Parents of kidnapped Jesuit appeal for news Tags: Paolo Dall'Oglio Syria 29 Jul 2014 The parents of kidnapped Jesuit, Fr Paolo Dall'Oglio, have appealed for information about him - exactly a year after he disappeared in Syria. There has been no news of...
Please sponsor this project in aid of the Jesuit Refugee Service and Aid to the Church in Need for their work in Syria. See the following link http://www.jesuit.org.uk/donate/aid-syria thanks to everyone who has already contributed
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Tonight we are under the care of the nuns who maintain and run the Ignatian Centre for the Spiritual Exercises in Barcelona. They all look like a favourite grandmother and embody warmth and kindness - they call me Antonio and giggle. In particular they...
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A huge Happy Birthday to Sandra McNally and a teary farewell as our company starts to break up - now this really is sounding like Tolkien. Simon, our loss is your gain in Lourdes.
Well, last morning in Manresa, and, the Camino behind us, off to Barcelona, this time not on foot though as Ignatius did, but by rail. Yesterday we offered up all the petitions from the Syria Shrine in the Cova of St Ignatius where they will be joined...
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To all those of you who are heartily sick of hearing me complain about my blisters I have a very special treat in store for you. The heat yesterday was so intense that my backpack - coupled with my own sweat took a couple of layers of skin off of my back....
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So near and yet so far. Montserrat to Manresa. After our day imbibing Benedictine hospitality at the Shrine of the Madonna of Montserrat we set off for the longest most gruelling day of walking. We're all totally exhausted tonight. The hottest day, a...
