Pilgrimage & the Vatican Assessment Flashcards
what is a pilgrimage?
a pilgrimage is a holy journey of religious or spiritual importance
identify 4 reasons why a person would want to go on a pilgrimage
- to seek physical or spiritual healing
- to discover more about their faith
- for companionship
- to follow in Jesus’ footsteps or to show devotion to a particular saint
why would a pilgrim make a journey to Lourdes?
- to experience the healing nature of the site
- to show devotion to mary
- to drink/bathe in the waters
identify 3 things that you can do in Lourdes
- meet the pope
- bathe in waters/fountains
- participate in the torchlight and/or blessed sacrament processions
write as many things as you can remember about the blessed sacrament procession
- everyday from april to october @ 5pm
- starts at the open air altar
- lead by the bishop
- prayers are said in 6 different languages
- ends in the basilica
write as many things as you can remember about the torchlight procession
- lasts for an hour and a half
- takes place every evening at 9pm
- the statue of our lady is carried
- concludes with mass
what is the cachot?
- the town prison cell until 1824
- because the Soubirous family home
- small squalid room
what do pilgrims do at the way of the cross?
- fourteen stations of the cross
- depicts christ’s journey to his excecution
- pilgrim stop and pray at each statue to reflect
what is the most famous church in the vatican?
st peters basilica
list 3 things you can do in the vatican city
- visit the sistine chapel
- see the scala santa
- meet the pope
describe two reasons why someone would want to visit the sistine chapel
- to see Michealangelo’s artwork (the creation story)
- where the papal conclave takes place when a new pope is elected
what are the scala santa? what is the significance of it?
these are the steps that jesus walked up to meet pontius pilate
pilgrims kneel at each other 28 steps to pray.
what artwork is in the vatican? what does it resemble?
la pieta by michaelangelo
st peters square was designed by bernini
