The Pilgrim Life

Announcing Holy Troublemakers, a new podcast from StarQuest. In this weekly podcast host Dom Bettinelli will introduce you to the difficult people who built the Catholic Church. From mystics who argued with popes to missionaries who walked into places nobody sane would go, every episode tells one of their stories. The post Announcing Holy Troublemakers appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Dom Bettinelli has an urgent message to all listeners of StarQuest shows. We need your help right now. Please listen to this brief recording and then visit sqpn.com/give today. Thank you. (If you subscribe to multiple StarQuest shows, you may receive this message more than once.) The post A Special Message from StarQuest’s Dom Bettinelli appeared first on StarQuest Media.

In the final part of their series about Chemin de Sanctuaire, Deborah Schaben and Sandra Garayzar discuss the final part of their trip and arrival at Canada's National Cathedral of Saint Anne du Beaupre, along with the graces, obstacles, and surprises they encountered. The post St. Anne de Beaupre on Canada’s Chemin appeared first on StarQuest Media.

In our 2nd part of our series on Chemin de Sanctuaires, Deborah Schaben and Sandy Garyzar talk about a special gift Sandy received while on pilgrimage. They also talk about a special sanctuary dedicated to Our Lady of the Cape. The post PIL006: Chemin des Sanctuaires, Part Two appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Join Sandy Garazar and Deborah Schaben as they talk to group travel guide and Camino expert, Rui Ribeiro from Ultreia Y Suseia. He talks about what it's like to guide a group on the Camino and whether choosing a group experience is different than a solo trip. The post PIL005: Camino Expert and Guide Rui Ribeiro appeared first on StarQuest Media.

After getting a special call to learn more about St. Andre Bessette of Montreal, Deborah Schaben and Sandy Garayzar undertook Le Chemin des Sanctuaires Montréal pilgrimage between the Oratory of St. Joseph and St. Anne de Beaupre. Come with them to find out more about this special saint and his pilgrimage. The post PIL004: Walking with St. Andre Bessette in Montreal appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Deborah Schaben and Sandy Garayzar celebrate the Feast of St. James by recalling all the great aspects of the Saint for whom the Camino Santiago de Compestela is named and how his feast--and other Spanish saints' feasts--are celebrated. The post PIL003: The Feast of St. James appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Which is better? To walk a pilgrimage alone, with a couple of friends, or in a large group? Deborah Schaben and Sandy Garayzar tackle that question as they discuss Deborah's recent Camino de Santiago with a group of college students she led. The post PIL002: Walk Alone or Walk Together? appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Life is full of pilgrimages, whether a physical journey to a sacred place or a metaphorical journey. Deborah Schaben and Sandy Garayzar are veterans of both kinds of pilgrimages and want to take you along on their journeys to find sacred places, both near and far, ordinary and extraordinary. The post PIL001: The Pilgrim Life appeared first on StarQuest Media.