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As Australians return to travel, the age-old tradition of pilgrimage calls us to journey with faith and encounter the graces and blessings of visiting the holy places. The night will begin with a Rosary, followed by a talk from Fr Grace on the Graces of Pilgrimage and a testimony from Juliana Elarde.Read More

In the spirit of Advent, a group of pilgrims led by Bishop Michael McCarthy, Bishop of Rockhampton, reflectively journeyed on an Advent Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. What a unique experience to be in Bethlehem during the Christmas season! See their photos below.Read More

Engraved in marble along the side of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop’s tomb at her shrine in North Sydney are her words “Remember we are but travellers here”. Sage words from a woman who made a pilgrim of herself while on earth, travelling the length and breadth of Australia to fulfil her mission of serving the poor and remote, often on horseback in the most challenging conditions.Read More

For Grace deZilva from Narrabundah in the ACT, the Top End Encounters journey through Darwin, Kakadu and the Tiwi Islands was enlightening and enriching. Read here her refreshing account and view her album of photos…Read More

Thirty-five pilgrims ventured into the Red Centre on the first Harvest Journey’s Roadtrip from Alice Springs, via Kings Canyon to Uluru.Read More

Our very first Catholic Roadtrip has been a great success! After two years devoid of travel due to Covid, we are delighted that our pilgrims are on the road again.Read More

A unique kind of pilgrimage While the coronavirus pandemic has made travel unavailable for the time being, we believe there are still graces to be gained by experiencing sacred sites virtually. Read More

The Sistine Chapel is one of the most iconic buildings on earth — but there's a lot you probably don't know about it. In this tour-de-force talk, art historian Elizabeth Lev guides us across the famous building's ceiling and Michelangelo's vital depiction of traditional stories, showing how the painter reached beyond the religious iconography of the time to chart new artistic waters. Five hundred years after the artist painted it,...Read More

You’re pinching yourself that you’re in the Holy Land. There’s a sense of peace and tranquillity. You’re moved by an overwhelming need to say ‘thank you'.Read More

“We could feel our hearts pounding like we could feel the closeness of Heaven,” says Eugene. Hours later, he wakes at dawn to capture an early-morning photo of the day’s first rays bouncing off the stone and steeples. “The location of our accommodation in so many of the cities we visited was literally at the doorstep of the churches or shrines,” he explains. “Everything was walking distance away. So to...Read More

For Maria Shantharam, experiencing the site of Vatican City - The Eternal City - with its sea of travertine paving, towering colonnades and angelic sculptures, was like taking a trip in a time machine. “It was like stepping into an early civilisation. All of our histories came rushing to my mind,” she says. “I immediately felt peace within me.”Read More

Even those who aren’t familiar with St Paul’s mission establishing the early Church will know at least some of his writings. Whether it’s the passages about uncompromising love in his letter to the Corinthians, or his encouragement to pray without ceasing in his letter to the Thessalonians, St Paul’s epistles are often quoted and shared – thousands of years after they were first written and read.Read More

Outside the doors of the Vatican Museum Geoff Nilon follows his Harvest tour guide, Vincenzo, past the queue of people that snakes 200 metres down the Via Vaticano. At the entrance, they sidestep the crowd and the heat to begin their afternoon tour through a historical and spiritual labyrinth of jaw-dropping art. Read More