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Trip reports from pilgrimages that have already travelled, and news from the shrines, dioceses and parishes Canterbury works with.

News and Trip Reports

Rome, Lourdes and Fatima with Patrick Madrid

Patrick and Nancy Madrid are home from Rome, Lourdes and Fatima with more than 180 pilgrims across four coaches. His own account of it, and photographs from the road.September 10, 2026News and Trip Reports

The Holy Doors Open Once in Twenty-Five Years: The 2025 Jubilee Pilgrimage to Rome

In February 2025 the Diocese of Tucson travelled to Rome for the Jubilee with Bishop Kicanas and Deacon Al Gallardo, to walk through the Holy Doors and pray at the tombs of Peter and Paul.September 10, 2026News and Trip Reports

Fifteen Days in Catholic Japan: Looking Back on the April 2026 Pilgrimage

Bishop Kicanas and Deacon Ed Sheffer led fifteen days through Catholic Japan in April 2026: Tokyo, Akita and Nagasaki, the Twenty-Six Martyrs, and the Hidden Christians who kept the faith for 250 years without a priest.September 10, 2026News and Trip Reports

Pilgrimage to Portugal, Spain and France with Bishop Kicanas and Deacon Ed

Bishop Gerald Kicanas and Deacon Ed Sheffer lead a pilgrimage through Portugal, Spain and France, praying at the Marian shrines and sacred sites that have drawn pilgrims for centuries.September 10, 2026News and Trip Reports

The Land of Ra

Deacon Ed Sheffer leads twenty-eight pilgrims through Egypt: the Holy Family’s refuge at Abu Serga, the lighthouse city where St. Mark brought the faith, a Nile cruise, and Mass in a church carved under Garbage City.September 9, 2026News and Trip Reports

The Rising Son

Deacon Ed Sheffer on leading a pilgrimage through Japan: the tail of cherry blossom season, the hidden Christians of Nagasaki, and a Church of 430,000 whose witness reaches far beyond its numbers.September 9, 2026