In September of 2015, my family and I had the opportunity to go on pilgrimage to the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, PA.
20,000 Catholics from around the world attended the week-long conference culminating in a visit that weekend drawing over 1 millions pilgrims from around the world. Below are my reflections before, during, and after this pilgrimage. It was truly a grace filled time.
Final Thoughts On Our Pilgrimage
As we were driving into Indiana last night, it was after the sun had went down over the horizon, but ...
World Meeting of Families – Papal Mass: Speechless
I don’t know what to say. As special as yesterday was in seeing Pope Francis up close, today was 100 ...
Festival of Families – Love and Energy
Wow! I am exhausted, so todays post is going to be a bit of a short one…:) And besides, I’m ...
World Meeting of Families – Day 4: Security
When we walked out of the hotel this morning to head to the convention center, it was a different city. Many of ...
World Meeting of Families – Day 3: New Evangelization in HD!
Busy day today… We drove in for the first time (took the train the other days) and were able to ...
World Meeting of Families – Day 2: A Story of Reversal
“We each are a story of reversal. And this reversal happens in the family through Christ.” – Cardinal Robert Sarah This ...
World Meeting of Families – Day 1: An Amazing Start
The day started a bit slow. It was great that we checked-in yesterday because it allow us to have a ...
We’re Here!
We made it to Philly! And let me tell you, this city if electric, and the congress of families has ...
Why We Do This…
Well, the road today was definitely not the one less traveled… Day 1 of our journey takes us to Somerset, ...
World Meeting of Families – Getting Ready!
It’s starting to get real. Facebook and Twitter are buzzing with activity and all kinds of posts from people about ...