If all the church’s worship should be thought of as a journey, Lent involves achieving platinum frequent flyer status.
Travel
Posted inArts & Culture, Vantage Point
From 1931: Modern travel is a failure
Who doesn’t love to get away? G. C. Heseltine, for one. But one might wonder if it was a question of temperament rather than the details of his journeys, because this extended screed against modern travel from the April 18, 1931, issue of America turned fairly quickly into a screed against, well, just about everything […]
Posted inDispatches, Faith
A Catholic travel itinerary
Americans are journeying abroad in record numbers. Here are some of the sites across the world of particular interest to Catholic travelers.
Posted inFaith, Ideas
The Mission San Xavier del Bac: A Shrine Without Borders
The mission’s founder, an energetic Italian Jesuit named Eusebio Francisco Kino, established several missionary locations in what is now Sonora, Mexico, and southern Arizona, including San Xavier del Bac in 1692, near the village of Wa:k.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
How a city and church in Texas are rebuilding one year after Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey took a toll on all Houstonians—rich and poor, white and brown, city and suburb—but this boomtown proud of its diversity is getting back on track.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
St. James and the road of life
A pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago has historically been many things, including, in the Middle Ages, a penance for one’s sins. Last year, 277,915 athletes, bikers, families and friends made the Way of St. James a challenge, vacation or spiritual experience.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Cowboy, Engineer, Saint: On the Trail of St. José Brochero
Brochero set out to be a pastor, and in the process became the public servant par excellence.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Lourdes Diary: Seven days at Massabieille: Part Two
‘Even before dawn, there is a Mass being celebrated, and pilgrims are already here, kneeling before the space, running their hands over the rock, praying the Rosary and hoping for healing, as they have been doing since 1858.’
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Father James Martin’s Lourdes diary
Something you don’t hear every day from a Jesuit: I’m here to pick up a cassock for my trip to Lourdes.