Travel

The 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi take place this year. Pope Leo XIV has declared 2026 a special Year of St Francis. Saint Francis was a pilgrim who undertook significant journeys to Rome and Santiago de Compostela and attempted to go on pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He embodied the pilgrim spirit of humility, peace building and seeking God. You could, like Eddie Gilmore, w... Read More

This pilgrim way follows St John Henry Newman's spiritual path, from Evangelicalism, through High Anglicanism and finally to Catholicism. Newman (1801 - 1890) was an English Catholic theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet. He was an Anglican priest, and after his conversion to Catholicism, became a cardinal. He was an important figure in the religious history of England in ... Read More

The Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) has published a new short pilgrimage guide as a resource for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees that will be celebrated globally on 4-5 October. The guide offers short walking routes in London, Dover and Birmingham, inviting Catholics everywhere to join in pilgrimage as an act of prayer and reflection. The focus is more on solidarity and intention rathe... Read More

Pilgrims across England and Wales are being invited to take part in the Pilgrimage of Hope. The Pilgrimage of Hope is a national walking pilgrimage culminating at the Cathedral Church of St Barnabas in Nottingham on Saturday 13 September 2025, the eve of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The pilgrimage, a key initiative of the Hearts in Search of God project, is designed to inspire ... Read More

The 2025 National Jubilee Walking Pilgrimage of Hope has opened for day pilgrim registration. The Pilgrimage of Hope is a national walking pilgrimage for England & Wales with four main Ways converging at the Cathedral of St Barnabas, Nottingham, on Saturday 13th September 2025, the eve of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. It is an initiative of the Hearts in Search of God project... Read More

It is hard to beat the Suffolk Coast in Spring for old-fashioned Englishness. The tea shops shut at 4pm. Big jars of sweets, awaiting Easter and families heading for Southwold beach or crabbing in the Blythe estuary, look forlorn in Squire's tea room window. South of neighbouring Walberswick reeds are still cut for thatching. Morris dancers appear on May Day. In Suffolk there is no church from wh... Read More

Join the Stella Maris Jubilee Pilgrimage from 26 May - 31 May 2025 and follow the ancient St Cuthbert's Way, walking 62 miles in the footsteps of saints, monks, and medieval pilgrims, all while raising crucial funds for seafarers and fishers. This unforgettable six-day journey takes you from the historic Melrose Abbey in Scotland to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, traversing stunning countryside, ... Read More

Children and young adults well understand the benefit of going to school. In fact, whenever I went out for a walk in the village around the mission, young boys or girls approached me and told me that they were concerned that their families could not afford to pay the school fees. They were worried that they could not stay at school, and they may be forced to go back to village life. This would mea... Read More

After water, access to food is the second priority in Turkana and fishing has been a positive development for the people, introduced by the mission. In fact, in early 2010 the mission was able to buy a small boat. They gave it to some local men, and they learned to fish. Now, there are many boats in the lake, and fishing, in addition to animal farming, is one of the main sources of food and revenu... Read More

Next to the mission, there are two villages where a few thousand people live on a semi-permanent basis. Their houses are huts made with reeds or straw, or made with iron sheets, or a combination of the two. There are many more villages scattered around the vast area that makes up the Todonyang parish. It takes hours to drive across the parish and most people walk for a full day, or even days, to g... Read More

When we reached the Todonyang mission, we received a very warm welcome by Father Wycliffe and Father Victor, who live in the mission and took care of us during our stay in Turkana. Immediately, I realised that I was in a different world. If you have never been in a mission in a remote area, you might wonder what a mission is like. That depends on when the mission was set up and, I am sure, many ot... Read More

Imagine the place most different to the one we are accustomed to: that's Turkana, the remotest and poorest area of Kenya. Think of the things we take for granted: water, food, electricity, a home with a bed, a toilet, a kitchen, hospitals, schools, roads, shops. In Turkana, these basics are absent, or at least, in the way we know them. It's not just society that's different; the people are differe... Read More

'A pilgrimage on foot is a great aid for rediscovering the value of silence, effort and simplicity of life. In the coming year, pilgrims of hope will surely travel the ancient and more modern routes in order to experience the Jubilee to the full.' (Spes non confundit 5) To celebrate the Jubilee Year, one of Westminster's diocesan initiatives is to invite you to travel in the steps of the martyrs a... Read More

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has invited Christians to return to the Holy Land on pilgrimage, saying their presence makes residents feel part of the universal Church. Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa made the invitation in a video message recorded from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. He was joined by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr Francesco P... Read More