https://www.friendsoffrrale.org/home daily 1.0 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/f24c62b0-697c-4c49-968f-060299e9edf8/IMG_5420.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/8826ba1e-5cac-4e5f-a3a5-9cd816b9bbf9/IMG_5362.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/f6913f3a-3ca2-42f8-8622-cb4e90d81d7a/IMG_5356.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619822056572-YG88OARI5P10R72D00VR/IMG_1520.JPG Home - Pilgrimages Between 2017 and 2019, pilgrims gathered annually at the site of Fr. Rale’s mission and martyrdom in Madison, Maine. Pilgrimage would gather at a local church first (usually St. Sebastian’s in Madison). The Blessed Sacrament would be exposed and then a series of readings from Fr. Rale’s letters and a reflection would follow. The pilgrims would then meet at Old Point where they would process through the site of Fr. Rale’s mission. Much like in the stations of the cross, the pilgrims would pause at different places along the route to read excerpts from Fr. Rale’s letters and reflections. These excerpts took them through the story of Fr. Rale’s life and death. Each of these pilgrimages had a different theme. You may follow the link below to access the text of the pilgrimage for each year. Go and Set the World on Fire - Pilgrimage 2017 With Our Lady at the Foot of the Cross - Pilgrimage 2018 After the Heart of the Good Shepherd - Pilgrimage 2019 https://www.friendsoffrrale.org/friends-of-fr-rale daily 0.75 2020-08-26 https://www.friendsoffrrale.org/life-of-fr-rale daily 0.75 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619835842025-NH5NUX6B01HA9KV4XWC6/Fr.+Rale_1.jpg Life of Fr. Rale - A talk given by Joseph Moreshead in Gardiner, Maine, 2019 The Life of Fr. 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Rale was a divisive figure. He was a French Catholic priest in Protestant New England, devoting his life to the souls of Abenaki men and women with whom the English were at war. For this reason, there are many disputes about his character and the exact events of his life. Below are some of the most common disputed issues. https://www.friendsoffrrale.org/meditations daily 0.75 2021-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619807192806-GJ74VCDY3CJP4QUGPNZD/IMG_0615.JPG Meditations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619807706287-DGWVZTYXJRIGS6OQ9X9T/IMG_2411.JPG Meditations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619807813093-RL6C7K7Y930YDA4L690Y/IMG_0620.JPG Meditations https://www.friendsoffrrale.org/directions-to-old-point daily 0.75 2021-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/d64c0042-87e7-41c9-83c7-4fa1e53644df/IMG_0736.JPG Directions to Old Point https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/ce1cc4b0-8218-4db0-8d80-132c067f33a5/IMG_0744.JPG Directions to Old Point https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/31bce11d-92ea-49c7-b229-03702fd73917/IMG_0747.JPG Directions to Old Point https://www.friendsoffrrale.org/artifacts daily 0.75 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619809977923-5W8YE7G7DR8JGPU5RAJF/Indian+Island.jpeg Artifacts and Artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619810295515-8NQMCD0MMA7X3MOUIURW/Rale%27s_opening_words_and_signature_in_his_dictionary.JPG Artifacts and Artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619809486574-OG5MDII8BLE499UN9BMS/IMG_1619.JPG Artifacts and Artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619809537998-68BWO9YZ6MTUQVSARSJP/IMG_1621.JPG Artifacts and Artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619809683732-5LEH71D48RU8MTTAVG42/IMG_1615.JPG Artifacts and Artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619809652201-DS1AS3Z6Q2RVOVBVX0SC/IMG_1613.JPG Artifacts and Artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619836489700-ZTN7HLAWGMIGIDUAYEQ0/IMG_1562.JPG Artifacts and Artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619836225642-W8N980A0ADTCCDUHHD1A/Fr.+Rale_1.jpg Artifacts and Artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619836247875-OGFTPKGPST5W7UCAL7QJ/Death_of_Father_Sebastian_Rale_of_the_Society_of_Jesus.jpg Artifacts and Artwork "Death of Father Sebastian Rale of the Society of Jesus. Killed by the English and Mohawks at Norridgewock, Aug. 23, 1724." Frontpiece of "Indian Good Book made by Eugene Vetromile Indian Patriarch for the Benefit of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, St. John's, Micmac and other tribes of the Abnaki Indians, 1856." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619836341454-JGX3U7TUHJWQUOMUGJC6/Rale.jpg Artifacts and Artwork From the stained glass windows of Notre Dame de Lourdes Church in Skowhegan, Maine (not far from the Norridgewock Mission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619836293969-LPSDSQDOSOQY6Z6616IO/Cruel_murder_of_Father_Sebastian_Rasle.jpg Artifacts and Artwork “The Cruel Death of Fr. Sebastian Rasle” https://www.friendsoffrrale.org/pilgrimage-2017 daily 0.75 2021-04-30 https://www.friendsoffrrale.org/pilgrimage-2018 daily 0.75 2021-04-30 https://www.friendsoffrrale.org/pilgrimage-2019 daily 0.75 2021-04-30 https://www.friendsoffrrale.org/go-and-set-the-world-on-fire daily 0.75 2020-08-26 https://www.friendsoffrrale.org/they-have-no-wine daily 0.75 2020-08-26 https://www.friendsoffrrale.org/hungry-for-love daily 0.75 2020-08-26 https://www.friendsoffrrale.org/about-the-author daily 0.75 2021-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4687b4e18e6037721f8594/1619819264728-NV0KIS4Q1SD527WLJQV0/IMG_1291.JPG About the Author Joe Moreshead with Louise Hunt, author of In the Shadow of the Steel Cross, a recently published book on Fr. 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