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Family Pilgrimage

Beyond Sunday

On this episode, Nicole and Rakhi discuss the many local pilgrimage sites available throughout the Metro Detroit area and beyond. They share tips for incorporating these visits into family vacations and for making them powerful experiences for even the youngest family members. This episode of Beyond Sunday is sponsored by the PIME Missionaries. The PIME Missionaries are Catholic Priests and Brothers changing lives and sharing the merciful joy of Christ with those who need it most through the PIME Sponsorships at a Distance Program. Become a PIME Sponsor today and bring lasting change to the life of a child, youth, person living with disabilities, or seminarian. Learn about the impact that you can have at pimeusa.org/52sponsorships.  (1:23) Rakhi and Nicole talk about the boredom that can come with midsummer and discuss the 52sundays.com weekly challenge to go on a local pilgrimage. They share the meaning of pilgrimage. (3:53) The hosts agree that their favorite family pilgrimage spot is the Solanus Casey Center in Detroit.  (6:20) Nicole shares another favorite, the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, and Rakhi says that the sacred art there points us back to God.  (8:12) Rakhi suggests the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak, which includes an important tower that can be a pilgrimage in itself. Nicole also describes the Basilica de Ste. Anne de Detroit, Sweetest Heart of Mary, St. Joseph’s Shrine, and St. Aloysius. (11:20) Rakhi discusses how beauty elevates our spirit to a higher reality and allows us to contemplate the face of God. She also recommends the Shrine of Jesus the Divine Mercy. (12:55) Rakhi shares day trip locations including The Cross in the Woods, the St. Dymphna Shrine, Our Lady of Consolation, St. Martin de Porres Retreat House, and Our Lady of Good Help. (16:48) The hosts discuss how to build these pilgrimages into family vacations and how that is countercultural. (18:44) Rakhi shares tips for how to do these visits with small children. (21:05) Rakhi reminds listeners that these places are not museums – they are for us.  This episode of Beyond Sunday is sponsored by the PIME Missionaries. The PIME Missionaries are Catholic Priests and Brothers changing lives and sharing the merciful joy of Christ with those who need it most through the PIME Sponsorships at a Distance Program. Become a PIME Sponsor today and bring lasting change to the life of a child, youth, person living with disabilities, or seminarian. Learn about the impact that you can have at pimeusa.org/52sponsorships.