Travel & Pilgrimage

Advent Sunday: The journey to Bethlehem begins

the first sunday of advent marks the beginning of the journey to bethlehem, which will culminate in the arrival of the magi and conclude wit...
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Silk Roads at the British Museum: people, places and faith along the way

unlike the british empire, the sun never truly seems to set on the silk road. it doesn’t matter how often that path is travelled, romance is...
Lucien de Guise

The King of Heaven

in the gospel for the solemnity of christ the king, jesus shows just how universal his kingship is. he stands before his judge, with blood s...
Fr David Howell

From England to Taizé: Interview with famous community's British prior on finding peace and ecumenism

in 927 a benedictine monk named odo was appointed abbot of cluny, a recently founded abbey in burgundy, france. he refused to take the appoi...
Thomas Edwards

Scorsese's candid message to Christians: "Faith and doubt are inseparable."

at the launch of his new television series about the saints, including joan of arc and john the baptist, academy award winning director mart...
John Cookson

Solemnity of All Saints: celebrating those defined by 'blood-stained robes' and what they suffered

"these are the people who have been through the great persecution, and they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the lamb." (...
Fr David Howell

What the Guardian gets wrong about female deacons

a recent guardian editorial attempted to address a perceived issue within catholicism: the absence of female deacons. the editorial lamented...
Thomas Edwards

St Philomena’s Way part of project for pilgrimage routes in all 21 dioceses of England and Wales

the diocese of shrewsbury is promoting a new pilgrimage route called st philomena's way as part of a national project to establish walking p...
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In Lourdes, all are winners: Heading to the Pyrenees, rolling up sleeves and setting to work with the Order of Malta

it is said that helping out at lourdes may change your life. indeed, this line was quoted at a ceremony for “first-timers” by the grand mast...
William Cash

The Latin Mass Society's Joseph Shaw dreams of starting a pilgrimage in the French Pyrenees

for the “on pilgrimage with” section of the september 2024 edition of the  catholic herald magazine, we spoke to joseph shaw, chairman ...
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