by sundrup | Nov 10, 2016 | Spain 2016, Spain 2016 - Daily Videos & Reflections, Uncategorized
We left Montserrat and headed into Barcelona for the final two days of our pilgrimage. There has been a settlement on the site of Barcelona for several thousand years. It was the center of the region of Catalonia, and its rulers grew very strong as the Counts of...
by sundrup | Nov 7, 2016 | Spain 2016, Spain 2016 - Daily Videos & Reflections
Video excerpts for each site were recorded in 2015 Our day began in Montserrat as we learned more about the struggles, intense prayer, and torment that Ignatius endured in his time at Manresa. Later we made our way down from Montserrat to Manresa in order to visit the...
by sundrup | Nov 7, 2016 | Spain 2016, Spain 2016 - Daily Videos & Reflections
Video excerpts for each site were recorded in 2015 On our way to Montserrat we stopped in the small town of Verdú, the birthplace of St. Peter Claver. With the encouragement of another Jesuit, St. Alphonsus Rodriguez, Claver became a missionary and spent much of his...
by sundrup | Nov 5, 2016 | Spain 2016, Spain 2016 - Daily Videos & Reflections
Video excerpts for each site were recorded in 2015 This morning we left Bilbao and headed to the Castle of Xavier (Javier) in Navarre. Dating back to the 10th century, the castle was the birthplace and childhood home of Saint Francis Xavier, who was a classmate and...
by sundrup | Nov 4, 2016 | Spain 2016, Spain 2016 - Daily Videos & Reflections, Uncategorized
Video excerpts for each site were recorded in 2015 Today we purposefully moved at a much slower pace. We visited only one site and spent time in silent reflection at the Franciscan Sanctuary of Our Lady of Arantzazu in Oñati, in the province of Guipuzcoa, Basque...
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