Pilgrimage

Despite reassurance from Catholic leaders in the Holy Land, planned pilgrimages from Canada to the land of Christ's birth will likely remain unavailable for the foreseeable future.

Canadian Catholic travel agencies know Jubilee 2025 is momentous and are adjusting pilgrimage slates for the year accordingly.

Even though a pilgrimage peak is some months away, the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes celebrated its wintery feast day Feb. 11 with a number of pilgrims who flocked to the French holy site on the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin to St. Bernadette Soubirous in 1858.

Saint Paul University is offering a unique interactive course next spring that will allow students and the public alike to traverse part of a major historic Christian pilgrimage, the Camino de Santiago.

If there is one place in the world where it's worth spending the Aug. 15 feast of the Assumption at least once in a lifetime, it's the Marian shrine of Lourdes. The national pilgrimage to Lourdes is currently underway -- Aug. 12 to 16, attracting a record number of pilgrims.

Mountains, valleys and plains mark the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s St. Junipero Serra Route, which pilgrims will traverse over the course of eight weeks from California to Indiana.