Making a Pilgrimage

Making a Pilgrimage

with Joan Watson

Making a Pilgrimage

Guest: Joan Watson

What does it mean to make a pilgrimage, and why are pilgrimages important?

Where is pilgrimage in the Bible?

How can a pilgrimage help us be saints?

Pilgrimage leader Joan Watson discusses pilgrimage as a way of life for the Christian and the special graces available to us in sacred shrines and holy place with Franciscan University Presents host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, president of Franciscan University, and panelists Dr. Scott Hahn and Dr. Regis Martin of Franciscan University’s Theology Department.

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