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DISCERN YOUR NEXT JOURNEY

What are you seeking?

Some journeys begin with a destination. Others begin with a question.

You do not need to know exactly what you are looking for. Start with what draws you, and let the places do some of the asking.

If you already know where you want to go, go straight to the destinations. Nothing here stands in the way.

WHAT ARE YOU SEEKING?

Start with the reason.

The Basilica of St. Francis above the Umbrian landscape
Renewal

Is it a fresh start you need?

St. James Church in Medjugorje
Clarity

Is there a decision you need to make?

The Chair of St. Peter (Cathedra Petri) by Bernini, with the Holy Spirit window, in the apse of St. Peter's Basilica
Deeper faith

Do you want to go deeper?

The sanctuary basilicas beside the river in Lourdes
Healing & peace

Are you carrying something?

Interior of Michelangelo's dome of St. Peter's Basilica seen from the floor, with the inscription TV ES PETRVS
Come and see

Curious about Catholicism?

A gold mosaic of the Madonna delle Grazie under a stone pediment reading AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA, near the Vatican
Returning

Has it been a while?

The cathedral façade in Santiago de Compostela
Challenge

Do you want a journey that asks something of you?

St. Peter’s Basilica above the surrounding city in natural daylight
Culture & fellowship

Do you want to eat well, too?

The outer arches of the Colosseum in Rome seen from below against a bright sky
Just go

Have you always wanted to see Rome?

WHAT DRAWS YOU?

Or start with what you love.

A marble scroll inscribed SEPULCRUM SANCTI PETRI APOSTOLI, the tomb of St. Peter the Apostle, in the Vatican Grottoes
History

Is it the early Church you want to stand inside?

The gilded, frescoed ceiling of the Gallery of Maps in the Vatican Museums
Beauty & architecture

Is it beauty that moves you?

The statue of St. Andrew with his cross by François Duquesnoy, in a niche of a crossing pier in St. Peter's Basilica
The saints

Is there a saint you keep returning to?

The historic Old Basilica at the Guadalupe sanctuary in Mexico City
Mary

Is it Our Lady who draws you?

The Clementine Chapel in the Vatican Grottoes, with the mosaic of Christ above the altar closest to St. Peter's tomb
The Eucharist

Is it the Eucharist?

FOR PRIESTS

Discern leading a pilgrimage.

Where might you be called to lead your people? Bold Pilgrim carries the journey so that a priest can remain a priest on the road.

Begin

A MOMENT IN LIFE

Or begin with where you are.

Or begin with a saint

ALREADY KNOW WHERE YOU WANT TO GO?

Go straight there. See the pilgrimages or browse the destinations. Nothing here stands in the way.

EVERY PILGRIMAGE BEGINS WITH A FIRST STEP

Where is your faith
calling you?

Tell us what you have in mind. A place, a prayer intention, a parish, or simply a desire to go.

Start planning