WeLcome FROM THE FOUNDER, speaker and freelance journalist
PEACE LOVE PILGRIMAGEwas founded in 2015 to take people further on their faith journey. I didn't choose faith travel, God did.
There is nothing better than to see the hand of God at work in the lives of pilgrims, as prayers are answered. At different times in our lives we travel on unexpected or an undesirable path. Faith is when we accept and move through unchartered territory recognizing thr signs leading in a new direction.
My education was steeped in eighteen years of Catholicism from grade school through graduate school. While attending a semester overseas as an undergraduate, I enrolled in a speech course. The syllabus included travel to historical churches. That experience made a significant impact on who I am today and what God called me to do.
At the encouragement of my parish Pastor, I completed a Masters degree in Pastoral Theology. At the time I was as a stay at home mom, raising two young children, at the same time I was a patient at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
It was through my own trials that I heard God's call to trust in His PEACE and LOVE, the kind that only He could provide. PEACE LOVE PILGRIMAGE began just as 56 pilgrims registered for motor-coach transportation from Indiana to Philadelphia, Pensylvania to celebrate mass with Pope Franics at the World Meeting of Families on Benjamin Franklin Highway, in 2015.
The saints, the sacraments and the rosary are the foundation of PEACE LOVE PILGRIMAGE, a mission different from any other pilgrimage company and the most important aspect on every itinerary. I have received so much more than I can give by witnessing the extraordinary circumstances of ordinary people who have carried a heavy cross, heroically.
My hope and my prayer is that your faith is ignited by traveling to meet a Saint in the same manner that I did.
Kerin O'Rourke Buntin M.A. Pastoral Theologian Founder