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There are no restrictions on where I can travel as a Catholic, only on how I act when I get there - but then I'd behave the same at home as I do abroad. I love to travel and I thoroughly enjoy holidays like everyone else. |
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To go away from a place or person in order to escape from fighting or danger. To go to a quiet safe place in order to avoid a difficult situation. |
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A private and safe place. A period of time used to pray and study quietly, or to think carefully, away from normal activities and duties.
Taken from The Cambridge Dictionary Online.
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Where do you like to go on holiday?
Why do you go?
Have you considered going on a spiritual retreat? |
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Your guide for this section is Tillie. She is 22, and lives in Leeds. Click here to read her story. |
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I have been on pilgrimages which are special journeys focused on feeding and resting my spirit. A pilgrimage is normally made to sacred or holy ground. You can find pilgrimage centres all over the world. |
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The spiritual home to over a billion Catholics and actual home of the Pope, the worldwide leader of the Catholic Church.
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The place where Bernadette Soubirous, a peasant girl, saw visions of Mary, the Mother of God. Drinking the spring water there has been known to heal serious disabilities and illnesses.
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Where Christians can trace Jesus' steps and seeing first hand the places mentioned in the Bible.
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Kings and Queens have visited here since the Middle Ages to seek God and the help of Mary, the Mother of God. |
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| This is a website of the Catholic Enquiry Office; part of an Agency of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales. |
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