The attendance for a German traditional pilgrimage organised by the Fraternal Society of St Peter (FSSP) is set to double this year as interest continues to grow in the old rite.
The pilgrimage route goes from Cologne to Kevelaer, a historic Marian pilgrimage town in North Rhine-Westphalia which attracts a million visitors annually. Taking place from September 10 to 13 this year, it is the seventh Cologne-Kevelaer pilgrimage organised by the FSSP.
In an interview with CNA Deutsch, co-organiser Bernhard Weiskirch said the goal of the organisers was to further expand their capacities, pointing to the increasing numbers of participants in their sister pilgrimages in France and Spain, which number in the thousands and have an average of mid-20s. Weiskirch said the examples make it clear that “there is a strong interest in the traditional liturgical forms, especially among the younger generation.”
