* Minor adjustments may yet be made to this schedule.

Thursday, October 10   The Divine Maternity BVM
  8:00 a.m. - Holy Mass
  9:00 a.m. - Breakfast
  9:30 a.m. - Registration
10:15 a.m. - Seminar: “Why I am a Catholic” - An Introduction to Catholic Philosophy and
Apologetics (conducted by the priests of CMRI)
12:30 p.m. - Lunch break
  2:00 p.m. - “Why I Am a Catholic” seminar continued
  4:00 p.m. - Break
  4:30 p.m. - Tour of Mount St. Michael conducted by students of St. Michael’s High
School
  5:30 p.m. - Rosary
  6:00 p.m. - Dinner with priests and religious
  7:30 p.m. - “Catholic Jeopardy” - Test your knowledge of Catholic trivia

Friday, October 11   Our Lady of the Pillar
  6:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. - Holy Mass
  9:30 a.m. - Opening remarks
  9:45 a.m. - “The Heresy of False Ecumenism,” His Excellency, the Most Rev. Bishop
Mark A. Pivarunas, CMRI
11:00 a.m. - “Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Apparition That Led Millions of Pagan Aztecs
to the Catholic Faith,” Rev. Fr. James McGilloway, CMRI
12:30 p.m. - Lunch break
  1:15 p.m. “Mary and the Conversion of the Jews” Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI
  2:30 p.m. - Question-and-answer forum
  3:45 p.m. - Outdoor Rosary at Grotto
  4:30 p.m. - Free time, Confessions, gift shop open
  6:00 p.m. - Buffet Dinner with Apologetics presentation: “Converting Protestants to the
Catholic Faith,” Mr. Vincent Sheridan

Saturday, October 12  Our Lady of the Pillar
  7:30 a.m. - Joyful mysteries of the Rosary
  8:00 a.m. - Holy Mass
  9:40 a.m. - “Essentials for Defending the Catholic Faith” by Bishop Pivarunas
11:00 a.m. - “Vanquisher of All Heresies” - Private revelation testifies to Mary’s role.
Mr. Tim Duff
12:30 p.m. - Lunch break
  2:00 p.m. - Sorrowful mysteries in Chapel
  2:30 p.m. - “The Significance of Fatima in the Conversion of the Muslims,” Very Rev.
Fr. Casimir M. Puskorius
  3:30 p.m. - Free time, confessions in chapel, gift shop open
  4:30 p.m. - Glorious mysteries in outdoor Lourdes grotto
  5:30 p.m. - Begin seating for banquet
  6:00 p.m. - Banquet and Keynote Address

Sunday, October 13  Our Lady of Fatima
  8:00 a.m. - Low Mass
10:30 a.m. - Pontifical High Mass offered by His Excellency, Bishop Pivarunas
12:30 p.m. - Brunch, opportunity for group picture
  1:30 p.m. - “The Schismatic Churches: Devotion to Mary Will Lead Them to the Truth of
the Catholic Faith” (speaker to be announced)
  2:30 p.m. - Free time
  3:15 p.m. - Choral presentation by St. Michael’s Choir; organ pieces by Mrs. Floreen
Stratte (parish organist) and by Fr. Casimir Puskorius. We are tentatively
planning on a guest organist as well. Enjoy the beautiful and inspiring music!
  4:30 p.m. - Chanting of Vespers from the Divine Office
  5:00 p.m. - Low Mass
  6:00 p.m. - Potluck dinner
  7:30 p.m. - Candlelight Rosary Procession in honor of Our Lady of Fatima (85th
anniversary of her October 13th apparition and the Miracle of the Sun)

Monday, October 14 St. Callistus
  6:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. - Holy Mass
  9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - De Montfort Day of Recollection, with explanation of the method
taught by St. Louis Marie de Montfort, special patron of CMRI, Rev. Frater
Gabriel Lavery, CMRI, and Rev. Mr. John Trough, deacons
“Renouncement of the Spirit of the World”
“Knowledge of Self”
   Noon -      Lunch break (in silence); confessions in chapel
“Knowledge of Mary”
“Knowledge of Jesus Christ”
  3:00 p.m. - Free time, gift shop open
  5:00 p.m. - Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary and Benediction, Blessing of the
Sick, Farewell to Our Lady of Fatima
  6:00 p.m. - Closing Dinner

Tuesday, October 15   St. Teresa of Avila
  6:30 a.m. - Holy Mass
  8:30 a.m. - Leave for Mary Immaculate Queen parish (“City of Mary”) in Rathdrum, Idaho
  9:30 a.m. - Open House at Mary Immaculate Queen School, St. Joseph Minor Seminary
10:45 a.m. - Outdoor Way of the Cross
11:45 a.m. - Holy Mass
12:45 - 2:30 p.m. - Lunch and visiting at the City of Mary
Optional afternoon visit to Cataldo Mission, one of the early Jesuit mission
churches constructed in the Kellogg, Idaho, area

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Please note that we are not offering single rooms this year. Rooms will be rented on a first-come, first-served basis. Hotels and motels within 15 minutes of Mount St. Michael are located primarily on north Division. If it is your first time in Spokane and you do not plan to stay at the Mount, let us know so that we can send you necessary directions. It would, of course, be imperative for you to have your own transportation. Spokane has many high-quality hotels, most of them located within 25 minutes of the Mount.

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