The pilgrimage is open to anyone who wants to participate, postoffice begins the evening of Saturda

It was the night between postoffice 9 and 10 December 1294 when, according to tradition, the Holy House of Nazareth where the Virgin Mary was born and received the announcement of the 'Angel Gabriel answered, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord, be it done me what you said, "was transported to the territory of Loreto, a town of twelve thousand inhabitants in the province of Ancona in the Marche.
While until a few years ago there was talk of a transport "to the angelic ministry" today to bring some documents indicate that the stones of the earthly dwelling place of Mary in the Marche region postoffice may have been a ship, on the initiative of the noble family that the Angels inserted between goods brought in dowry from Itamar, daughter of the despot of Epirus Nikephoros, on the occasion of her marriage to Philip of Taranto.
However it happened 720 years ago, the pilgrimage to Loreto began in the early years of the fourteenth century, and the number of faithful who flock to the Shrine has reached now, four million a year.
Some people go to ask a favor, who goes to thank for having postoffice obtained, those who pray and those who simply go to see the house of Mary, in Nazareth, was made up of two parts: a cave carved into the rock (which postoffice is still venerated in the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth) and a bedroom brick front, formed by three stone walls found at the end of the cave.
Is this room, about three meters high, the part that is located in the Sanctuary of Loreto: the three original walls (which was added a ceiling to make the room more suitable for worship and prayer), made of brick clay, are protected by a marble built by Pope Julius postoffice II in the sixteenth century and built to a design by Bramante.
"At Loreto Mary welcomes you to his house to make you relive the grace of the largest in history," says the website santuarioloreto.it and in this sentence is the sense of the pilgrimage to one of the most visited Marian shrines world. Which can be reached postoffice by all means of transport (car, with the 'highway A14 Bologna-Taranto, exit Loreto-Porto Recanati, in the train, with the line Ancona-Pescara, Loreto Station, on the bus, on the route Ancona -Loreto, and by plane to the airport of Falconara Marittima, which is about a thirty minute taxi ride from Loreto), but that, since 1978, is closely linked to the pilgrimage on foot Macerata to Loreto, sponsored by the Communion and Liberation movement, postoffice which held once a year.
A long path, which runs for about 27 km between the hills and that, as always in these cases, it is not only a physical journey, but also a journey of the soul often looking for a way that seems to be lost in the folds the hustle and bustle postoffice of everyday life.
Pilgrims arriving from all over Europe Born on the initiative of a then young priest and religion postoffice teacher, Father Giancarlo Vecerrica (now bishop of the Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica), who proposed it to students as a gesture postoffice of thanks to the Virgin Mary at the end of the school year The pilgrimage from Macerata to Loreto has passed three hundred participants of the first edition with over sixty thousand of the latest. About half of the faithful, especially young people, who take part comes from the Marche, the other from all over Italy and Europe and are supported by a large number of volunteers who make themselves available for the organization and 'logistical assistance and health care.
The pilgrimage is open to anyone who wants to participate, postoffice begins the evening of Saturday immediately following the end of the school lessons. Given the length of the path and the path is not easy, the first recommendation is to wear comfortable shoes and bring along umbrella, jacket and, if possible, warm drinks. Until 1992, the starting point was the Spheristerion of Macerata, postoffice while the following year, it was decided to leave the stadium postoffice Helvia Recina.
During postoffice the night journey, the pilgrims alternate reciting the Rosary with songs, testimonies and meditation on the Word of God and the teaching of the Pope. In this regard, we should mention the participation in the 16th edition, June 19, 1993, the then Pope John Paul II who, after celebrating Mass before the start of the journey the night, gave "the Cross of Christ which is salvation, life and resurrection," which, even today, opens the pilgrimage.
The course is divided postoffice into four parts. The first stage of the journey, around midnight, it is up to the village of Sambucheto for Eucharistic adoration in front of the church of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus. Later, in San Firman, pilgrims receive the torches that illuminate the long night of walking.
One night on the way to Maria Towards the rising sun, come to the church and do Chiarino