I’m finding it difficult to jump-start my Camino de Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage (which I have declared I would do next year). To be honest, the thought of walking at least 100 kilometers on my own intimidates me. That the Camino de Santiago is IN Spain makes things a little more complicated. I have travelled […]
We almost didn’t make it, my team and I. We received our Schengen Visa just two days before our scheduled flight, and our plane tickets mere hours before takeoff. Everything, it seemed, was against our going to Rome to cover the historic canonization of the country’s second saint, San Pedro Calungsod. But with his intercession, […]
We arrived in Borobudur just a little over six in the morning. Our van driver told us that if we hurried, we would be able to catch “a beautiful view of Borobudur in the early morning.” The temple itself was a couple of kilometers away from the Tourist Center where we parked so we walked […]
Dare I say it out loud? “I will walk the Camino de Santiago this year.” There. I said it. With so many things happening last year, my dream of walking The Way was relegated to the bottom of my list of “Things To Do Eventually”. But this year feels different. This year feels right. I […]
We received some great news last night: our Holy Land chaplain Bishop Chito Tagle has been appointed the new Archbishop of Manila. He replaces Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales who has served as Manila Archbishop for nine years. We received this news with joy as well as a little apprehension. Although his installation date is yet to […]