Faith, Travel, and the Call to Walk in Christ's Footsteps
Managing Group Dynamics on a 10-Day Pilgrimage
The sixth day is often when something gives. The group has settled into bus seats and dining-table groupings. The early-trip courtesies have thinned. Someone has...
The Liturgical Calendar in the Holy Land: Planning Around Feast Days
The liturgical calendar is more than a schedule of feasts. It is the Church’s annual passage through the mystery of Christ—His birth, ministry, passion, resurrection,...
The Sea of Galilee: Where Jesus Called His First Disciples
A Sea of Galilee pilgrimage begins with a strange disappointment. The water looks ordinary — a wide, calm lake ringed by low brown hills, fishing...
The Upper Room and Pentecost: Visiting Where the Church Was Born
The disciples were behind locked doors. Christ had risen, but the men who had walked with Him were still afraid. They stayed in that room...
Shepherding Souls at Fatima: Leading a Marian Pilgrimage
There is something disarming about Fatima. After the grandeur of Rome or the layered antiquity of the Holy Land, the Cova da Iria can feel...
The Secrets of Fatima: How to Prepare Before Your Pilgrimage
On May 13, 1917, three shepherd children ran home from the Cova da Iria with a story their families could not believe. A Lady “brighter...