Pilgrimage

Two people walking up ahead on a foggy trail with trees on either side.

Why I went on a pilgrimage

The Rev. Maria Nightingale April 28, 2023

I am not any great expert on pilgrimage. I don’t have any authoritative advice to give others on how to find the “best” pilgrimage. What ...

Marveling at the ground on which we stood

Jennifer Bolender King March 30, 2023

“Welcome home to Jerusalem” is the phrase I did not get tired of hearing, nor did our guide get tired of saying, on our eight-day ...

A group of pilgrims smile and pose for a photo together.

The challenge of pilgrimage

The Anglican December 29, 2022

Stepping onto the Camino is like stepping into a mighty river bent for the ocean. Once on this path, one is carried along by a ...

Mr Krol walking along a gravel road that runs strait to a flat horizon

Going on a pilgrimage

The Rev. Susan Haig April 1, 2022

Whether from the confines of COVID-19, the ashes of grief or depression, or simply the occasional aridity of ordinariness, pilgrimage beckons. The open road calls. ...

Seeking the little things on the Way of St. David

Martha Whittaker March 1, 2022

Some years ago, a dear friend introduced me to the New Year tradition of choosing words to live by for the year to come. In ...

Walking with the sacred

Karen Turner March 1, 2022

Most of us have been aware of a climate emergency for many years now and see that the urgency has only increased, to the point ...

Posing in front of a stone wall overlooking a Scottish valley.

From Lindisfarne to Iona

The Rev. Canon Lucy Reid, The Rev. David Howells October 1, 2021

Lucy: In the summer of 2019, I had a three-month sabbatical from my ministry as incumbent at St Aidan, Toronto, and my husband David Howells, ...

Memories of the Jordan River last for a lifetime

The Rev. Canon Claire Wade March 1, 2021

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out ...

A young man in hiking gear stands near a sign that says "Don't forget, you were always on the way."

Called to journey in the way of faith

The Rev. Benjamin Gillard January 1, 2021

The normal point of departure for an article about pilgrimage would be the beginning. But it’s 2020, so let’s shake things up and start at ...

A dirt path disappears into the hilly distance.

Some things to think about before you go on a pilgrimage

The Rev. Canon David Harrison April 1, 2020

It haunts me still. When I finished walking the 800 km Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in early June 2017, I was convinced I would never ...

Pilgrims on a journey

Archbishop Colin Johnson March 1, 2018

Wikipedia defines “pilgrimage” as “a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance. Typically, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of ...

David Harrison sits on a grassy hill overlooking a road.

A holy moment on the way

The Rev. Canon David Harrison February 1, 2018

It took 1,136,875 steps for me to walk the 800 kilometres of the Camino de Santiago through northern Spain last spring. And it meant climbing ...

Pilgrims to follow in Jesus’ footsteps

Stuart Mann February 1, 2017

In the cold and dark of a Canadian winter, the thought of a four-day hike from Nazareth to the Sea of Galilee, stopping along the ...