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I’ve been immensely blessed to have travelled to quite a number of destinations throughout world within my 23 years of living. I’ve travelled with relatives, with friends, or solo to places for special occasions, for leisure, for cultural experiences, or for educational purposes. Moreover, I’ve been beyond blessed to walk in the footsteps of Jesus as well…… Continue reading Home

The Way

Prior to the World Youth Day festivities in Madrid, there was a number of youth that journeyed through other pilgrimage sites in France and Spain. Unfortunately I was not able to join them, but the day I arrived to Madrid, the extended-trip pilgrims shared with each other their highs of the week; fortunately, I was…… Continue reading The Way

Come to love Love

A few days before I left Florence, a few of us from the SSTM took a mini pilgrimage to the Monastery of St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi. It’s situated on the hills of Careggi, overlooking Florence and the rest of the beautiful Tuscan hills that surround it. I didn’t know much about St. Mary Magdalene…… Continue reading Come to love Love

Sweetly Broken

It was dark, cold, and silent. In limited space, 23 of us clustered together in a cave underneath of the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu. As we reflected on the Gospel about Jesus’ imprisonment the night before his Crucifixion, tears fell from my eyes. “Lord, please forgive me” were the only words I could…… Continue reading Sweetly Broken