is a tad odd though but fair enough I am sure there will be no syncretism etc... and at least it isn't called ecumenical or to do with the subject
ReplyDeleteThe distinction between false and true ecumenism is important. If it were false ecumenism, Protestants would be in attendance, affirming their false beliefs on the same level as the Catholic in some kind of futile expression of false unity.
DeleteHere, Protestants are being invited to participate in the Consecration of their Land to the Mother of God, something quite powerful and touching, in my opinion, which really puts the lie to all of these Neocatholics who swear the SSPX are just a pack of Jansenistic elitists who don’t have an evangelical bone in their body. No pun intended.
Ecumenical refers exclusively to an "in house matter" , the House being the Church. The call for all Christians in Germany to participate refers to Catholics exclusively - Protestants in that sense are not Christians (read the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X) .
ReplyDeleteNow THIS is a prayer vigil worthy of our Catholic participation. Good for the SSPX German District. They rock.
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