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Travel

A Trek Up a Mountain

BY THOMAS LOMBARDI

Where St. John Recorded the Apocalypse

December 21, 2008-January 3, 2009 Issue For Subscribers Only

Patmos rests quietly in the beautiful Aegean Sea, midway between Samos and Kos. The 15-square-mile island engages craggy and expansive bays, and the mystical quality of the sunlight effects an ambience of unreality. The highlight of a visit is a pilgrimage to both the Monastery of St. John the... READ MORE


Swiss Monastery Alive With Christmas Market

BY LORRAINE WILLIAMS

December 14-20, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

As I headed south past Lake Zurich’s “Gold Coast” with its impressive villas, it was hard to believe I was heading to a Catholic pilgrimage site. One doesn’t associate this part of Switzerland, where reformer Ulrich Zwingli lived, with “Catholic,” “pilgrimage” and “Benedictine.”... READ MORE


Witness to History

BY KERRY CRAWFORD

Cathedral Has Spanned Generations and Governments

December 7-13, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

Many churches aspire to be the heart of the community. San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio is geographically, culturally and spiritually just that.

In 1731, a band of 15 families arrived from the Canary Islands. These islanders, at the invitation of King Philip V of Spain, established the first... READ MORE


Resting Place of the Fisherman

BY JOANNA BOGLE

St. Andrews, Scotland

November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, and his X-shaped cross — white on a blue background — forms the country’s flag.

But Andrew was a fisherman in Galilee, brother to Peter. How did he come to be so venerated thousands of miles away in the northern part of Europe? And how did a town... READ MORE


Resting Place of the Fisherman

BY JOANNA BOGLE

St. Andrews, Scotland

November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, and his X-shaped cross — white on a blue background — forms the country’s flag.

But Andrew was a fisherman in Galilee, brother to Peter. How did he come to be so venerated thousands of miles away in the northern part of Europe? And how did a town... READ MORE


Burning Bush

BY STEPHEN BUGNO

A Monastery at the Foot of the Mountain

November 23-29, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

I see now why they’re called the “steps of repentance.” Some people learn the hard way why they’re so aptly named. Luckily, our guide explained that there was a second way to the top of the mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments: on the longer, more gradual Camel Path.

It was 2... READ MORE


Nature Is the Window

BY KIMBERLY JANSEN

In the Foothills of the Smokies, a Devoted Son Builds a Church

November 16-22, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

“Look at that castle!” exclaimed my five-year-old son, pointing up to a stone tower in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.

“Does a king live there?”

“Not only a king, but the King,” we replied as we noticed a sign for St. Margaret of Scotland Church and turned in to check it... READ MORE


Off the Beaten Path

BY JULIAN WORKER

The Minor but Important Churches of a Once-Catholic City

November 9-15, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

When visiting the main sights in London, you should always be aware that there is a historical church close by.

A church might not be as famous as St. Paul’s Cathedral or Westminster Abbey, but you won’t have to pay to go inside, and you could well be the only person there.

Such churches... READ MORE


Preaching to the Ends of the Earth

BY ANGELO STAGNARO

The Church in the Land of the Snows

November 2-8, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

Even in our technologically-advanced modern era, there are still places around the world whose names instill awe and wonder. Tibet is such a place.

The first European traveler to enter the forbidden Tibetan city of Lhasa was the Italian Franciscan Odoric of Pordenone in the early 14th century. He... READ MORE


Basilica of St. Louis, King

BY EDDIE O’NEILL

The ‘Old Cathedral’ and Its Connection to St. Vincent de Paul Society

October 26-November 1, 2008 Issue

The story of St. Louis’ Old Cathedral is intimately tied to the city that took shape around it.

