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Pilgrims walk 90kms in Christus Rex Pilgrimage
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Approximately 600 pilgrims walked from Ballarat to Bendigo for the annual Christus Rex Pilgrimage. Held over the last weekend in October to honor the feast of Christ the King, the event follows the 1962 Tridentine calendar.
Now in its 36th year, the pilgrimage is described as the first known Traditional Catholic pilgrimage in Australia. Participants stayed in parish halls during the journey.
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- Official source@catholic_weeklyI walked 90kms with sore feet, 600 other pilgrims and clouds of flies. I can’t wait to do it again
The Catholic Weekly · Elizabeth Nunes
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