43rd PILGRIMAGE OF PENTECOST
7, 8, 9 JUNE 2025
That He may reign, on earth as it is in heaven
Dear pilgrims,
Our 43 rd Pentecost pilgrimage is being actively prepared. Your leaders are already working hard on the various aspects of the rich theme that brings us together this year: “That He may reign, on earth as it is in heaven”. The subject of the social reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ is at the heart of Notre-Dame de Chrétienté. Sadly, it is rather neglected in the Church today. In choosing this theme, we wanted to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Pope Pius XI’s Encyclical Quas Primas, which instituted the liturgical feast of Christ the King. The times we live in, with their uncertainties and threats, make this theme even more topical: “We must seek the peace of Christ through the reign of Christ”, teaches Pius XI.
During this time of preparation, the support teams are working on setting up new bivouacs, some of which will be several kilometers apart. These are simple things to say, but you can imagine that they call for a greater investment on the part of the volunteers responsible for the pilgrimage’s logistics and safety.
During this time of preparation, support teams are working to set up new bivouacs, some of which will be several kilometers apart. These are simple things to say, but you can imagine that they call for a greater investment by the volunteers responsible for the pilgrimage’s logistics and security.
Finally, despite rumors that the closing mass at the cathedral might be banned, Mgr Christory, Bishop of Chartres, has confirmed that he will be there to welcome you and give the homily. We will then be able to solemnly celebrate the cathedral’s 1,000th jubilee by passing through the holy door built for pilgrims, accompanied by the insignificant relic of the veil of the Blessed Virgin, which is the cathedral’s treasure. And to bring our 43rd pilgrimage to a close, at the start of mass we will consecrate Notre-Dame de Chrétienté and each of you to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, whose apparitions at Paray-le-Monial this year mark their 350th anniversary.
As we enter Lent, we invite you to pray for the success of our pilgrimage, that it may contribute to the glory of God and the salvation of many souls.
Notre Dame de Paris, pray for us,
Notre Dame de Chartres, pray for us,
Notre Dame de la Sainte Espérance, convert us.
Philippe Darantière
President of Notre-Dame de Chrétienté
« I am bold enough to predict that Chartres will become, more than ever, the West’s main centre of devotion to Mary. People will flock to Chartres, as they did in times gone by, from all over the world. »
French Cardinal pie
May 31st 1855
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WHO
ARE
WE?
When the Henri and André Charlier Centre – later Notre-Dame de Chrétienté – revived the historic Pentecost pilgrimage to Chartres in 1983, its aim was to promote Christendom, i.e. to make “the kingship of Christ over the whole of creation and, in particular, over human societies” a reality within civic life (Catechism of the Catholic Church N° 2105).
Notre Dame de Chrétienté’s foremost vocation is to work towards the social kingship of Christ by fully enacting the encyclical letter Quas Primas of Pope Pius XI of December 11, 1925:
“In him is the salvation of the individual, in him is the salvation of society. ‘Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given to men whereby we must be saved” (Acts IV,12).”
Notre-Dame de Chrétienté relies on three pillars to help promote and propagate the social kingship of Christ: Tradition (which we receive), Christendom (in which we live) and Mission (by which we transmit).