This year, the Sisters of St. Basil the Great celebrate the 88th Annual Pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Since 1934, her Shrine at Mount St. Macrina has been a favored destination for the thousands of pilgrims who come to venerate her icon. Praying before this sacred image, they place all their needs, their hopes, their sorrows and their joys into her hands.
Throughout the entire pilgrimage, the Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help holds a central place. It is carried in procession with love and devotion to each liturgical service. There it is placed before the altar, so that all may venerate this Beloved Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual.
For those who come, pilgrimage is an integral part of their lives, providing for their diverse spiritual needs. Besides the Divine Liturgy and other liturgical services, the Mystery of Reconciliation and the Anointing of the Sick are treasured blessings for all.
The Sisters of St. Basil invite everyone to join them in honoring the Mother of God under the title of Mary, Cause of our Joy. With them, she waits to welcome all to her Shrine on Mount St. Macrina.
The Sisters of St. Basil the Great
Warmly invite you to the
88th Annual Pilgrimage
In honor of
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
September 3 & 4, 2022
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Friday, September 2
6:30 p.m. COMPLINE followed by
BLESSING OF WATER at Lourdes
Saturday, September 3
7:00 a.m. – 12 noon MYSTERY OF RECONCILIATION (Confessions)
House of Prayer Patio
OPENING OF PILGRIMAGE
8:00 a.m. MATINS at Shrine Altar
9:45 a.m. Procession with icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help from House of Prayer to Shrine Altar
10:00 a.m. DIVINE LITURGY
Welcome: Sister Susan Sisko, OSBM
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. MYSTERY OF RECONCILIATION (Confessions) House of Prayer Patio
1:00 p.m. PARAKLIS at Shrine Altar
2:00 p.m.
CHILDREN’S PILGRIMAGE at Children’s Tent
ORIENTATION for TEENS at Prayer Garden
MYSTERY OF ANOINTING at Shrine Altar
3:00 p.m. TEEN PILGRIMAGE at Prayer Garden
4:00 p.m. VESPERS with DIVINE LITURGY at Shrine Altar
7:15 p.m. Procession from House of Prayer to Mount Macrina Cemetery
Parastas/Procession to Shrine Altar/Akathist
Teen Social following Akathist
Sunday, September 4
7:00 a.m. DIVINE LITURGY House of Prayer Chapel
7:30 a.m. MATINS at Shrine Altar
7:30 a.m. – 12 noon MYSTERY OF RECONCILIATION (Confessions) House of Prayer Patio
9:00 a.m. DIVINE LITURGY – Slavonic Shrine Altar
11:00 a.m. DIVINE LITURGY – Vocations Shrine Altar
12:20 – 5:00 p.m. MYSTERY OF RECONCILIATION (Confessions) House of Prayer Patio
1:00 p.m. CHILDREN’S PROCESSION with Special Blessing for Youth & Young Adults –
from House of Prayer to the Shrine Altar
2:00 p.m.
ENRICHMENT SESSION – Trinity Center
BEREAVEMENT SESSION – Mausoleum
CHILDREN’S PILGRIMAGE at Children’s Tent
TEEN PILGRIMAGE at Prayer Garden
2:00 p.m. MYSERTY OF ANOINTING at Shrine Altar
3:45 p.m. Procession from House of Prayer to Shrine Altar
4:00 p.m. DIVINE LITURGY Shrine Altar
Words of Gratitude: Sister Susan Sisko, O.S.B.M.
7:00 p.m. CANDLELIGHT PROCESSION
(Beginning and ending at the Shrine Altar)
CLOSING OF THE PILGRIMAGE
Following the Candlelight Procession::
TEEN SOCIAL Prayer Garden Area
YOUNG ADULT SOCIAL Trinity Center
INPUT SESSION – Seminarians (Followed by a social)
Monday, September 5
9:30 a.m. DIVINE LITURGY at Shrine Altar