The Pilgrim's Journey
Faith, Travel, and the Call to Walk in Christ's Footsteps

Confession in Medjugorje: Why Pilgrims Call It the Confessional of the World
There is a sound you notice in Medjugorje before you understand it: the long, unhurried quiet of people waiting to confess. Outside St. James Church,...

Bringing Your Parishioners to Medjugorje: Pastoral Considerations
There is a reason Medjugorje has drawn more than forty million pilgrims in four decades, and it has little to do with sightseeing. People come...

Marian Sites in the Holy Land: From the Annunciation to the Assumption
Mary walked this ground before it was anyone’s pilgrimage route—a girl in Nazareth, a young mother on the road to Bethlehem, a grieving woman at...

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...

Walking the Camino: A Catholic Guide to the Way of St. James
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people set out across northern Spain on foot, following a thin line of yellow arrows and scallop shells toward...

Leading Your Parish on the Camino de Santiago
Every July 25, the great square before the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela fills with pilgrims who have walked for days, weeks, or even months...

