Please bring your ticket on a mobile device so that it may be verified upon arrival. Multiple tickets can be carried on a device. If you don’t have a mobile device, please carry your ticket on a companion’s device and arrange to arrive together.

Monday, July 25

10 AM – Maskwacis, Alberta

No private cars will be allowed on site, only official secure group buses and official secure shuttle buses will be able to reach the Maskwacis grounds.

Ticketholders for the Maskwacis event must board the official secure shuttle buses that will be loaded at the available Park-and-Ride locations.

All participants must arrive at a Park-and-Ride meeting spot very early: between 5 and 7 a.m. Arrivals after 7 a.m. are unlikely to get to the site in time for the event due to the large volumes of attendees anticipated.

Get Park’n’Ride TICKETS to Maskwacis Here

Arrival At Park-and-Ride by Personal Vehicle

If you are arriving by personal vehicle, we ask that you register for one of the Park-and-Ride locations. You can register via this Link.

No vehicles (other than our designated shuttle bus and group bus service) will be allowed at Maskwacis. Travel by designated bus shuttles is required to access the Maskwacis site.

Arrival By Group Bus

If your group is coming on a bus, your bus must stop at a Park-and-Ride location for security screening and to receive a placard that will allow your bus to proceed to the Maskwacis grounds.

See below our Four Park-and-Ride Locations:

  1. Reynolds Alberta Museum, 6426 40 Avenue, Wetaskiwin AB – Click Link for Map
  2. Wetaskiwin Agricultural Society, Click Link for Map
  3. Edmonton International Speedway – Click Link for Map
  4.  Ponoka Stampede Grounds – Click Link for Map

What to Bring

All participants are encouraged to bring water and snacks in a small bag as they will have to arrive early in the morning and depart after lunch time.

Be prepared for the weather. As appropriate, bring sunscreen, a raincoat, etc.

4:45 PM (MT) – Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples, Edmonton

This is an invitation-only event. Priority has been given to members of the Sacred Heart Urban Indigenous community.

Tuesday, July 26

9:15 AM (MT) – Commonwealth Stadium (with overflow at adjacent Clark Field), Edmonton

Park & Ride for Commonwealth Papal Mass

There is no parking on site:

  1. Edmonton Transit will be free for Guests at Mass – your ticket serves as a transit pass.
  2. Organization-provided group transportation must be registered to receive their accreditation.
  3. Group Contact People will be given an assigned park and ride for the whole group. We encourage groups to carpool to the park and rides.

ETS will provide Park & Ride service between Commonwealth Stadium and a variety of Park & Ride sites for the Papal Mass.

ETS bus routes 2, 3 and 101, as well as the Capital Line LRT, run near Commonwealth Stadium. You can use your ticket as fare for regular bus/LRT and Park & Ride buses from 7am until 2:30pm on July 26. Park & Ride buses start running at 7am and run approximately every 5 minutes from each location:

  • Calder City Lot (124 Street and 124 Avenue)
  • Davies City Lot (86 Street and 61 Avenue)
  • Eaux Claires Lot (97 Street and 157 Avenue)
  • Lewis Farms (1021 Webber Greens Drive)
    • Note: To accommodate Valley Line West construction, this lot has a lower amount of available stalls. If you use this lot, please plan to arrive early, or park at Calder.
  • Mill Woods Town Centre (66 Street and 23 Avenue)
  • Downtown route will run between 107 Street/Jasper Avenue (buses going to the mass start at Bus Stop #1035) and Commonwealth Stadium.

Sherwood Park/Strathcona County also offers Park and Ride service: Special event shuttle service | Strathcona County

5 PM (MT) – Lac Ste Anne: Pilgrimage and Liturgy of the Word

Reservation or Ticket required (free)  – Event will be broadcast / streamed live

REQUIRED: REGISTER FOR PARK’N”RIDE BUS:
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

In the early evening, the Holy Father will travel to Lac Ste. Anne, the site of an annual pilgrimage that welcomes tens of thousands of Indigenous participants from throughout Canada and the United States each year. Programming will be offered throughout the day leading up to the Holy Father’s participation in a prayer service.

Tickets / Access

 

Please note that seating inside the Shrine area of Lac Ste. Anne has been reserved largely for survivors and Indigenous partners. Priority seating allocations for survivors, Elders and knowledge keepers has been provided to National Indigenous Organizations (NIO’s), Catholic dioceses traveling with survivors and other Indigenous partners. Lists of delegates have already been completed or are being prepared. Please connect with your respective NIO, diocese or Indigenous partner. If you are a survivor and do not have contact with an Indigenous organization, e-mail LSA@papalvisit.ca or LSA@visitepapale.ca.

For groups that traditionally travel to Lac Ste. Anne on pilgrimage, please refer to the Lac Ste Anne Pilgrimage’s website.

Please bring your ticket on a mobile device so that it may be verified upon arrival. Multiple tickets can be carried on a device. If you don’t have a mobile device, please carry your ticket on a companion’s device and arrange to arrive together.

No private cars will be allowed on site, only official secure group buses and official secure shuttle buses will be able to reach the Lac Ste. Anne grounds.

Ticketholders for the Lac Ste. Anne event must board the official secure shuttle buses that will be loaded at the available Park-and-Ride locations.

All participants must arrive at a Park-and-Ride meeting spot: between 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Arrivals after 2 p.m. are unlikely to get to the site in time for the event due to the large volumes of attendees anticipated.

Arrival At Park-and-Ride by Personal Vehicle

If you are arriving by personal vehicle, we ask that you register for one of the Park-and-Ride locations. Registration will open on Wednesday, July 20th at 10:00 a.m. MST. You can register via this Link.

No vehicles (other than our designated shuttle bus and group bus service) will be allowed at Lac Ste. Anne. Travel by designated bus shuttles is required to access the Lac Ste. Anne site.

Arrival By Group Bus

If your group is coming on a bus, your bus must stop at a Park-and-Ride location for security screening and to receive a placard that will allow your bus to proceed to the Lac Ste. Anne grounds.

See Below our Six Park-and-Ride Locations:

What to Bring

All participants are encouraged to bring water and snacks in a small bag as they will have to arrive early in the morning and depart after lunch time.

Be prepared for the weather. As appropriate, bring sunscreen, a raincoat, etc.

Public Health Information

Some Papal Visit activities may bring you in close proximity to lake water.  Lakes in Alberta are monitored for water quality including Cyanobacterial (Blue-Green Algal) Blooms and fecal bacteria contamination.  If detected at a level that could be a risk to human health, an Advisory will be issued for a particular lake.  Public Health Advisory signs and Public Cyanobacterial (Blue-Green Algal) Bloom/Water Quality Information signs will be posted at all public beaches and at other public areas.  Contact with blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) blooms should be avoided and washing with drinkable water should occur as soon as possible.

Official advisories can be found at the Alberta Health Services website at http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/news/page1926.aspx.

The Papal Visit to Canada secretariat has been created by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, the national assembly of the Bishops of Canada. It was founded in 1943 and officially recognized by the Holy See in 1948. The Papal Visit team is working closely with numerous partners including the Vatican, Indigenous Elders, knowledge keepers and survivors of residential schools along with government officials at the federal, provincial and municipal levels as we prepare for this historic visit.

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