The Transforming Power of Pilgrimage
The spiritual practice of pilgrimage traces to the beginning of our tradition, as early Christians sought to encounter the Risen Christ by walking in the footsteps of Jesus in Jerusalem and throughout the Holy Land. Over the centuries, the transforming power of pilgrimage was discovered in paths and destinations around the Christian world, including the Camino in Spain, Canterbury, Iona, and Taizé. Pilgrims journeyed along these sacred ways and visited these and other holy places as a way of deepening their faith and inspiring their lives. Pilgrimages can be local, regional, across North America, and international: from the San Luis Valley in Colorado, to a border pilgrimage to Mexico, to a compelling journey to the Holy Land.
Today both adult and youth pilgrims from across Colorado have been drawn to pilgrimages near and far and discovered that by making pilgrimage, individuals and communities experience their faith and find inspiration in ways they never imagined!
Explore this page to learn about pilgrimage offerings from around the Episcopal Church in Colorado. The Formation Team (the Rev. Canon Greg Foraker, Tracy Methe, Elizabeth Cervasio, and Janet Choyce) is available to answer questions and to help you imagine and plan your next pilgrimage!
Walking the Camino de Santiago: A Pilgrimage from Portugal to Spain
Camino Portuguese Coastal & Interior Route
October 21-November 4, 2024
***This pilgrimage is now full. Please contact Canon Greg Foraker or Missioner Tracy Methe to join a wait list for this trip.***
For more than a thousand years, pilgrims have made their way from every corner of Europe, walking the converging paths of the Camino de Santiago. Designed for Episcopalians across Colorado and beyond, we will experience the transforming power of walking the Camino firsthand, sharing the opportunity to deepen bonds with each other as encounter God in the compelling landscape of Portugal and Spain and in pilgrims we will meet along the Way. Our journey will begin in Portugal in the faith-inspiring village of Fátima, before traveling north to join the Portuguese Way to walk to Santiago, Spain. This pilgrimage offers an invitation for pilgrims to experience their faith like never before.
Offered by the Episcopal Church in Colorado and the St. John’s Hiking Group, based at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Boulder.
Pilgrimage Guides: the Rev. Canon Greg Foraker, Missioner Tracy Methe, & Canon Mike Orr
Cost: $3790 (land only), $5180 (with group travel from Denver, CO)
Package Includes:
- Roundtrip airfare
- Hotel accommodation (double occupancy)
- Thirteen days’ walking pilgrimage
- Additional overnight in Porto, Portugal
- Pilgrim passports/credentials
- Pilgrimage preparation
- Pre-pilgrimage retreat at Cathedral Ridge, Woodland Park, CO, with fellow pilgrims