The Eleske Pilgrimage at St. Bernadette’s Mission at Child Lake, held Friday July 8 to Sunday July 10
Friday (tentative schedule and events) 8:00 PM Blessing & Feeding of Fire; Drumming; smudging;
praying in 4 directions; blessing of the water; Mass
Saturday 11:00am Rosary; Noon, prayers at the cemetery; 3:00pm Way of the Cross; 4:00pm healing
service; 8:00pm preparations for candlelight procession from church to grotto for evening Mass
Sunday 11:00am Sunday Mass at the grotto if weather permits.
Archbishop Gerard Pettipas C.Ss.R. to preside, assisted by Fr. Charles Mugai FMH, pastor.
Little Red River Cree Nation annual pilgrimage: August 4-7th
Lac Ste Anne Pilgrimage is July 26-29 th .
To date (June 30), an official schedule has not been
made available yet, except to note that, the pilgrimage
will be opened to registered participants only on July
26 th with limited access by Park and Ride busses only.
Camping and/or parking is NOT allowed on the site until the morning of
Wednesday July 27 th , no exceptions.
Mass will be presided by Archbishop Gerard Pettipas C.Ss.R.,
archbishop of Grouard-McLennan at the Lac Ste Anne site on July 27 th @
7:00 pm.
SUNDAY, 24 JULY 11:20 AM ARRIVAL AT EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Welcoming ceremonies with Government Officials and
other dignitaries. INVITATION ONLY EVENT
MONDAY, 25 JULY 10:00 AM MEETING WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES:
FIRST NATIONS AND INUIT AT MASKWACIS
4:45 PM MEETING WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND MEMBERS OF
THE PARISH COMMUNITY OF SACRED HEART OF THE FIRST
PEOPLES BY INVITATION ONLY
TUESDAY, 26 JULY 10:15 AM CELEBRATION OF HOLY MASS AT COMMONWEALTH
STADIUM IN EDMONTON. TICKETS NEEDED
Tickets are free, but anyone wishing to attend the Mass will have to reserve a ticket. The public can
access tickets through the papal visit website: www.papalvisit.ca which will provide a direct link to the
Ticketmaster.ca portal. Tickets will be available starting Wednesday July 6 th @ 10:30am.
5:00 PM PARTICIPATION IN THE ‘LAC STE.ANNE PILGRIMAGE’ with
LITURGY OF THE WORD
Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage is on July 26-29, 2022
Note that the pilgrimage will be open to registered participants only on Tuesday,
July 26 th with limited access by Park & Ride busses ONLY. To allow enough room
for the Papal Visit, camping and/or parking is NOT allowed on the site until the
morning of Wednesday, July 27 th . Participants will need to arrange camping at other
locations before then. No exceptions:
Camping at Nakota Crossing Camp Site: July 22-26
Passes purchased at Nakota Crossing Site will remain valid and will
transfer to Lac Ste Anne Site. All campers must exit Nakota Crossing Site
by July 27, 2022
Camping at Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage: July 27-29
This schedule is regularly updated as soon as we learn of any changes.
Tuesday, July 26
12 noon Pipe Ceremony and Flag Raising Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation
5 p.m. Pope Francis Visit of
Reconciliation
National Papal Visit Committee
11:30 a.m. Rosary & Mass Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation & Paul First
Nation
Wednesday, July 27
9:30 a.m. Rosary
10:30 a.m. Rosary & Mass Cursillo Community & Sacred Heart of the
First Peoples
3 p.m. Mass Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Parish,
Maskwacis, AB
7 p.m. Mass Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan
8:30 p.m. Twelve Step Pilgrimage and
Pledges
Cursillo Community
Thursday, July 28
9:30 a.m. Rosary
10:30 a.m Mass St. Theresa Point and Wasagamach, MB
3 p.m. Mass Dene Nations of Saskatchewan
7 p.m. Mass Métis Nation of Alberta
8:30 p.m. The Way of the Cross – The
Living Rosary
Enoch and Alexander First Nations, AB
Friday, July 29
10 a.m. Mass Pelican Narrows and Sandy Bay, SK
1 p.m Mass Tlicho First Nation, Behchoko, NWT