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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Wanting to help others. Picking up and falling down.
Wanting to help others. Picking up and falling down. The Iona Pilgrimage Every Tuesday on the little Scottish island of Iona a group of visitors set off on a pilgrimage around the island. This year on my visit to Iona … Continue reading
Posted in Pilgrimage and Prayer, Pilgrimage to Iona from Loyola.
Tagged Celle Saint Avant, Every Tuesday, France, Iona Pilgrimage, Juan Carlos, La Plata, Le Chemin
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Captured by a monk.
Captured by a monk. Three monasteries: 1.The convent of the Poor Claire’s, Alençon. In June 2011 my pilgrimage from Loyola to Iona took me through Le Perche, a forested region of Lower Normandy where I had lived for 10 years before … Continue reading
Posted in Pilgrimage and Prayer, Pilgrimage to Iona from Loyola.
Tagged France, La Trappe, Poor Claire, Syriac Orthodox, Syrian Orthodox
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Community on the Camino.
Community on the Camino. The Credencial. The pilgrim’s credential is an outward sign of belonging to the Camino community. This is obtained from Cathedrals or from the Amigos del Camino, usually in the place from where you start your camino. … Continue reading
Posted in Camino Francés, Camino Portuguese, Pilgrimage and Prayer, The Camino de Santiago
Tagged Camino Portuguese, Gosia Brykczynska, Iona Community, Jacques Salom, Real Camino, Spain
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Evangelii Gaudium Encyclical of Pope Francis
Evangelii Gaudium Encyclical of Pope Francis evangelii-gaudium-EN
Posted in The Raft of Corks., Uncategorized
Tagged Pope Francis
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The Camino which awakens. Via de La Plata towards Caparra.
The Camino which awakens. Via de La Plata, Caparra. Beginnings: Learning to walk once more. On Easter Monday 2010 I was arriving in the Northern part of Caceres where the South and warmer part of Spain ends and the … Continue reading
Posted in Pilgrimage and Prayer, The Camino de Santiago, Via de La Plata
Tagged Camino Practice, Easter Monday, Hernan Perez, La Plata, San Blas, Spain
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Christopher Shepherd-Smith SJ 1943 – 1977
Christopher Shepherd-Smith SJ 1943 – 1977 An account originally published in an older and lost version of the Raft-of-Corks Blog. Christopher Shepherd-Smith Posted on January 19, 2012 by John Fletcher There were many tales about Shepherd-Smith. It is said that “Sheppy” reacted swiftly … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Shepherd Smith, San Sebastian, Shepherd Smith, SJ
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Loving our Planet.
Loving our Planet. “I’ve just walked 500 miles!” You must be mad. Many pilgrims on the Camino say their friends think they are mad to try to it. This is especially true of young people who set off for … Continue reading
The Canyon of Caracena. Ruta de La Lana
The Canyon of Caracena. Ruta de La Lana Isolation, challenge, awe and majesty. The Canyon of Caracena is a majestic gorge cutting through the limestone rock for over 7km. Here is a secret landscape. It begins in Tarancueña and ends … Continue reading
Posted in GPS, Pilgrimage and Prayer, Ruta de La Lana, The Camino de Santiago
Tagged La Lana, La Plata, North America, Spain
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Miracles. Two Days on the Camino Francés (2) Flying to O Cebreiro.
Miracles. Two Days on the Camino Francés (2) Flying to O Cebreiro. When your heart is in silence and sinks into God it sings. This is a story which is short and simple but gives a flavour of the sort … Continue reading
Posted in Camino Francés, Pilgrimage and Prayer, The Camino de Santiago
Tagged Amancio Prada, Camino Franc, France, Gibraltar, miracles, signs
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