Record Staff Report
The St. Meinrad Archabbey’s pilgrimages at the Monte Cassino Shrine to honor the Blessed Mother will take place on Sundays in October.
The pilgrimages will feature a weekly speaker. Each service begins at 2 p.m. CDT with an opening hymn and a short sermon followed by a rosary procession, according to a press release from St. Meinrad. The service ends with the litany of the Blessed Virgin and a hymn.
The speakers and topics for the pilgrimages are as follows:
Oct. 7 — Benedictine Father Guerric DeBona will present “Mary as the Hearer of the Word.”
Oct. 14 — Benedictine Brother Maurus Zoeller will present “Marian Shrines and Pilgrimages.”
Oct. 21 — Benedictine novice Christian Lumsden will present “Mary Theotokos, Bearer of God: The Example to Us for Christian Living.”
Oct. 28 — Benedictine Brother Kolbe Wolniakowski will present “Our Lady: Star of the Sea.”
The Monte Cassino Shrine is located one mile east of the archabbey on State Highway 62 in St. Meinrad, Ind. For more information, call Mary Jeanne Schumacher during business hours at 812-357-6501, or call 812-357-6611 on the day of the event.
