Lydia in Philippi by the bubbling stream
25th June, 2009 - Posted by Neil Harrigan - 2 Comments
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Mass with Pope Benedict on the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul
1st July, 2009 - Posted by Pilgrims - 1 Comment
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Magnificent Meteora
24th June, 2009 - Posted by Pilgrims - No Comments
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Read MoreArchbishops in Athens
19th June, 2009 - Posted by CatholicLIFE - No Comments
Our blogging Archbishops enjoy the sights of Athens.
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Read MorePhotos from Day 1
18th June, 2009 - Posted by Neil Harrigan - No Comments
Some of the pilgrims have taken the chance to see the sights with our guide for the next week, including visiting the Cathedral in Athens where we will share our first Eucharist together. Our spiritual journey begins, how often do we all feel we have to start our spiritual journey again and again. Enjoy the photos!
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Reflections on the pilgrimage from Neil Harrigan in Rome
29th June, 2009 - Posted by Neil Harrigan - 3 Comments
Read MoreMass in the Irish Chapel at St Peters Rome
28th June, 2009 - Posted by Archbishop Mark - 1 Comment
Read MoreArchbishop Mark - Beyond the Sights
28th June, 2009 - Posted by Archbishop Mark - 2 Comments
We came to Rome a little more briskly than did Paul. The Acts of the Apostles tells us that, after leaving Malta, the ship put into Syracuse for three days and then headed from Sicily to the Italian peninsula where it touched down at Reggio Calabria. After a couple more days, they came to Pozzuoli near Naples, the birth-place of Sofia Loren. Paul stayed there for a week with believers he found there. Then we have the laconic punch-line of Acts: “And so we came to Rome”.
Christians from Rome, we are told, heard of Paul’s arrival and came to meet him at the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns. The Forum of Appius was about 75km from Rome, so this was a considerable act of homage. They would then almost certainly have passed through Velletri and entered Rome through the Porta Appia, better known today as the Porta San Sebastiano. Then he would have been taken to the place of his house arrest which was, according to tradition, on the Aventine Hill in the home of his old friends Prisca and Aquila who had prepared the way for Paul in Corinth and Ephesus and now did the same for him in Rome.
Read MoreMore short reflections from some of the pilgrims
23rd June, 2009 - Posted by Pilgrims - No Comments
From Neil:
Comment from Neil at the end of the day “We have just had one of our major exeperiences as we visited the monasteries of Meteora” (see “Messages”)
From Ted:
From Fr Warrick Tonkin
After the majesty of the monastic communities of Meteroea we are now traversing the central Macedonia, the home territory of Phillip and Alexander the Great. St. Paul knew this area well. While we are travelling by air-conditioned coach, Paul went on foot, and the landscape is far from flat. The apostle to the Gentiles was nothing if not fit. Soon we will celebrate Mass at Berea, where Paul also stopped and preached.
Read MoreArchbishop Mark - Memory becomes hope…
20th June, 2009 - Posted by Archbishop Mark - 1 Comment
The island of Rhodes has a long and colourful history, much of which is on show as you stroll through the town and visit its monuments as we did today. In places like Rhodes, you realise that the ancient world didn’t vanish. It may have been demolished in a sense, but the bits and pieces were all gathered up and reconfigured in later times. We have no idea, for instance, what happened to the Colossus of Rhodes after its destruction in an earthquake well before the Christian era. It was so huge (and even huger if we includes pedestals etc) that it couldn’t simply have vanished. In all likelihood, its many fragments were reincorporated in various ways into the town we now see. It’s the same with the pagan gods. They didn’t vanish; they were reconfigured.
Read MorePilgrimage and the experience of community
20th June, 2009 - Posted by Mary Harrigan - No Comments
Read MoreOther pilgrims on the journey - pastor Larry Elwood from Tennessee
20th June, 2009 - Posted by Ursula Stephens - No Comments
Read MoreCatholic Cathedral in Athens
19th June, 2009 - Posted by Fr Warrick Tonkin - 3 Comments
Fr Warrick Tonkin talks about the first Eucharist shared by the pilgrims at the Catholic Cathedral in Athens. Video under the cut.
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Princess Mary, the Australian experience and learning through pilgrimage
14th June, 2009 - Posted by Neil Harrigan - 4 Comments
-Coppenhagen, Denmark
Neil Harrigan, who recently completed his PhD thesis on the Spirituality of Pilgrimage, shares some thoughts about Princess Mary, the Australian experience and learning through pilgrimage.
