We are officially one week into the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Lenten Pilgrimage and Bishop Robert Brennan has been leading every step of the way.
Wednesday’s stop was Immaculate Conception Church in Astoria, where Bishop Brennan celebrated Mass.
He led a group of pilgrims who are trying to attend a majority of the pilgrimage, like Diane Debernardo from Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Brooklyn, who has a goal of making at least 20 stops, but wants to attend more.
She told Currents News seeing the familiar faces at all the different stops has been encouraging her in her lenten journey.
There are still plenty of stops along the Lenten Pilgrimage if you want to join.
The faithful are stopping at 40 churches, 22 in Brooklyn and 18 in Queens, and will travel in almost like a circle.
It began on Ash Wednesday at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James, and will go through Brooklyn, into Queens, and eventually wind up in Brooklyn again, and at that end, during the Holy Triduum, parishioners can celebrate at their own parishes.
To see all the stops the pilgrims will make, just download the Lenten Pilgrimage app.
All you have to do is search “Lenten Pilgrimage” on the Apple or Google Play store, and if you can’t be there in person, the app helps you there too.
You can join the prayer community there right from the palm of your hand.
You can read more about that app in this week’s issue of The Tablet.
See all of its features, including the prayer intentions and a list of all the participating churches, plus, hear from the minds behind the app and this year’s pilgrimage.