Holy Week pilgrims in Rome take up ancient Seven Churches walks

Holy Week pilgrims in Rome take up ancient Seven Churches walks

Jubilee of Hope pilgrims outside St. Peter’s Basilica, the final destination of their St. Philip Neri’s Seven Churches Pilgrimage, Monday, April 14, 2025. / Credit: Jacob Derry Vatican City, Apr 17, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Jubilee of Hope pilgri... [...]

St Michael School Revives Holy Week Tradition With Seven Visits

As part of their Easter preparations, Ms Faye’s class at St Michael School took part in the Seven Visits, a prayerful journey inspired by the Stations of the Cross.  Seven reflective stations were set up around the school playground, transforming it into a peaceful space for prayer and reflection. The activity followed a class discussion on Holy Week and Maltese traditions. Students explored the meaning behind these customs and the values they r…

Every year, during Holy Week, many people start to walk through different churches to fulfill a custom that, rather than blind devotion, keeps a deep symbolic burden. It is not a question of adding kilometers or likes in networks: the so-called “Visit to the Seven Churches” seeks to accompany, even in spirit, the path that Jesus went through from being captured to his crucifixion. It may interest you: Holy Week: The mysterious origin of the cevi…

In each church, the faithful kneel before the altar of rest, offer prayers and adoration. St. Philip Neri, founder of the Oratory in Rome, patron of educators and humorists, received the gift of being able to read thoughts, healing and prophecy. To the also known as the "Apostle of Rome", is attributed the beginning of the Visitation of the Seven Churches during the sixteenth century; since he guided groups of parishioners in visiting each of th…

Holy Week Pilgrims in Rome Take Up Ancient Seven Churches Walks - Catholic Canada

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