Faith, Travel, and the Call to Walk in Christ's Footsteps
How to Preach on Mary at the Great Marian Shrines
You are vested in a side chapel at Lourdes at seven in the morning. Forty of your parishioners are in front of you, most of...
How Group Pilgrimage Strengthens Parish Life
Ask a priest who has led his people on pilgrimage what changed, and he rarely begins with the sites. He begins with the parish. A...
How to Lead a Pilgrimage to Marian Shrines
As the Solemnity of the Assumption draws near each August, something stirs in Catholic hearts. We turn instinctively toward our Blessed Mother—and many priests begin...
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 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...
How Pilgrimage Changes You: What to Expect When You Return Home
The real pilgrimage begins the moment you walk back through your own front door. On the road to Emmaus, two disciples walked side by side...
