March 23, 2006
TO THE SHRINE OF SAINT JOHN NEUMANN
Reverend Monsignor Joseph G. Prior, Rector of Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, will lead approximately 150 seminarians, administrators, and faculty members on a walking pilgrimage from Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, located in Wynnewood, Montgomery County, to the shrine of Saint John Neumann, North 5th Street and Girard Avenue, North Philadelphia, on Sunday, March 26, 2006. This pilgrimage will be a walking journey of approximately 8.5 miles.
An annual community pilgrimage is a longstanding Seminary tradition and a component of its spiritual formation program. This year marks the first time in the Seminary's history that the pilgrimage will be made entirely on foot. This spiritual journey serves as an act of Lenten penitence and sacrifice.
The pilgrims will depart the Seminary at 11:30 a.m. and stop at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul for recitation of the Rosary and visitation of the crypt at 1:30 p.m. They will arrive at the Saint John Neumann Shrine at 3:45 p.m. and attend Mass celebrated by Cardinal Justin Rigali at 4:30 p.m.
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary
Departure at 11:30 a.m. (Interview availability at 11:15 a.m.)
100 East Wynnewood Road
Wynnewood, Montgomery County
11:15 a.m.
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
Arrival at approximately 1:30 p.m. (Interview availability at 2:00 p.m.)
18th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia
2:00 p.m.
Shrine of Saint John Neumann
Arrival at approximately 3:45 p.m.; Mass at 4:30 p.m. (Interview availability at 5:30 p.m.)
North 5th Street and Girard Avenue
North Philadelphia
4:30 p.m.
Editor's Note: The pilgrimage route will follow Wynnewood Road to City Avenue to 54th Street to Wynnefield Avenue to Belmont Avenue to Montgomery Drive to Martin Luther King (West River) Drive to Eakins Oval to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to 18th Street to Spring Garden Street to 5th Street to Girard Avenue.
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Donna Farrell
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