Peace Love Pilgrimage is a response to the Apostolic Exhortation, The Joy of the Gospel (2013). The words “go out into the streets, don’t be desk bound” jumped off the page and landed in my lap creating an undeniable sense of urgency to help others find Jesus.

The immediate response to move people further on their faith journey was overwhelming. One advertisement, on one day reached the maximum number of people to travel on a motor coach bus, 580 miles, overnight and celebrate Mass with Pope Francis. The Mass was not in a church but on a freeway with millions of people in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the World Meeting of Families. 

As a journalist, it is a privilege to share the authenic lives of ordinary men and women who have found Jesus in extraordinary ways. People who can share in the joy of redemptive suffering are a witness to the greatest gift of Jesus, in the tabernacle. 

I describe the relationship between holy and sacred in my first publication titled Evangelization of Sacred Art and the altar dedication.  There were seven new liturgical sacred art pieces at Saint Louis de Montfort Catholic Church, in Fishers, Indiana. The new altar was consecrated   by the Most Reverend Bishop Timothy L. Doherty in the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana.

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in all things give thanks.” 
1 Thes. 5:16

A pilgrimage is authentic and unique because we don't choose the people we travel with, God does. When I prayed for the grace to walk humbly with God, to know Him more clearly and to follow Him, I had no idea where He would lead me. I am blessed!