Saint Francis of Assisi Shrine in Skiff Lake (St. John the Baptist Parish). Annual Shrine Mass,
August 10th, 2025, 11am.

Schedule:
10am-11am: Chapel open for prayer
11am-12noon: Open-air Mass
12:15pm: Picnic Lunch: You may bring a bag lunch or there will be a canteen open for sandwiches, sweets, hot dogs, water and soft drinks.
1pm-2pm: Rosary ~ 2pm: Healing Mass

All are welcome to join in this Spiritual Journey. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the day. The event takes place rain or shine.

(Directions: Civic address is 413 Upper Skiff Lake Road. For driving directions: take Exit 212 at Meductic, turn on to Route 122 towards Canterbury. Take Mill Street to Upper Skiff Lake Road, follow the signs or drive on Route 122 to just past Skiff Lake, turn right onto the Upper Skiff Lake Road, follow the signs.)

DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC PLACE: The Shrine to Saint Francis of Assisi is comprised of a small 19th-century wood frame chapel situated in an isolated spot within a pastoral setting. With the shrine and its collection of religious statues and artefacts.

The Shrine to Saint Francis of Assisi was designated a Provincial Historic Site to commemorate the construction of a place of worship by Irish Catholic settlers of the area circa 1865. The Shrine to Saint Francis of Assisi is also recognized for commemorating the 17th-century Franciscan Mission to the Wolastoqiyik people. Originally named after St. Joseph, in 1923 the chapel was dedicated to Saint Francis of Assisi, to celebrate relations between the Franciscans and Wolastoqiyik people.

This location still is a place of devotion and pilgrimage and holds significant religious import to Wolastoqiyik peoples and others of the Catholic faith. Credited with healing the sick and infirmed for almost a century, the Shrine to Saint Francis of Assisi is the site of an annual Pilgrimage on Shrine Sunday, the second Sunday of August. Source: Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport - Heritage Branch - Site File: Vol. VII-76

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