Sacred travel
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Iran: extraordinary beauty, culture, refinement and hospitality
Six weeks ago I had one of the best holidays of my life — a guided…
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Lithuania – divine mercy, the hill of crosses and great cake
Lithuania — green, sunny, beautiful, and filled with extraordinary cake. The original Divine Mercy painting in…
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My favourite town in Italy
Assisi — my favourite town in Italy, and the most powerful pilgrimage site I have ever…
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Francis of Assisi and the Holy Land
What we owe to St Francis of Assisi in the Holy Land — how his extraordinary…
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Nailing the poverty of St Francis of Assisi to the cross
A meditation on St Francis of Assisi and the spirituality of poverty — inspired by Gerard…
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Pilgrimage Stop: Assisi, Italy
Four days in Assisi with my sister — two holy doors, the incorrupt body of St…
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Singing and dancing in Assisi
A musical theatre production, St Clare and an unexpectedly joyful evening in Assisi — proof that…
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A Call to Loreto
Mary’s house in Nazareth, transported by angels to a hilltop in Italy — the history, the…
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Searching for John the Baptist in Egypt
Wadi Natrun — the monastery of St Macarius and the relic of John the Baptist —…
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Serapis Bey and the Temple of Luxor
The Temple of Luxor, the Chapel of Serapis and the ascended master Serapis Bey — a…
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