We experienced our first pilgrimage before being invested in the Order. It changed our entire perspective on the Holy Land and what our faith meant to us. It was a life-changing event and the turning point in our decision to enter the Order. Each day brought a unique and interesting facet to ponder and reflect
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On 17 November 2023 Pope Francis directed a warm address to pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Ozamiz (Philippines): It is important to keep in mind, however, that a pilgrimage is not like a vacation. In fact, making a pilgrimage to shrines is an eloquent expression of trust in God. Pilgrims carry in their hearts their
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On Friday March 31, 2023, the Seminary of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem hosted a group of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher from the Western Lieutenancy which covers principally Southern California. The group was led by Her Excellency Margaret Romano and Father Dave from Whittier California. Where Father Bernard Poggi spoke about the seminary and
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In March 2023, members of the Western Lieutenancy enjoyed the spiritual fruits and experiences which come from the pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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On Sunday, 26 April 2020, Pope Francis offered a homily at the Chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae on the Gospel of the desciples journeying to Emmaus: The Lord walks next to us, as we have seen here with these two disciples. He listens to our restlessness, He knows it, and at a certain point
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Bethlehem University hosted on Tuesday, 17 September 2019, the Knights and Ladies of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (EOHSJ)- USA Middle Atlantic Lieutenancy and EOHSJ- USA Eastern Lieutenancy. Her Excellency Valencia Yvonne Camp, DGCH, Lieutenant of EOHSJ- USA Middle Atlantic Lieutenancy led a group of 45 people including Michael J. Ruck, Sr, KSG, KGCHS and Lady
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Following the visit of H.E. Michael Scott Feeley, Lieutenant of the Western Lieutenancy, last April, Deacon Sir Ryan Adams led a pilgrimage group of members of the Western Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (EOHSJ) on a visit to Bethlehem University on Thursday, 9 May 2019. Vice Chancellor Brother Peter Bray
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By: Joe and Connie Micatrotto Earlier, in October 2016, we joined six other Area Councillors and Cardinal Roger Mahony and his family on a wonderful pilgrimage to the Holy Land that put us all on a spiritual whirlwind. We credit Cardinal Mahony and our fellow 27 pilgrims with providing us the impetus to answer the
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By: Joe Micatrotto The old saying “not our first rodeo” would have seemed appropriate for the Catholic Travel Centre’s (CTC) Cardinal Mahony’s Holy Land Pilgrimage of October 4-10, 2014. After all, this was our third trip to the Holy Land in less than six years and we had “already” visited so many sites. Wrong! Oh, do
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It was only a short bus trip down the hill from from Assisi to the beautiful Santa Maria degli Angeli, a beautiful basilica constructed around a house famed to have been built in the 300s AD from relics of the original house where the Assumption of Our Lady took place. It is said this is
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