For the "On Pilgrimage With" section of the October 2024 edition of the Catholic Herald magazine, we spoke to Sally Read, poet, author and editor of the Catholic poetry anthology 100 Great Catholic Poems, about her dream pilgrimage:
Where would you go?
Our Lady of Sorrows Shrine in Cudworth, Saskatchewan, Canada, where in 1909 three children looking after cattle on a hillside saw a strange light. The little boy then saw a lady dressed all in white, carrying a heavy cross on a chain. When he tried to help her carry the cross, she disappeared. Some say that the lady appeared to the children five times. Although the events have never been formally investigated, this place, settled by Ukrainian immigrants, became a busy pilgrimage site. The walk begins 30km from the “Hill of Sorrows”in a small town called Smuts.
