Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1- Introduction

    • The Oracle at Delphi

    • Why Go on Pilgrimage?
  • 2

    Chapter 2- The Cost of Pilgrimages

    • The Holy Family as Pilgrims

    • The True Pilgrimage

    • Journeying with a Purpose

    • Preparing for the Pilgrimage
  • 3

    Chapter 3- The Pilgrimage of Abraham to the Promised Land

    • Faith in Action
  • 4

    Chapter 4- The Pilgrimage of Moses to Freedom

    • The Longest Pilgrimage

    • The Exodus Pattern
  • 5

    Chapter 5- Literal Pilgrimages

    • The Three Pilgrimages

    • Pilgrimages and the Jewish Community

    • Passover – Commemorating the Exodus
  • 6

    Chapter 6- Metaphoric Pilgrimages

    • Gathering the Nations

    • A River in the Desert

    • A Highway in the Wilderness

    • The Lord’s Protection
  • 7

    Chapter 7- The Pilgrimage of the Magi

    • Who Were the Magi?

    • The Star in the East
  • 8

    Chapter 8- Christ’s Pilgrimage: His Life, Death, and Resurrection

    • Baptism and Ministry

    • Passion and Death

    • Resurrection and Ascension

    • Tradition of Christian Pilgrimage
  • 9

    Chapter 9- The Pilgrimage of the 12 Apostles

    • The Commissioning of the Twelve Apostles

    • Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles

    • The Deaths of the Apostles

    • Peter and Paul
  • 10

    Chapter 10- The Practice of Christian Labyrinths

    • The Prayer Labyrinth

    • The Prayer Labyrinth

    • The Christian Use of the Labyrinth
  • 11

    Chapter 11- Early Pilgrimage in Europe

    • Pre-Christian Pilgrimage in Europe

    • Christianity and Medieval Pilgrimage
  • 12

    Chapter 12- The Reformation and Recent Years

    • The Roots of Protestant Pilgrimage

    • Pilgrimage Today
  • 13

    Chapter 13- Fruits of the Pilgrimage

    • The Geography of Faith
  • 14

    Chapter 14- The Prophetic Discovery of a Pilgrimage Journey

    • Life as Pilgrimage