Travelling to Maskwacis for the Papal visit? Here's what you need to know

For those travelling to Maskwacis to participate in the Papal visit and ceremony, organizers encourage attendees to register for park-and-ride. Here's what else you need to know.

For those travelling to Maskwacis to participate in the Papal visit and ceremony, organizers encourage attendees to register for park-and-ride. Here's what else you need to know.

According to the Pope's official itinerary, he will meet with residential school survivors from across the country Monday morning at Maskwacis, home of the former Ermineskin Residential School — one of the country's largest residential schools.

This will be the only residential school that Pope Francis will visit while in Canada. He is expected to participate in a formal program and reiterate an apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in Canada's government-funded and church-run residential school system.

No private vehicles will be allowed on the grounds of the event.

No ticket will be required to attend the open seating event, but organizers with the Archdiocese of Edmonton say there will be reserved areas for residential school survivors and Indigenous people.

Organizers encourage those interested in attending to make a reservation for a park-and-ride seat. Participants are to arrive at a park-and-ride site between 5 and 7 a.m., with officials saying arrivals after 7 a.m. are unlikely to get to the event in time.

There are four park-and-ride locations, including: