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The Marian Devotional Movement, with the support of the Canadian Catholic College of Bishops, spearheaded over 200 Pilgrim Statue events with Our Lady of the Cape, Canada’s National Madonna, to both prepare the way for the Holy Father’s visit and to provide a long awaited opportunity for Mary to visit her children across the country. 

As providence would have it, a statue of Our Lady of the Cape was discovered at the First Nations reserve in Alberta at Tsuut’ina Our Lady of Peace Mission Church. This statue was restored by Fr. Frank Sharma in time for the July Papal Mass and was placed on the Ark used for the 1947 Marian Congress flanked by two angels as part of Papal Visit Procession.  

October 23rd, 2022 marked a historic step forward in the efforts for reconciliation subsequent to the Holy Father’s recent pilgrimage to Canada based on the theme of Walking Together.

Below is the historic image of Bishop William McGrattan blessing Our Lady of the Cape at her welcome back installation at Tsuut’ina Mission Church. With his excellency is pictured Fr. Frank Sharma, Fr. Christino Bouvette (organizer of the Papal Masses) and Fr. David Meadows, pastor of the Mission Church. The Heart was donated by the Marian Devotional Movement and the Crown by the Queenship of Mary Community.  

    Relive the Historic Papal Visit Procession Below. Plus Vatican Video Review HERE


    The Papal Visit Pilgrim Statue Procession from Canada's National Marian Shrine in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC to Edmonton can be likened to An Olympic Torch passing through cities — with Our Lady of the Cape bringing Christ's message of healing and reconciliation to everyone on route. She will gather pilgrim's petitions from Cathedrals and churches along the way to rise up as incense at the Papal Holy Mass.  

     *photo from the 1948 Annals from the Cape showing the day the Bishop of Trois Rivieres blessed the Our Lady of the Cape Pilgrim Statue in advance of the procession to the historic 1947 Marian Congress in Ottawa where the Dominion of Canada was consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. 

    Dates & Locations now Confirmed - (program details below list of locations - will vary from site to site) EVENT POSTER HERE

            • Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa with Archbishop Marcel Damphousse - Sunday, July 3rd @ 4:00 PM Pilgrim Statue Veneration & Rosary - Bilingual Holy Mass at 5:00 PM - Archbishop's Homily HERE  PHOTO GALLERY
                • Holy Redeemer Church in Sudbury - Friday, July 15th - 3:00 PM Rosary, Blessing of the Roses and Veneration - Confirmed 

                    • Royal Cargo Trailer Pilgrim Statue Rosary Event at the Historic Cross in Sault St. Marie - July 16th
                    • St. Patrick's Cathedral in Thunder Bay with Bishop Fred J. Colli - Monday, July 18th - 6:00 PM Rosary and veneration followed by Holy Mass at 7:00 PM. Confirmed (non-livestream event)
                      • St. Anthony of Padua in Winnipeg - Wednesday, July 20th - 6:30 PM Rosary followed by Holy Mass at 7:00 PM - Confirmed
                        • Cathedral of the Holy Family in Saskatoon with Bishop  Mark Hagemoen, - Friday, July 22nd - 11:30 AM Rosary followed by Holy Mass at 12:00 PM - Confirmed
                          • Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton - Tuesday, July 26th - Papal Mass with Pope Francis - Confirmed - Televised worldwide on numerous networks including EWTN, Shalom, Salt & Light.

                            POST PAPAL VISIT PROCESSION - THE NATIONAL PILGRIM STATUE OF OUR LADY OF THE CAPE TRAVELS BACK TO CANADA'S NATIONAL MARIAN SHRINE



                            • Holy Family Parish in Medicine Hat - August 8th @ 9:00 AM


                            • St. Augustine of Canterbury Church in Brandon - August 9th @ 6:30 PM


                            • St Emile Catholic Church in Winnipeg - August 10th @ 6:30 PM


                            • Paroisse Notre Dame De L'Assomption Cathédrale with Bishop Elect Pierre-Olivier Tremblay - August 14th & 15th


                            • Kirkland Lake Microtel Hotel Bridge of Roses Screening & Pilgrim Statue Visit Event - August 16th - 17th


                            • Canada's National Marian Shrine with Bishop Martin Laliberte - August 22nd @ 7:30 PM - Historic Conclusion!


                              CALGARY - CANMORE - PAPAL MASS OVERVIEW HERE

                              PAPAL VISIT PROCESSION PROGRAM (Excluding Edmonton)

                              HOLY ROSARY (Enrol in the Rosary Confraternity HERE)

                              HOLY MASS 

                              BLESSING OF ROSES (view prayer HERE)

                              MARIAN CONSECRATION PRAYER (view prayer HERE)

                              DISTRIBUTION OF ROSE PETALS, VENERATION & PLACING OF INTENTIONS (prayer intentions to be placed in Mary's Ark and brought to the Papal Mass)

                              RECEPTION

                              View the 1947 video chronicling the Our Lady of the Cape Pilgrim Statue Procession. (Rosary Confraternity explanation and benefits concludes video) 

                              Recommended Preparations for the Papal Visit Procession

                              Family or Parish Screening of the Bridge of Roses docudrama 

                              or Le Pont des Chapelets 

                              or Puente de Rosas

                              A priest discovers a pig chewing on a rosary at Mary’s altar. What he does next transforms his parish into a National Marian Shrine.

                               

                               

                              Help Mary continue to visit her children by becoming an MDM Pilgrim Partner - receive a Cape Prayer Shawl touched to the miraculous statue at the Cape. 

                              DONATE HERE

                              Dennis & Angelina Girard (Custodians of the National Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of the Cape, Directors of the Marian Devotional Movement and organizers of the 2022 PILGRIM STATUE TOURS) are the hosts for the Papal Visit Procession. Learn more about Dennis & Angelina HERE

                              *photo from the 2019 Rosary Bowl organized by the Marian Devotional Movement at TD Place in Ottawa. 

                              Press release Papal Visit Procession

                              Press release Marian Tours criss-cross the nation

                              Press release Pilgrim Statue Tours 

                              Press release Bridge of Roses 

                              Press release Pray the Rosary

                              The Marian Devotional Movement is a member of CEMA (Coalition of Eucharistic and Marian Apostolates)