16,000 pilgrims will depart next Saturday from St. Sulpicius Church in Paris to the Gothic-famous cathedral in Chartres. The faithful will arrive in their place, as all year, at the Celebration of the Holy Spirit. The heart of the event is celebrations in the classical form of the Roman rite, popularly called Tridentian. conventional atmosphere and liturgy attract like a magnet...
This year the organizers had to close the records due to the over-opportunity of organizational interest. This is the first specified case in 40 years – since in 1983 the pilgrimage, which dates back to the roots of the 12th century, received a renewed interest from Catholics attached to the "trident" liturgy. In addition to the time of COVID sharpens, however, the initiative has been noted for respective years. Already last year, 15,000 believers marched from Paris to Chartres.
– This is nothing but a striking evidence of the popularity of conventional Mass among young Catholics – commented on the attendance evidence present at the pilgrimage Michael J. Matt – editor-in-chief of the American average "The Remnant". The writer has been on the tour for 30 years, all year.
“I am grateful that last year I had a chance to participate in the pilgrimage for the first time... and found it very uplifting. the feast of faith, The chance to meet a very diverse group of young Catholics and to walk through the streets of Paris and beautiful French villages (...)", recounted last year's impressions of the march by publicist Edward Pentin.
“On the route, it is constantly surrounded by a joyful, vibrant atmosphere of the community, and the penitent aspect of the pilgrimage is besides omnipresent”, added the Vaticanist. "Last year, behind our group, we had an highly lively delegation from the French Saint-Tropez, whose singing could be heard almost on the French Riviera, while Portuguese pilgrims were walking peacefully along the way (...)", recalled the experience of 2022.
– In the mid-1980s, the pilgrimage to Chartres became a key bastion on the front of the opposition of conventional Catholics against the heresy of modernism – spoke in a short documentary movie published by The Remnant Michael Matt. – Today... it is simply a youth movement, a wonderful... vacation of youth and vitality of the Catholic tradition renewal movement. The average age of the pilgrimage to Chartres is only 20 years. They love God in conventional Latin Mass, accept the Holy Communion on their knees, on their tongues, like their mothers and fathers (...) – he continued.
– 40 years ago, a tiny group of conventional Catholic laymen called “Notre- Dame de Chretiente” revived the pilgrimage for the first time since the closing of the Second Vatican Council. But they were not allowed to enter the cathedral to execute the Trident Mass, so the first Trident Mass at the Pilgrimage to Chartres held outside the closed door... – outlined the beginning of the narrator initiative.
Source: edwardpentin.co.uk, Youtube/ TheRemnantVideo
