Sunday, January 11, 2009

A Jesuits Walk's In Ignatius' Footprints

We left Manresa on May 16 and went to Montserrat on the same day. Interestingly, the mountain of Montserrat could be seen from La Cova and was a beautiful site for us to behold during the retreat. We heard mass at the Church of our Lady together with the hundreds of other pilgrims that were there. As we know, Montserrat was very important to Ignatius because this was where he offered his sword, the sword that meant a lot to him, before he went to Manresa.

After Montserrat we went to Barcelona and stayed there until May 19. Like what we did in Manresa we also had our Ignatian walk here, visiting the places that were significant to Ignatius. It was also in one of the churches that we visited and had our mass where we saw the actual sword that was offered by Ignatius in Montserrat.

Link (here) to the blog Center for Ignatian Spirituality and full post by entitled, CIS Jubilee Pilgrimage: A Jubilee Gift.

Photo is of the cave at Manresa or also known as the Cave of St. Ignatius

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