Join us on Tuesday, August 15, 2023 for our 11th Annual Pilgrimage Walk in honour of Our Lady

August 15, is the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In Australia, it is a holy day of obligation.

On 1 November 1950, in the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus Pope Pius XII declared the Assumption of Mary as a dogma:

By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.

PILGRIMAGE PROGRAM

• Beginning with 11.30 am Mass at Franciscan Shrine of the Holy Innocents (8 Greyfriar Place, Kellyville)
• The walk starts from the Shrine 1pm sharp! (8 Greyfriar Place, Kellyville)
  Along Windsor Road to Parramatta Cathedral – 14km in total
• First refreshment stop at St. Michael’s, Baulkham Hills – (approx 2.30pm)
• Second refreshment stop at St. Monica’s, North Parramatta – (approx 4.30pm)
• Finishing at Parramatta Cathedral with final prayer & readings – (approx 6pm)