Month: November 2021
Please join us in praying a special Novena starting December 3 leading up to the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12. In December of this year, we will have many pilgrims, along with our President, Milanka Lachman, make a Pilgrimage to Mexico City in her honor, to see the sites where she appeared to St. Juan Diego and to venerate her.
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe
In this novena, pray the following for nine consecutive days. Be sure to follow this prayer with your specific special intentions, asking that Our Lady of Guadalupe intercede for you. Finish by praying “Our Father”, “Hail Mary” and “Glory Be”.
First Prayer
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mystical Rose,
make intercession for the Holy Church,
protect the Sovereign Pontiff,
help all those who invoke thee in their necessities,
and since thou art the ever Virgin Mary,
and Mother of the True God,
obtain for us from thy most holy Son the grace of keeping our faith,
of sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life,
of burning charity, and the precious gift of final perseverance.Amen.
Second Prayer
O Virgin of Guadalupe,
Mother of the Americas,
grant to our homes the grace of loving
and respecting life in its beginnings,
with the same love with which
you conceived in your womb
the life of the Son of God.
Blessed Virgin Mary,
Mother of Fair Love,
protect our families so that
they may always be united
and bless the upbringing of our children.
Our hope, look upon us with pity,
teach is to go continually to Jesus,
and if we fall
help us to rise again and return to Him
through the confession of our faults
and our sins in the Sacrament of penance,
which gives peace to the soul.
We beg you to grant us a great love
of all the holy Sacraments,
which are, as it were,
the signs that your Son left us on earth.
Thus, Most Holy Mother,
with the peace of God in our consciences,
with our hearts free from evil and hatred,
we will be able to bring to all others
true joy and peace,
which come to us from your Son,
our Lord Jesus Christ,
who with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Amen.
Third Prayer
O Our Lady of Guadalupe,
mystical rose,
make intercession for Holy Church,
protect the Sovereign Pontiff,
help all those who invoke thee in their necessities,
and since thou art the ever Virgin Mary
and Mother of the true God,
obtain for us from thy most holy Son
the grace of keeping our faith,
sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life,
burning charity and the precious gift of final perseverance.
The following may be added.
Dearest Lady,
fruitful Mother of Holiness,
teach me Your ways of gentleness and strength.
Hear my prayer,
offered with deep felt confidence to beg this favor…
(State your prayer request here.)
O Mary,
conceived without sin,
I come to your throne of grace
to share the fervent devotion
of your faithful Mexican children
who call to Thee under the glorious title “Guadalupe” –
the Virgin who crushed the serpent.
Queen of Martyrs,
whose Immaculate Heart was pierced
by seven swords of grief,
help me to walk valiantly
amid the sharp thorns strewn across my path.
Invoke the Holy Spirit of Wisdom
to fortify my will to frequent the Sacraments so that,
thus enlightened and strengthened,
I may prefer God to all creatures
and shun every occasion of sin.
Help me,
as a living branch of the Vine
that is Jesus Christ,
to exemplify His divine charity
always seeking the good of others.
Queen of Apostles,
aid me to win souls
for the Sacred Heart of my Savior.
Keep my apostolate fearless,
dynamic, and articulate,
to proclaim the loving solitude of Our Father in Heaven
so that the wayward may heed His pleading
and obtain pardon,
through the merits of Your Merciful Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.
*Prayers Credited to Jesuitresource.org
About Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Shrine at Guadalupe is considered the holiest place in the Western Hemisphere, and is the most visited Catholic Pilgrimage destination and third most-visited religious shrine in the world. Saint John Paul II preached to millions of the faithful from this holy Shrine during his 1979 visit to Mexico. The Basilica commemorates the Virgin Mary’s appearance to a humble Indian and honors her request that a Shrine be built in Her honor. The Shrine was originally built in 1709 and is located in Tepeyac Hill which is where the apparitions occurred in 1531. The old Basilica was consecrated in 1709 – the modern basilica was completed in 1976 and can hold up to 10,000 worshippers. Our Lady of Guadalupe’s Feast Day is December 12th and draws huge crowds for celebrations each year.
Our Lady first appeared to visionary St. Juan Diego on December 9, 1531. She appeared to him four times in total and asked that a church be built in her honor. The Archbishop did not believe Juan Diego the first time he mentioned the apparition and asked for proof. On December 11th, Juan Diego’s uncle, Juan Bernardino fell ill. The next day on December 12th he was cured, and the image of the Virgin Mary again appeared before Juan Diego, at what is now known as the Church of the 5th Appraition where a well of healing water can be drunk from. In effort to fulfill the bishop’s request for proof of Her visitation, the Virgin instructed Juan to gather roses from the frozen, rocky terrain and present them to the bishop. Remarkably for the cool season, he found a great number of roses strewn all around. Gathering the roses in sackcloth, he hurriedly took them to the bishop. When he opened the cloak, or Tilma, to present the roses to the cleric, the bishop was amazed to see a miraculous image of the Virgin on the Tilma! Pilgrims flock to Mexico City to see the miraculous Tilma hanging in all its splendor above the main alta of the Basilica.
