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The Serengeti Edition, Lions, Hippos, Elephants!: Blog 3

4:30 a.m.

The bells rang to awake the Carmelite sisters, and therefore this weary-eyed Video Missionary, to a new day in service of the Kingdom....

Catholic Growth in Tanzania, Schools and Parishes: Blog 2

Accompanying the first nights rest in Dar es Salaam was the delight of some friendly geckos and the morning echoes of the rooster crows....

OBS Travels to Africa: Blog 1

A short two years ago, the historical timeline of OneBillionStories.com launched. The christening came with a hop, skip, and a pedal ride from Florida...

Blog 6: Bogotá, Colombia

Estoy sentada en el aeropuerto en Bogotá, Colombia. Hemos viajado por 6 meses por 6 países. Hemos pasado por muchas pruebas tecnológicas con la...

Seth’s Pilgrimage Across America: 879 Miles Across Texas, Blog # 5

879…

Just past the sign to the right, that was my welcome to Texas, 879…miles! Crossing from the bayou of Louisiana into the Lone Star...

Seth’s Pilgrimage Across America: The Lone Star State, Blog # 4

Straight forward spiritual reflection, no academia here.

One area of living the Christian life that I have not dug deep into is evil spirits and...

Seth’s Pilgrimage Across America: Alabama to Mississippi, Blog # 2

On the eve of Lent, it is time for all of us to go inward. It is time for 40 days of...

Blog 4 from Ireland: Ireland in 3 days–Road Trip with Fr. Kemmy

‘ello lads,

Happy Christmas to you all! I am in Fr. Philip’s car nearing the end of a road trip that took us all around...

Blog 3 from Ireland: ‘Coincidental’ Irish Meetings, Galway

So I’m leaving Galway after an amazingly restful and rejuvenating time with the French Fraternal order of Mary, Immaculate Queen of the...

Blog 2 from Ireland: It Takes Something Similar

It takes something similar to make you realize how different things really are. On Sunday I arrived in Dingle after biking over...

Blog 1 from Ireland: Dia is Muire Dhuit!

B L O G God, I have made it to Ireland! I have already had quite a ride since bouncing over from...

Blog 13 – Huff, puff, blow your house down in Reliegos

Tonight we are staying in Reliegos, which is about 25 km outside of Leon, the last major big city before Santiago along...

Blog 12 – Recipes along ‘The Way’

So, day nine on the Camino and I am pretty much an expert at it, not quite ; ). Actually, having...

Blog 11 - Part 1 – the Camino—Piedmont Route

Betharram, …Bethlehem? Leaving Lourdes would prove itself to be a quite difficult task as its draw for you to stay is so hard...

Blog 10 - First Hand Lourdes Experience

Bonjour to all! Apologies for the silence, this past week has accumulated as many challenges and obstacles as any sensible and worthy pilgrimage...

Blog 9 – Train Tickets to Lourdes

Last night, Carmen helped me find what appears to be the cheapest and best way for travel to Lourdes, France. Thankfully, ‘local’...

Blog 8 – Barcelona’s Architecture

Everything that ‘is’ Barcelona can be summed up by it’s architecture.

Today I went to meet a friend who messaged me...

Blog 7 – To The Sea

Tuesday night I went on a midnight bread-run. Luciano had made some seafood but we needed bread to go with it. In...

Blog 6: Montserrat, Spain – Barcelona by Moto – Immaculate Conception Parish

Luciano and I took the train yesterday to Montserrat. This mountain-city-sanctuary-Benedictine monastery-spiritual community is only an hour and a half outside of...

Blog 5: Reflections on World Youth Day 2011 from Barcelona, Spain

Imagine yourself as a spec of dust amongst a desert of sand. Blue, green, brown eyes for miles, flags from every continent...

Blog 4: Bacilica of the Immaculate Conception – Barcelona

Matthew 7:7 “Ask and it will be given to you’ seek and you will find’ know and the door will be opened...

Blog 3: Arriving in Barcelona

After spending the last few days with the Disciples of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Madrid, I was able to...

Blog 2: Train to Barcelona

In order to give this entry justice we have to return to two weeks ago at the start of our group Camino...

Blog 1: Last night in Madrid

My last night in Madrid I was able to spend it watching the sunset at the Cathedral with a “Spanish” picnic. Additionally, I...

Blog 5: 2 Days on Buses (English)

Perhaps you have spent over 2 days on buses before, but just in case you haven’t we’ll tell you our story. It all started...

Blog 4: Patagonia (English)

We recently took a 9 day excursion to Patagonia, in Chile and Argentina. Most of the traveling we have done prior to the excursion...

Blog 3: A Week With the Christian Life Movement (English)

We recently came back to Rio de Janeiro at the invitation of some friends for a spiritual weekend retreat. The retreat was hosted by...

Blog 2: Walk of Faith (English)

We’ve been in Brazil almost a month now, packing in a lot along the way. We’ve experienced enough already to have difficulty in...

Blog 1: Paratay, Brazil (English)

Traveling in South America again is a wonderful experience. This experience is particularly distinct because we have a continuous video missionary project to do...

Blog 6: Santiago de Chile

Capaz que ya tuvieron la experiencia de estar sentados en buses por 50 horas enseguidas entre 2 paises en Sudamerica. Pero por...

Blog 5: JMJ 2013 Rio

Después de 6 semanas en Brasil, estamos preparandonos para cruzar la frontera con Argentina. Hemos decidido que queremos volver para la JMJ...

Blog 4: “Camino de Fe”

Tomamos un bús desde Aparecida para el pueblo Paraisopolis, unos 140km del final del trek. Allá empezamos a caminar, caminamos una media...

Blog 3: Paraty, Brasil

Estuvimos en Paraty, Brasil, donde tienen un Centro Histórico muy lindo. Después de una noche en el piso del departamento de una...

Blog 2: Ilha Grande

Después de salir Rio, tomamos un bús para Concecao de Jacarei, donde encontramos un barco para Ilha Grande, nuestra luna de miel....

Blog 1: Rio de Janeiro

Somos dos americanos, Annie y Al. Hace dos semanas en año nuevo nos casamos, y ahora estamos viajando por Sudamérica. Una parte...

Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs Dies, OneBillionStories.com Reflects

October 5th 2011 ~ Death. Perspective. Steve Jobs, “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help...

The Church and New Media by Brandon Vogt

"Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops who Tweet"

West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi – Blog # 5

On the eve of Lent, it is time for all of us to go inward. It is time for 40 days of serious, active,...

Tallahassee, Florida – Brotherhood of Hope – Blog # 4

Why do we do the things that we do?

The simplest of questions often unearths the deepest of thoughts. So one more time, why do...

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