Pilgrimages You Have Made

  • Thread starter Thread starter Seamus_L
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
S

Seamus_L

Guest
Unfortunately I haven’t done much more than visiting the remains of St Therese of Lisieux when they were in the Chicago area, but someday I hope to get visit a few.
 
Seamus_L said:
Unfortunately I haven’t done much more than visiting the remains of St Therese of Lisieux when they were in the Chicago area, but someday I hope to get visit a few.
Click to expand...
Hello Seamus,
In the last 5yrs I have been to the place in Yugoslavia which we are not allowed to speak about on this board (it was one of the holiest moments in my life) I have been to Fatima I was there in 2006 for 15 days (for a conference and then stayed for the October 12/13 celebrations) I stood in the square with about half million pilgrims at the Vigil and we were holding lit candles and singing the Ave Maria again and again. I sat at the tombs of the children Jacinta, Lucia, Francisco. I am in awe and wonder of these children.
I visited the homes of the children, I did the stations of the Cross, (beautiful) ending at the chapel called (Calvary) were a group of us with pontifical representative celebrated Holy Mass.
I hovered around the place where the “Angel” of Portugal first appeared to the children. Anyway, it is my hope and desire to be able to return again.
I have been to Vatican 4 times and spent precious time in the place where they found the bones of St Peter. I just stood there. I found myself unable to even pray, all I could do was utter, St Peter “from one sinner to another please pray and intercede for me.” I particularly love, the Blessed Sacrament Chapel in St Peters. The presence of Jesus is tangible if not visible.
I have visisted the Church of the Holy Spirit (there is huge painting of Divine Mercy image) beautiful. I have visited St Maria Trastevere in Piazza San Calisto (beautiful, beautiful beautiful,)
I have visited a Carmelite Church in Via Conciliazione OH goodness. I have visited A Church called Santa Maria Delle Greca.
I have attended Mass at many of the beautiful churches in Rome and I think if possible a pilgrimage whould be the hope of all of us. We cannot come away ever thinking that there is no God who has loved and is loving us into His kingdom.
My next hope and desire is to visit Lourdes and then Israel. but Israel I would like to be a three month stay.
God Bless
Grace Angel.
 
I have been on several pilgrimages. The best was to Greece in the footsteps of St. Paul. We had a scripture scholar with us and he gave daily talks on the bus about the Letters of St. Paul. Ephesus (actually in Turkey) was amazing as were the monasteries at Meteora and the ruins of Phillipi, Corinth and Athens. The cruise of the Greek islands were the fun part. We had two priests with us so we had mass everyday in the most unusaul places,as it was hard to find a Roman Catholic church in some of the places. We had mass outside at the foot of the Parthenon in Greece, on a mountain top in Meteora, under an olive tree in Corinth and in the cruise ship card room.

I spent a week retreat in Assisi which was amazing. It was followed by a week in Rome where we say JPII (it was my third trip there)

I have also been to Medjugorje twice in the early 90’s but I have not come to any conclusion regarding the alleged apparations.
 
Interesting question! Our family of 4 has been to the Vatican twice, including a private audience with His Holiness Pope John Paul II in 2002. In 2006 we did the Scavi tour and saw where they believe the bones of St. Peter were found, directly under the altar in St. Peter’s - a truly amazing experience. We have been to numerous churches in Rome, and to Ephesus where St. Paul preached. We also went to “Mary’s House” in Turkey where, the story goes, she was effectively hidden by St. John following Christ’s resurrection. We have also been to St. Anne de Beaupre in the province of Quebec. (My husband also loves visiting Cistercian abbeys when we travel, as well, and we have been to many - Ireland, France, England, Wales, and throughout the U.S.) I desperately want to go to Lourdes and Fatima.
 
I went to Fatima on pilgrimage in 1984 but unfortunately only had 5 days there so it was a bit hectic. (See Grace Angel’s post for details) I also drank from the well where the Angel first appeared to the children. One evening, we went to the chapel of Perpetual Adoration for a couple hours. There was a nun there on her knees before the Blessed Sacrament. She was so still that I thought she was a statue until she got up when her replacement arrived to relieve her.

