Compañía Pilgrimage De peregrinaje I write this reflection from Spain, from Granada. It’s my latest stop on the Camino de San Ignacio. Mary and I are living on the Cuesta de Alhabaca in the Albaicín quarter. The slope is steep enough to inspire all the up and down metaphors an aging academic could ever want. …
Compañía Pilgrimage When thinking back on this amazing experience this past summer, three particular days come to mind: Day 2 in Loyola, Day 5 in Montserrat, and Day 9 in Rome. Day 9: Our mass in the Vatican was a very special moment. I remember sitting in the pew in front of the altar and …
Compañía Pilgrimage I sat quietly next to Tomeu on the bus as we started our ascent to Montserrat. 15 minutes later I couldn’t help but break my silence by asking Tomeu who was the artist who painted the great works that adorned the landscape. When Tomeu told me it was all nature, I knew I …
Jesuit Community One of the great things about my pilgrimage was that I got to experience a different culture. I went to visit New Mexico in the indigenous people known as the Navajo. I was struck by the Spirituality and deep trust in a higher power that these people had in their lives. Some of …
Pilgrimage Course The Camino course was the most satisfying and fulfilling teaching experience of my career. Walking opens the heart and the mind, and has allowed me to get close to the students, to share in their joys and suffering, and to accompany them intellectually and spiritually as never before. Every day brings new experiences, …
Compañía Pilgrimage On Day 2, we were asked to share our hopes and fears for the journey, and one that immediately came to mind was that I desperately hoped to reconcile my strong faith in God with the things in Christianity that I struggle to believe in and fear that I would never be able …
Jesuit Community In June and July 2021, I embarked on a simple walking pilgrimage through South Australia with about 15 university students. Early in the pilgrimage, I already realized that it was shaping up as one of the best weeks in my life. Why? In going on pilgrimage, each pilgrim had chosen to fully enter …
Pilgrimage Course Walking the Camino de Santiago taught me to slow down, take a breath, and to listen. The pilgrimage helped me to better connect with myself, and with those around me. It gave me a unique opportunity to take a look at who I was away from school, my friends, and my expectations, and …
Benedictine Pilgrimage I made my trip to Spain in March of 2020, on the “eve of the pandemic.” I was traveling with fellow members of the student choir as an undergraduate at Saint Anselm College, a Benedictine institution. We were embarking on a “choral tour” which was, in many ways, meant more to be a …
Jesuit Community I spent this past July walking more than 500 miles on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. I am often asked: “what was the high point?” It’s a hard question, because there were no blinding flashes of insight, and the beauty of Northern Spain was so constant it’s hard to identify a single …