In the month of July we had lot of pilgrims as it is also the summer season. Many tourists came to La Salette also to escape the heat. As per the desire of our former Superior General Eugene Barrette M.S his mortal remains (Ashes) were buried in the Cemetery of Holy Mountain. The funeral ceremony was on July Saturday July 24.
Italian Retreat and Walk from Corps to La Salette
Fr. Biju Chempottickal M.S preached the three days Italian retreat from July 3 to 5 on the theme of “The way of Reconciliation with God, with others, with oneself and with creation.” There were 42 participants for the retreat and it is for the first time in the recent years that we had a big number of participants for a retreat in the Shrine. Another special program organized by Fr. Biju this year was the “walk like the first pilgrims”; walk from Corps to La Salette on every Wednesday from June 17 to August 26. There are many pilgrims participated in this program; the walk began with the visit of the Church of Corps, house of Maximin and Melanie and other important historical places of Corps. The participants also visited the Church of St. Julien and the chapel of Les Ablandins, house of Pierre Selme, and Jean Baptist Pra where Maximin and Melanie worked. The Holy Eucharist was celebrated in the Kitchen of the house of Jean Baptist Pra, where the message of our Lady was written for the first time. It was a special moment for the pilgrims to visit those historical places. In the afternoon pilgrims participated in the long way of the cross from St. Julien to La Salette Shrine. It was a full day of walk, and prayer; a different way of doing recollection.
PPP and Final profession
In the month of July there were 44 participants of PPP with General council and translators on the Holy Mountain. At the end of the program on July 26 Sunday 21 of them professed their final profession. Those who professed their final profession were from Angola, India, Madagascar and United States. There were also few La Salette sisters participated in the Final Profession program.