There was an announcement in our bulletin this Sunday. Our parish church, St. Mary’s, has been designated an official Marian church for pilgrimage for the month of February as part of the world-wide celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the apparition of our Blessed Mother at Lourdes with a plenary indulgence granted under the usual conditions by visiting and praying in the church during the month. The Novena days from the 2nd to the 11th will be special days of prayer for the sick and the elderly. :crossrc:

I’m :extrahappy:
 
I went to World Youth Day in Rome in 2000. We also went to Asissi for a few days before going to Rome for a week. It was a great pilgrimage.

In Christ,
Rand
 
Seamus_L said:
Unfortunately I haven’t done much more than visiting the remains of St Therese of Lisieux when they were in the Chicago area, but someday I hope to get visit a few.
Click to expand...
I’ve been fortunate enough to have begun my first trip to Europe as a pilgimage, followed by many more - either with a group or independently on my own itinerary. They include: Lourdes twice, Fatima, Padua, Lisieux, Paris (Miraculous Medal Apparition), Canadian shrines of Three Rivers, St. Anne de Beaupre, St. Joseph’s Oratory, The Holy Land (Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Mount Carmel), Assisi, Rome and its many glories (including the Sacred Steps, Cathedrals, the Vatican and Bl. Anna Maria Taigi), San Giovanni Rotondo (St. Padre Pio), Lanciano, Italy (Miraculous Host), Venice (body of St. Lucy) and many more but these are the more well-known shrines, as I can remember them.
 
Anyone been to LaSalette or Knock ? Couple a friends were disappointed by Knock because they said it was so modern.
 
Seamus_L said:
Anyone been to LaSalette or Knock ? Couple a friends were disappointed by Knock because they said it was so modern.
Click to expand...
No. I was in Dublin to Adam & Eve Church and Trinity College/Book of Kells (sp?). But didn’t get to Knock. I’m more surprised to hear about LaSallette being modern.

However, in Canada (Three Rivers) - they’ve kept the original chapel where the miracle of Our Lady’s statue took place. But there’s a basilica - yards away - very modern. Same thing in Nazareth (Holy Land) - modern church. Further, I was lucky to see Fatima before they made what I’ve heard are recent changes there, too - modern - why, I can’t explain it.
 
Seamus_L said:
Anyone been to LaSalette or Knock ? Couple a friends were disappointed by Knock because they said it was so modern.
Click to expand...
Yes, we were in Knock a number of years ago. I don’t remember lots of details, but I do remember the commercialism (religious knick knacks, etc.) I also remember the stories about the monsignor, or possibly bishop, who managed to get a big airport built close by. Haven’t heard much about that lately.
 
Conservative
It was only Knock I had been told has been modernized, not LaSalette to my knowledge.
 
Back in 1997, I went on a pilgrimage to Europe. It was incredible.

Fatima, Portugal: Saw the basilca and was amazed.

Loyola, Spain: Home of Ignatius, the founder of the Jesuits.

Lourdes, France: Marian apparition to St. Bernadette.

Paris, France: Notre Dame Cathedral

Florence, Italy: Il Duomo Cathedral, the David by Michelangelo

Rome, Italy: St. Peter’s, the Scavy tour underneath the basilica, the Vatican Gardens, Sistine Chapel, catacombs, churches all over the city, etc…

It’s an experience you never forget.
 
I went on the Traditional Pilgrimage to Chartre in 1990. We began in Paris and walked to Chartre Cathedral.It still affects me. All the masses, devotions, Confession, etc. were in the Traditional (extrordinary) form. So many memories and moments of intense spirituality. To see the throngs of mostly teenagers and young people lined up on their knees receiving holy Communion, for what seemed to be a couple of city blocks, to just bring up one of the plethora of memories,was glorious.
 
Israel, where I prayed at the synagogue in K’ferNahum where Jesus attended, and at the Wailing Wall at the Temple in Jerusalem. I also visited the Churches of the Annunciation in Nazareth, and the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Matthew
 
drafdog said:
Israel, where I prayed at the synagogue in K’ferNahum where Jesus attended, and at the Wailing Wall at the Temple in Jerusalem. I also visited the Churches of the Annunciation in Nazareth, and the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Matthew
Click to expand...
I would SO love to visit the Holy Land; it would cause my daughters to go crazy with worry, though, given the current political climate…perhaps one day soon.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top