Pilgrimage of Hope Podcast
Phil McCarthy • September 17, 2025
All Kinds of Catholics podcast on the Pilgrimage of Hope!
For Episode 68 of the All Kinds of Catholics podcast Theresa Alessandro joined the pilgrims before the start, on all four ways, and at the concluding celebrations in Nottingham. Pilgrims felt able to speak to her from the heart; of their experience of walking, of their Catholic heritage, of the hospitality they received enroute, of the presence of God in nature, of community, hope and love.
In the words of St John Henry Newman; 'Heart speaks to heart'.
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I will be walking 322 miles on the Via di Francesco in support of the St Francis Leprosy Guild.
'If you feel God's call to step out.... begin where you are: offer an intention, gather a few companions, and take the first steps.'
St Cuthbert is one of England's greatest saints, but who was he? Dr Anne E Bailey describes the story of his life and his posthumous travels.
All are welcome to join the annual Pilgrimage for Life on Saturday, the 1st of August 2026, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.
Eddie Gilmore describes the joys of walking in Italy with a group of people from L'Arche Grenoble.
News of the Spring Gathering, plans for 2026 and other updates.
I was delighted to be invited to contribute a paper on walking pilgrimage to the 2025 Lived Catholicism conference.
You are invited to take part in the John Bradburne Pilgrimage Climb 2026, taking place on Saturday 13 June in the beautiful landscape of Cumbria!
Update on the Hearts in Search of God Spring Gathering.
A wonderful new film on walking the Way of St Cuthbert to Lindisfarne!
