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Preview 2026 Pilgrimage to England
"You cannot cross the ocean in response to a call from a 14th century mystic, be steeped in days and days of a message that sings out with joyful confidence that "All shall be well", and then decide not to believe it when a darkness comes. " Julie Sellers, 2024 Julie will be our 2026 co-leader. There are two rooms remaining. Early bird special rate now.
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Marie Laure
Dec 9, 20251 min read


Writing with Julian of Norwich: Third Annual Pilgrimage
If you have been following this blog for a while, then you have seen photos and updates posted from the 2024 and 2025 pilgrimages to Norwich, England. (Please see “All Blogs Pilgrimage” on this website if you missed it.) Julian was alive and writing in the Fourteenth century when women were not meant to have a voice, and nobody was allowed to read or write in the English language. She broke all the rules and became the first known woman to have written a book in English (pu
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Marie Laure
Aug 12, 20252 min read




All Shall Be Well Women's Pilgrimage
The theme for the 2025 pilgrimage is hope! May 5 - 12, 2025 Lady Julian of...
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Marie Laure
Dec 2, 20243 min read


When the Norwich pilgrimage was over and the Pilgrim Sisters, as we referred to ourselves, had returned home, I stayed on at the Guesthouse. One evening when I returned to the kitchen for tea, Astrid
appeared sipping a glass of red wine. “Are you one of the Florida group”? She already knew the answer by my accent. Earlier in the week,...
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Marie Laure
Jun 18, 20242 min read


Returning Home . . .
The pilgrimage is complete in the return. Completion is not closure, in the words of John O’Donohue * who lived and died prematurely in...
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Marie Laure
Jun 11, 20242 min read




Pilgrims’ Progress from Norwich
Charlene, Betsy, Julie, Suellyn On the very day that we all had train tickets to Norwich from London, the trains went on strike! Three of...
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Marie Laure
May 7, 20242 min read


Tuesday: All Shall Be Well . . .
What can we say about Tuesday? I have come to think of Tuesday as that one day of the week that stands out for its ordinariness. In our...
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Marie Laure
Apr 30, 20244 min read


What makes a pilgrimage a pilgrimage?
When I was a graduate student I chose the topic of Pilgrimage for my thesis. What I soon learned was how many others were as interested...
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Marie Laure
Apr 16, 20244 min read
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