Pilgrimages Abound!

Today a couple of different - yet similar pilgrimages begin: To Steubenville, Ohio, and Dublin Ireland.

32 people from Bolton left at 6:00 am this morning for Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio for a Pilgrimage / Conference where the theme is "Word Power". God spoke and the world came into being. God spoke and Lazarus rose from the dead. God spoke and the blind could see, the deaf could hear, and the lame could walk. Like the sacraments, holy signs that make possible the very things they signify—the Word of God doesn't just communicate realities. It makes realities. It creates and destroys, heals and transforms. There is power in God’s Word—power and beauty and life.
Importantly, that power doesn’t belong only to God’s Word spoken in history or proclaimed in Scripture. That power belongs to his Body. It’s made manifest when the Word of God, spoken by a priest, changes bread and wine into Body and Blood. And it’s made manifest when God’s people, the baptized, proclaim it in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Our Adults on their way to this conference are being invited to encounter the Word of God as a living, healing, all-powerful creative force, when popular retreat master Damian Stayne leads Catholics from around the world on an exciting journey of discovery.
Over the course of three days, through a series of illuminating talks and practical workshops, they will learn how to unlock the power of the Word of God in their lives, and the lives of those they love. 

This evening Stephanie will be travelling to Dublin, Ireland to take part in the 50th International Eucharistic Congress. (The 49th Congress was in Quebec City in 2008!)


Peace