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Verdu Published on July 12 2014 by Fr Dominich What a wonderful place to start our Camino Ignaciano! Verdu, birthplace of St Peter Claver, 17th century Catalan Jesuit who was a famed missionary in Colombia and apostle of the slaves. It seems so long ago...

You must have thought we'd forgotten you! The hotel last night had no wi-fi and neither has the one tonight so I'll try to publish this by 3G and see how it goes. We have completed our first day, the scenery is breath-taking but the people here in Catalonia...

The writer Laurie Lee said that every journey has a motive. A surprising thing to consider from a man who put his belongings in a sack and struck out for Spain from rural Gloucestershire in the early 1930s. I guess his motive was, obliquely to find himself...

Victoria Station. It's early - too early, pouring with rain out of a gun-metal sky. Everyone running about like crazy things revved up on caffeine and anxiety. I'm thinking of that moment, you must all know it, when the plane reaches a height above the...

This is a repost of my first article. I'm putting it up again so you can donate if you wish. Follow the link to the Jesuit page Aid for Syria - every penny you donate, and I mean every penny goes to Syrian refugees. The Jesuits provide shelter, water...

Well, the time has finally arrived - suitcases to be packed, passports to be found and a thousand and one other things to be done before we finally set off at the crack of dawn tomorrow. Being somewhat obsessed with the weather (for he IS an Englishmaaan),...