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...