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Adoration Pilgrimage Planning helps you find Eucharistic Adoration chapels along a journey and organize the chapels you would like to visit. Enter a starting location and an ending location, select the mile radius and Adoration dates, and submit the search. Adoration Search will display the route and the chapels that match your selections. You can then create a pilgrimage, add chapels as stops, arrange the stops in the order you want to visit them, and use the itinerary for directions and planning.

Pilgrimage Planning lets you turn chapel search results into a personal Adoration pilgrimage.

Begin by activating Pilgrimage Planning and identifying the starting and ending locations for your trip. Search for chapels along or near the area you plan to travel, then use Make a Stop to add the chapels you want to visit. A chapel may be added more than once when your pilgrimage requires more than one visit to the same location.

The Trip tab shows the stops that have been added to your pilgrimage. You can change their order to build the sequence of visits you want. The pilgrimage map updates to show the route and numbered stops.

The Itinerary provides the detailed trip plan, including the order of stops, estimated arrival information, driving time and distance, chapel Adoration schedules, planned visit duration, comments, and directions. QR codes and direction links make it easy to transfer directions to a phone and continue navigation while traveling.

In the sample below, several chapels have been added as stops and arranged into a personal Adoration pilgrimage.

Select Pilgrimage Planning under the Search By options. Enter your starting and ending locations, choose the mile radius, and select Today or enter a range of dates. Select Submit Search to display the route and matching chapels. After reviewing the results, select Plan New Pilgrimage. The new pilgrimage will appear under My Pilgrimages and become the active pilgrimage so that chapels can be added as stops.

The starting location identifies where your pilgrimage will begin, and the ending location identifies where it will finish. Begin typing a street address, city, parish, landmark, or other recognized place and select the appropriate location from the suggestions. Choosing a suggestion allows Adoration Search to obtain the exact location needed to calculate and display the route. The starting and ending locations can be in the same general area or hundreds of miles apart.

The mile radius determines how far from the pilgrimage route Adoration Search looks for chapels. A smaller radius keeps the results closer to the route, while a larger radius may find more chapels but can require traveling farther away from the direct route.

Select Today to search for chapels offering Adoration today. To plan for another day or period of time, clear Today and enter starting and ending dates. Adoration Search will look for chapels with scheduled Adoration during the selected date range. If too few chapels are found, increase the mile radius or broaden the date range and search again.

After the search is submitted, Adoration Search draws the route between the starting and ending locations and displays matching chapels along that route. The Chapels list contains the same chapels represented by the numbered markers on the map. Select a chapel in the list or select its marker to review its name, address, distance, telephone number, website, Adoration schedule, and available directions. Adjust the radius or dates and submit the search again if you would like to see different results.

The starting and ending locations mark the beginning and destination of the pilgrimage. Red numbered markers identify chapels found by the search, and their numbers match the chapels in the Chapels list. When a chapel is added to the active pilgrimage, it is shown as a green numbered stop. The green numbers identify the order of the selected pilgrimage stops. If the stops are reordered in the itinerary, their numbering and route are updated to reflect the new order.

Adding Chapels as Pilgrimage Stops

A pilgrimage must be active before chapels can be added to it. Select a chapel marker or its entry in the Chapels list to open the chapel information. Then select Make This Stop. The chapel will be added to the active pilgrimage and displayed as a green numbered marker. Continue reviewing chapels and adding stops until the pilgrimage includes the places you want to visit.

A pilgrimage must be active before chapels can be added to it. Select a chapel marker or its entry in the Chapels list to open the chapel information. Then select Make This Stop. The chapel will be added to the active pilgrimage and displayed as a green numbered marker. Continue reviewing chapels and adding stops until the pilgrimage includes the places you want to visit.

Open the Trip tab to view the pilgrimages associated with the current browser. Each pilgrimage is identified by its starting location, ending location, and number of selected stops. Select Activate to make a pilgrimage active. Its saved search information and stops will be restored, and any chapels subsequently added will be added to that pilgrimage. Only one pilgrimage can be active at a time. The active pilgrimage is highlighted, and its Activate button changes to Itinerary.

The order in which chapels were added does not have to be the final visiting order. In the itinerary, drag a chapel stop to a new position and drop it where you want it to appear. Adoration Search saves the new order and updates the stop numbers, route legs, and calculated itinerary information. Review the resulting route after rearranging stops to make sure it follows the journey you intend to take.

Select Itinerary for the active pilgrimage, or open the Itinerary tab, to view the complete trip. The itinerary begins with the starting location, shows each selected chapel in pilgrimage order, and ends with the final destination. It includes route information, estimated driving time and distance, arrival information, the chapel's Adoration schedule, planned visit duration, comments, and directions. The itinerary can be revised as the pilgrimage is developed.

Each chapel stop includes a Visit Duration and a Comments field. Visit Duration indicates how long you plan to remain at that chapel and is used when calculating later arrival times. The default visit duration is 30 minutes, but it can be changed for each stop. Use Comments for reminders such as parking information, chapel access instructions, a planned prayer intention, or other notes useful during the pilgrimage. Changes are saved with the pilgrimage stop.

Each itinerary stop provides directions for the corresponding part of the journey. Select the directions link to open driving directions on the device you are using. A printed itinerary can also include a QR code for each stop. Scan the QR code with a phone to open that route segment on the phone and use it with the phone's navigation or CarPlay. Each route segment leads from the preceding location to the next pilgrimage stop.

To remove one chapel from a pilgrimage, select the trashcan beside that stop. Only the selected stop is removed; the pilgrimage and its other stops remain. The remaining stops are renumbered and the route is updated.

To delete the entire pilgrimage, select the trashcan in the pilgrimage heading under My Pilgrimages and confirm the deletion. Deleting a pilgrimage removes the pilgrimage and all of its selected stops, so use this option only when the complete trip is no longer needed.

Adoration Search currently saves pilgrimages without requiring a username or password. A browser token connects the pilgrimages you create with the browser being used. When you return with the same browser, open the Trip tab to retrieve the pilgrimages listed under My Pilgrimages and activate the one you want to continue using.

The browser token currently lasts for 30 days. Clearing browser cookies, using private browsing, changing browsers, or using another device can prevent previously created pilgrimages from appearing. Until permanent user accounts are available, retain a printed itinerary or other copy of important pilgrimage information.

Pilgrimage Planning allows you to make your saved pilgrimages available on more than one device or browser. For example, you might plan a pilgrimage on your desktop computer and later want to view the same pilgrimage on your phone or tablet while traveling.

Because Adoration Search does not require you to create an account or sign in, your pilgrimages are initially associated with the individual browser you are using. Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, and browsers on your other devices are each treated separately.

The **Trip Token** sharing features allow you to connect these browsers so they can access the same pilgrimages.

#### Naming Your Device/Browser

Under **My Pilgrimages**, Adoration Search displays a **Device/Browser** name. Giving each browser a recognizable name makes it much easier to understand which browsers you have connected.

For example:

**Office Desktop - Edge**
**Office Desktop - Chrome**
**iPhone - Safari**
**iPad - Safari**
**Travel Laptop - Chrome**

The browser name is added automatically. You supply the name that identifies the device.

Click the small **edit icon** beside the Device/Browser name whenever you want to change it.

Your Device/Browser name is stored in that browser. Therefore, different browsers on the same physical computer can have different names and are treated as separate browsers for pilgrimage sharing.

#### Sharing Your Pilgrimages With Another Device or Browser

To begin sharing from a browser that already contains your pilgrimages, click **Offer Share**.

Adoration Search will display a **Group Token**. This is the code that allows another browser to join the same group of pilgrimages.

Copy the Group Token and take it to the other device or browser you want to connect.

On the other device or browser, open Pilgrimage Planning and click **Accept Share**. Paste the Group Token into the box provided and accept the share.

That browser will then have access to the pilgrimages belonging to the shared group.

If the receiving browser has not previously used Pilgrimage Planning and does not yet have its own Trip Token, Adoration Search will create one automatically as part of accepting the share.

#### What Does “Shared +” Mean?

When your browser belongs to a pilgrimage sharing group, the Trip Token line displays **Shared +**.

Click **Shared +** to see the Device/Browser names currently associated with the shared pilgrimage group.

The display changes to **Shared -** while the list is open. Click it again to hide the list.

This list is particularly useful when you use several devices or several browsers on the same device. Instead of trying to remember which browsers you have connected, you can see the members of the sharing group directly from Pilgrimage Planning.

#### Changes Made on Another Device

When another device or browser accepts your share, Adoration Search periodically checks for the change. The **My Pilgrimages** list will automatically refresh when the newly shared browser is detected.

This means that if you have the two devices open side by side while setting up sharing, you should see the newly connected browser and its pilgrimages appear without manually refreshing the page.

#### Offering a Share From More Than One Browser

Normally, you should establish one sharing group and then use its Group Token to connect your other browsers.

If separate browsers independently create different sharing groups, they will have different Group Tokens and will not automatically become one group. For that reason, once you have established the group you want to use, use **Accept Share** on your other browsers to join that existing group.

The Device/Browser names and the **Shared +** list help you keep track of which browsers have been connected.

#### Revoking a Share

Click **Revoke** when you no longer want the current browser to participate in its sharing group.

Adoration Search will ask you to confirm the action before the share is revoked.

Revoking removes that browser from the sharing group. It does not mean that the pilgrimages themselves are being deleted.

If necessary, the browser can later be connected to a sharing group again using **Accept Share**.

#### Important: Your Browser Is Your Identity

There is currently no Adoration Search username or password required for Pilgrimage Planning. Your browser uses a cookie containing its Trip Token to identify its pilgrimages and sharing relationship.

This has a few important consequences:

- Different browsers on the same computer are treated as different browsers.
- Your phone, tablet, desktop, and laptop each have their own browser identity.
- Private or incognito browsing should not be used for pilgrimages you want to retain.
- Clearing the browser's Adoration Search cookies can remove the browser's ability to identify its previously associated pilgrimages.

The sharing system is designed primarily to let **one pilgrim use his or her pilgrimages across multiple devices and browsers**. Although the same mechanism can technically be used to share pilgrimages between people, its primary purpose is to make your own pilgrimage plans available wherever you need them.

Once your devices are connected, you can plan on the device that is most convenient and then access those pilgrimages from the browser you intend to use during the pilgrimage.