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Preparing the heart as well as the suitcase for a Catholic pilgrimage.
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What the final five days from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela ask of a pilgrim, why the Compostela certificate begins at the 100-kilometer mark, and how to walk them with intention rather than simply endurance.
October 2026
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Holy Land
How to Lead Baptismal Renewals at the Jordan River
A Jordan River baptism on pilgrimage is a renewal, not a repeat. Here is how to prepare your pilgrims, lead the rite at the water, and help them come home by a different way.
Italy
Padre Pio’s San Giovanni Rotondo: A Pilgrimage to the Stigmatist Saint
On the morning of September 20, 1918, a young Capuchin friar knelt in the choir loft of a small stone church in the Gargano hills, making his thanksgiving after Mass. When he rose, his hands, feet, and side bore open wounds that would not close
Priests
How to Handle the Unexpected: When Pilgrimage Plans Change
The boat won’t sail and the basilica is closed. Whether a disruption becomes a wound or a grace depends less on logistics than on the kind of traveler each person believed they were.
Camino de Santiago
The Last 100 Kilometers: Walking the Final Stretch of the Camino
Roughly three in ten pilgrims who reach Santiago begin in Sarria, at the last 100 kilometers. Why that stretch still counts, what each stage asks of you, and what the Compostela cannot certify.
Marian Shrines of Europe
How to Preach on Mary at the Great Marian Shrines
Eight minutes at dawn in Lourdes, before pilgrims whose hearts are already open. What Our Lady said at Lourdes and Fatima, and how to preach it so it lasts past the flight home.
Italy
Assisi and the Life of St. Francis: A Pilgrimage of Simplicity and Joy
A merchant’s son gave everything away and found a joy the world could not explain. Walking Assisi as a pilgrim rather than a visitor means walking into that story yourself.
The Real Pilgrimage Begins at Home
Reading prepares the heart, but the journey itself is where grace does its work, and the months afterward are where it shows. When you are ready to walk, we are ready to walk with you.
