The theme of the year is: "Community renewed through prayer", and the motto of the vow farewell is: "Renew yourself!"
On Saturday, May 18, at half past one, the festive mass will be celebrated at the Hármashalom altar.
According to the Romkat.ro portal, the opening Mass will be celebrated on Friday, May 17, from 6 p.m., followed by a festive rosary. From Friday to Saturday, a vigil is held in the church of Csiksomlyo.
On Saturday, May 18, at 7:30 a.m., a holy mass will be celebrated in the church, from 10 a.m. there will be a solemn rosary at the Hármashalom altar.
At 10:30 a.m., the procession leaves from the square in front of the Church of God to the saddle, where the festive mass will be celebrated at the Hármashalom altar at 12:30 p.m. This year, the celebratory speaker of the Holy Mass will be Pécs County Bishop László Felföldi.
The Pentecost Saturday program continues at 5:00 p.m. with a Holy Mass in the parish church of St. Peter and Paul.
According to the Transylvanian Catholic portal, the guardians of the Csíksomlyó shrine, the Franciscans, choose a motto for the given year every year, which is also the motto of the vow farewell on Pentecost Sunday. This year, the Csíksomlyó shrine joined the pastoral year announced in the main diocese of Gyulafehérvár.
The theme of the year is: "Community renewed through prayer", and the motto of the vow farewell is: "Renew yourself!"
For this year's Pentecost farewell in Csiksomlyo, Misszió Tours will launch pilgrimage trains with the cooperation of MÁV-START Zrt. The Bolgodasszony pilgrimage train to Csíksomlyo will run between May 16 and 19, which will depart from Budapest's Keleti railway station early in the morning after the ceremonial blessing of the pilgrims.
The route: Budapest, Keleti-pu.–Szolnok–Püspökladány–Debrecen–Nyírábrány–Érmihályfalva–Nagykároly–Zilah–Zsibó–Dés–Déda–Maroshévíz–Gyergyószentmiklós–Marosfő–Csíkszentdomokos–Csíkmadaras–Madéfalva–Csíkszereda.
The Mission train to Csíksomlyo runs between May 17th and 19th, which also departs from Budapest, Keleti railway station. Route towards Csíksomlyó: Budapest, Keleti pu.–Szolnok–Püspökladány–Debrecen–Nyírábrány–Érmihályfalva–Nagykároly–Zilah–Zsibó–Dés–Déda–Gyergyószentmiklós–Csíkszereda.
It is worth knowing that the railway traffic between Cluj-Napoca and Nagyvárad in Transylvania was stopped for several years due to the modernization of the track, so the journey takes longer. International trains connecting Budapest with the cities of Székelyföld have been redirected from the Biharkeresztes border crossing to the Nyírábrány border crossing.
Cover image: The national pilgrimage train leaving for the Pentecost farewell in Csíksomlyo at the Keleti railway station
SOURCE: MTI/ZOLTÁN BALOGH