For details about how to make a Pilgrimage to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe, click here.
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206 Tours is excited to share several exciting upcoming pilgrimages that will be conducted in Spanish in 2022 and 2023. Click the links below for more information. Find all our Spanish Language offerings on www.206viajes.com
206 Tours está emocionado de compartir varias e increíbles peregrinaciones próximas conducido en español en 2022 y 2023. Clic en el enlace a continuación para obtener más información. Encuentre todos nuestros ofertas en español en www.206viajes.com
Acompane La Familia San Mateo en una peregrinacion a Lourdes, Espana y Fatima
Febrero 7 – 16, 2022
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Medjugorje Pilgrimage
Spiritual Leader: Fr. Enrique Salvo
March 10 – 18, 2022
*Early Bird Special: $100 OFF* – Register by December 1, 2021
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Egipto & Jordania Peregrinaje
Director Espiritual: Pd. Manuel Villalobos
Junio 6 – 17, 2022
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Grecia Peregrinacion Tras Los pasos de San Pablo
Director Espiritual: Fr. Eloy Jimenez
Junio 14 – 24, 2022
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La Familia San Mateo – La Tierra Santa Peregrinacion
Febrero 12-21, 2023
*Con un Post Tour Opcional a Roma – Febrero 21-24, 2023
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Encuentre todas nuestras ofertas en español en www.206viajes.com
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Join Greg Smith, founder of One Whirling Adventure on a Pilgrimage to Italy from May 2 – 12, 2022. He will explore the Catholic Faith, on a quest to know God through Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Watch the video below for a sneak peek of what to expect.
A Letter from Group Leader: Greg Smith
Executive Director of One Whirling Adventure Ministries
For two thousand years, the catholic church has been on a quest to know God through Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. And there is no better place to discover this quest, then in Italy.
Come with me to experience Rome, the city that exemplifies the quest for Truth, the Eternal city of Peter and Paul. Let me show you it’s most famous landmarks, as well as the lesser known but significant spots where history and faith, culture and art, have played out over the ages.
Then let me introduce you to one of my favorite cities in Italy, Orvieto. Where a Eucharistic Miracle occurred during the darkest hours of the middle ages.
Fall in love with the city that exemplifies the quest for Goodness, Assisi. We’ll walk its streets to discover the lives of St. Francis and St. Clare. Let me show you the chapel where Christ told Francis to rebuild his church, and where he wrote the Canticle of the creatures to Brother Sun and Sister Moon.
Let’s walk together through the medieval streets of Siena and visit the home and tomb of St. Catherine, Doctor of the Church. Whose courageous faith influenced the course of the papacy.
We’ll finish in the city that exemplifies the quest for Beauty, Florence. The jewel of Tuscany – the city of creative geniuses like Dante and Michelangelo, who turned faith into art that changed the world.
Grow in faith and knowledge with one whirling adventure and 206 Tours, and discover the true, the good, and the beautiful in Catholic Italy.
Visiting: Rome, Vatican City, (Papal Audience with Holy Father), Trevi Fountain, Vatican Museum, Appian Way, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Catacombs, Colosseum, Roman Forum, Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Spanish Steps, Orvieto, Assisi (St. Francis), Siena, Florence Book Now!
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Travel with Greg to Italy!
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In November of 2021, the Diocese of Camden’s Podcast, Talking Catholic, featured this fantastic conversation with our Spiritual Director, Fr. Robert Hughes on “the Power of the Pilgrimage”.
Click to Hear the Full Podcast
Listen as Fr. Hughes explains how his lifelong love of travel, instilled in his youth, has become a deep passion for Pilgrimage as part of his Spiritual Life and Priestly service. Also hear from former 206 Tours Pilgrim, Donna Ottaviano-Britt, Director of Discipleship and Leadership for the Diocese, about her experiences on pilgrimage, and how they changed her life. She traveled to the Holy Land and Italy with Fr. Hughes in February of 2020, just before the Covid-19 pandemic shut down travel for months on end. Learn more about their 2020 pilgrimage here.
206 Tours extends a huge thank you to Talking Catholic & the Diocese of Camden for creating this incredible and important episode.
Travel with Fr. Hughes!
Click here for details on his upcoming pilgrimages