2005–2006 Pilgrims Click image to enlarge.

A group of CYO members, pastor Father Joseph A. Daley, and CYO Director Joan Kastner set the first pilgrimage in motion in 1995. The first group journeyed to Rome for Easter, 1996.

The CYO Rome Pilgrimage of 1996 was a once-in-a-lifetime event for those nineteen teens. It was also to be a singular event for St. Anthony's Church. However, before they even returned from Rome, the next group of teens and their parents were organizing their fund-raising efforts. Father Daley agreed to one more pilgrimage, but it was to be the last. Then came word of a Jubilee Year in 2000. Father Daley agreed to let another group form and opened the door for any parishioners who wanted to go along; but, this was surely to be the last! However, by now the parents and youth of St. Anthony's were counting by two's to see which year they would be going to Rome. There is even talk about "Rome 2012". Whatever the future holds is uncertain, but the past has born witness to the changes these pilgrimages have made on those who have attended.

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