Fr. Longenecker on the Power of Pilgrimage

"Four years ago my friend Joseph Pearce invited me to join him as chaplain on a pilgrimage to England. The pilgrimage tour was to be based on the Catholic literary figures and the English martyrs.

"I was not enthusiastic. The prospect of jogging around England on a bus with forty Americans was not my idea of a good time. I'm not being unpatriotic, but my memory of elderly Americans on tour in England was not the best. The image was of a portly gentleman in a pork-pie hat and his wife with a blue rinse and a track suit clambering off a bus in Westminster Square, gazing open-mouthed at Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament and exclaiming, 'Look Sidney, It's Oxford!'

"I demurred, but Joseph twisted my arm. I'm glad he did. We actually had a terrific time. . . ."

In a recent commentary, Father Dwight Longenecker (parish priest at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Greenville, SC) reflected on the blessings one may receive by going on a pilgrimage.

To access Fr. Longenecker's complete post, please visit:

The Imaginative Conservative: The Power of Pilgrimage (2 FEB 18)

Background information: 

Dwight Longenecker - Catholic priest and author