The Pilgrim of Our Lady of Martyrs (Volume 19) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903. Excerpt: ... THE PILGRIM OF OUR LADY OF MARTYRS XIX Yeak. August, 1903. No. 8. ANNALS OF THE SHRINE. The first pilgrimage this season is thus described in the Amsterdam Evening Recorder of July 20: "The pilgrimage season has opened at Auriesville. Last Sunday about 600 people came from St. Joseph's FrenchCanadian parish at Cohoes. There would have been more than a thousand but for the rainy weather. Saturday night was wet and Sunday morning was misty, but the day turned out fairly fine at Auriesville, and had but little effect on the good spirits of the pilgrims. They came about half past nine, and ascended the hill in procession, led by a cross bearer. High Mass was sung by Father Dugas, the brother and assistant of Monsignor Dugas of St. Joseph's, the choir consisting of men, who sang extremely well the Plain Chant, sung in this same spot by the French missionaries and their Indian converts 250 years ago. This was the first high Mass of the season at Auriesville, and the ceremony in the open chapel, on the very scene of the martyrdom of Father Jogues and his companions, on this beautiful eminence overlooking the Mohawk, was very impressive. Father Dugas told anew the old inspiring story, the tragic missionary romance with its shadows and sunshine, its many sorrows and imperishable glory. It was a Way of the Cross indeed, this valley trail, and the devotions of the afternoon in the chapel fittingly recalled it. There was an English sermon in the afternoon, and a procession of the Blessed Sacrament. This latter ceremony was extremely picturesque. All the people took part in it. By an unpremeditated arrangement the Blessed Sacrament was received in the midst of the people, recalling the entrance into Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday, when "the multitudes that went be...