I received an email about a pilgrimage which will take place in France from 27-28 September to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the apparitions of St. Michael to St. Joan of Arc. Link HERE
They will have conferences, rosaries and Masses. On Sunday, St. Michael’s Day, there will be a Pontifical Mass in the traditional Roman Rite at Domrémy.
Got to the site and check it out. Here is a link to the route and schedule. HERE
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Love St. Joan of Arc! Recently was able to venerate the ring she wore when she consecrated herself to God. It is one of the only relic of hers. It is located in the chapel in the Catholic theme park, (the 4th most popular in the world), Le Puy du Fou. Our priest celebrated Holy Mass on the altar with the ring of St. Joan of Arc on it!
A Catholic French parlimentarian. Phillip de Villiers found the ring in England, bought it and brought it to the theme park in Western France, (Pays de la Loire) which he owns. Le Puy du Fou is amazing and the shows are so professional and the sets are elaborate. Even amazingly trained animals participate in the shows. One is set is a Roman colesseum with the races with teams of horses, a la Ben Hur, games and gladiators trying to kill Christians. https://www.puydufou.com/france/en/must-see-france
I loved reading “Joan of Arc” by Mark Twain.
After 12 years of research, he published it in 1896. It was republished by Ignatius Press in 1989.
It contains only a little humor and a dash of fiction, but a ton of history and real life drama from the short life of the maid from Domremy.
The best part of the humor and fiction is in the original title, “The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte.” Even though Samuel Clemens already had the alias, “Mark Twain,” he invented another author, Sieur Louis de Conte, as well as a translator, Jean Francois Alden. But it was all Mark Twain.
We went to Domrémy last year. It was, well, a lot like it would have been when Joan lived there. Her home is still there. Her church is still there (although the layout has been flipped, so there are signs (in French) all over the church to show you where she received her First Holy Communion, was baptized, etc.). The hills and fields are still there. It’s a very small and untouristed place. (There are a couple of gift shops, and of course the museum, but you get the impression that few pilgrims visit.)
The museum was surprisingly good. We spent a long time there.
Everyone we met in Domrémy was friendly and helpful.
The Basilica is down the road a bit, and it was under construction before Joan was canonized with, apparently, the implicit understanding that it would become her Basilica when the time came).
Standing and walking in Joan’s footsteps was a profound experience. She was so incredibly brave to leave her tiny village in a beautiful part of France to go to war to restore the king, of all things. Her faith was profound, because she did leave, and she did go to war, and she paid the ultimate price for her faith.
I’ve been to Rouen twice (also profound, in a completely different way), but seeing where Joan (La Pucelle, in France) grew up made her so much more real.
P.S. If you go, please consider learning French words of greeting and politeness (bonjour, au revoir, merci, s’il vous plait, etc.). They will go a long way in every interaction, I promise!