The Pilgrim Walk involves a visit to seven designated churches in Dublin City (St. Ann’s , Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, John’s Lane, St. James’, St. Mary of the Angels, St. Michan and St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral) where we were received with so much welcome from the parish priests and people who stamped our pilgrim passports. We then spent time in quiet prayer and in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and completed our pilgrimage with a visit to St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral where the Pilgrim’s Passport is stamped and the Pilgrim receives a certificate of completion.

The day was not as glorious as the previous days. Soft pelting rain accompanied us but we enjoyed the walk especially since we had a “walking-talking GPS” with us! Patricia Quigley, being a Dubliner, knows the ins and outs of the city which made the walk a lot easier for us! Along the way we met familiar faces of friends, Columban Sisters and in St. Michan’s Church where I did my first church appeal, a man who recognized me greeted me with “I remember your face! You were here to collect a few bob!”

We have walked and prayed the walk…