News Release
April 1, 2008
Reverend Monsignor Joseph G. Prior, Rector of Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, will lead approximately 150 seminarians, administrators, and faculty members on a walking pilgrimage from Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, located in Wynnewood, Montgomery County, to the shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia, 1166 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sunday, April 6, 2008. This pilgrimage will be a walking journey of approximately 7 miles.
This year marks the second time in the Seminary's history that the pilgrimage will be made entirely on foot; the previous pilgrimage was March, 2006 to the Shrine of Saint John Neumann in North Philadelphia
The pilgrims will depart the Seminary at 11:30 a.m. They will arrive at the Saint Rita of Cascia Shrine at 2:00 p.m. and attend Mass celebrated by Reverend Monsignor Joseph G. Prior at 3:30 p.m.
Departure at 11:30 a.m. (Interview availability at 11:15 a.m.)
100 East Wynnewood Road
Wynnewood, Montgomery County
11:15 a.m.
Shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia
Arrival at approximately 2:00 p.m. (Interview availability at 2:30 p.m.); Mass at 3:30 p.m. (Interview availability at 4:30 p.m.)
1166 South Broad Street
South Philadelphia
2:00 p.m.
Editor's Note: The pilgrimage route will follow Wynnewood Road to City Avenue to 54th Street to Wynnefield Avenue to Belmont Avenue to Montgomery Drive to Martin Luther King (West River) Drive to Eakins Oval to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to City Hall onto South Broad Street to the Shrine.
Contact
Daniel Skalski
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary
610-785-6231