This is a collection of pilgrimages I’ve gone on. Check them out in order to see how I chose places, budgeted, and what resulted from going on the pilgrimage.
Back in 2017, I did a six-month work assignment in Japan. During the summer, one of my friends from my parish back home in Texas visited Japan in order to teach art at a local university near Osaka. Since my work location wasn’t that far from Osaka, we decided to meet up one weekend to […]
Pilgrimage Report: Seeking Samurai 2019 Read More »
Earlier this year, I had a really cool opportunity to go on a short pilgrimage. It was so short that it only took a few hours, and I pretty much did it right after work. Crazy. A week prior, I was at work just sitting at my desk when I received an interesting email from
Pilgrimage Report: Treasures of the Church 2019 Read More »
I’m excited to bring you this edition of my pilgrimage reports on the St. John Vianney Relic Tour because it’s the first time I’m collaborating with Jason over at Light & Heavy! Just to give you a brief background, I’ve known of Jason since high school, but we’ve only ever really became friends after college
Pilgrimage Report: St. John Vianney Relic Tour in Atlanta, GA Read More »
I recently returned from a weekend camp out with a bunch of guys I’ve never met. And it was great! Note: I’m writing this a month later, so I apologize if the details are a little hazy. Back in 2017, I was assigned to work in Japan for six months. Because listening to Japanese radio
Pilgrimage Report: TCMS Camp Out 2018 at Clear Creek Abbey Read More »
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my Disclosure for more info. Sometimes I don’t need a lot of motivation to go fly somewhere. Regardless of my initial motivations to fly, to me, any trip is worth having a pilgrimage portion to it. But in this recent Phoenix pilgrimage, I originally had fun intentions, but had
Pilgrimage Report: Into the Desert! Phoenix, AZ – August 2018 Read More »
Note: I’m writing this a few weeks after the fact. I had just returned from a weekend in middle-of-nowhere Oklahoma spending time with monks (you can read about that here), when it dawned on me that the following weekend would also be a full weekend as well! With a wedding on Saturday and a freshly
Pilgrimage Report: Pray For Vocations Pilgrimage – June 2018 Read More »
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my Disclosure for more info. Clear Creek Abbey is a gem of a place to visit. Hidden in the hills of the top-right corner of Oklahoma between Tulsa and Fayetteville, Arkansas, the Abbey is a fortress of solace, prayer, and hard work. It has an interesting history,
Pilgrimage Report: Clear Creek Abbey – June 2018 Read More »
I had just finished a grad school class and had some extra time on my hands. The grad school class I took was time-consuming because of a group project with intense individual assignments. Needless to say–I was relieved to be done with it! A week after I finished it, I thought it would be cool
Pilgrimage Report: St. Patrick’s Day Pilgrimage 2018 Read More »