In 1764 city founders Pierre Laclede and his first lieutenant, Auguste Chouteau, knew well the importance of faith in their burgeoning community. One of their first decisions was to set aside a piece... READ MORE


‘Master Illusionist’

BY ANGELO STAGNARO

The Tower of London Is Hallowed for the Blood St. Nicholas Owen Spilled There

October 19-25, 2008 Issue

I made my way through the crowds on the bank of the River Thames and stood in line to buy my ticket for the Tower of London tour.

Yes, the Tower — that infamous prison that held martyrs such as St. Thomas More.

William the Conqueror, who commissioned the Tower in 1078, intended it to protect... READ MORE


‘The Faithful Traveler’

BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN

New Travel Show Seeks to Put Spirit in Adventure

October 12-18, 2008 Issue

Turn on the Travel Channel or pick up a travel book and what do you find? Adventure, beaches, cruises, food and wine tours.

“The Faithful Traveler” hopes to supply what seems to be missing: spiritual destinations.

Husband-and-wife team David and Diana von Glahn are writing and filming this... READ MORE


‘Come to My Mercy ...’

BY JAMES CARMODY

National Shrine of the Divine Mercy

October 5-11, 2008 Issue

My wife and I have been reading the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul, and it has been a life-changing book. The Catholic faith is filled with spiritual classics that can nurture, inspire and teach us, and this diary is incredible.

St. Faustina (1905-1938), a... READ MORE


St. Michael Protects the European Faithful

BY JOANNA BOGLE

Cathedral of St. Michael

September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

Brussels. The name of the Belgian capital conjures up two images: one of a busy European city with shops and cafes and interesting places to visit, the other, a center of bureaucracy, headquarters of the European Union.

And when you get there, you do indeed find that it is two places. A majestic... READ MORE


In the ‘Land of Fire,’ the Southernmost Church in the World

BY JOSEPH ALBINO

Church of Our Lady of Mercy

September 21-27, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

Ushuaia, Argentina, located about 2,000 miles south of Buenos Aires, is the capital of Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire) province and is the southernmost city on earth.

It is also home to the southernmost Catholic church on the planet.

This city of 60,000, which has also been given the name Fin de... READ MORE


Anniversary of Mission’s Federal Protection Recalls Park Service Start

BY PHILIP MOORE

Church of San José de Tumacácori

September 14-20, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

Tumacácori, Arizona

On Sept. 15, Arizona’s congressmen, National Park Service officials and local and national dignitaries will gather at the historic church of San José de Tumacácori, south of Tucson.

They will be coming together to celebrate a century of federal protection for the mission... READ MORE


For the Oldest Marian Statue in the Americas, Head South

BY MARY HANSEN

Nuestra Señora de los Remedios (Our Lady of the Remedies)

September 7-13, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

“In fourteen hundred and ninety two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”…a chant familiar to every school-age child in America. That famous date marked, of course, the year that the Italian-born navigator, Christopher Columbus, departed from Spain and discovered the continent of America.

Over... READ MORE


Labor of Love

BY KERRY CRAWFORD

St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church

August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Just minutes from downtown Pittsburgh, St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Parish reminds visitors of a time when the “men of steel” did not play football at Heinz Field on Sunday afternoons. They labored, instead, in the mills along the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers... READ MORE


Prayers Resonate Amid These Stones

BY JULIAN WORKER

The Abbeys of Kelso, Melrose, Jedburgh and Dryburgh

August 24-30, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

Around 870 years ago, a Scottish king initiated four magnificent abbeys whose stones still grace the Borders region of southern Scotland. Two of the abbeys were home to the followers of St. Augustine of Hippo, the fifth-century North African saint whose feast the Church celebrates Aug. 28.

The... READ MORE


Little Summer Flower in the Smallest State

BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN

Shrine of the Little Flower

August 17-23, 2008 Issue For Subscribers Only

One picture-perfect day in late spring, Mary and I thought it high time to make a pilgrimage to one of our favorite saints honored sites — Shrine of the Little Flower in Rhode Island.

The quiet northwestern corner of the "Ocean State" seems an unlikely place for the first shrine in the... READ MORE


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