Making room for something new – theme silent walk 7 January

"Winter is the night of the year. The earth is seemingly dormant and sleep can be seen as the little death. Forces of renewal and purification are at work autonomously." Jaap Voigt. On Sunday 7 January at 11.00 am the eighth silent walk in…

‘Walking to wisdom’: story about the Walk of Walk of Wisdom in the magazine Naar Buiten

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'This age of globalisation calls for something that connects us, because we are increasingly aware that we are part of the same world.' That is what pioneer Damiaan Messing says in the beautiful article about the Walk of Wisdom that has been…

Linguists wanted (English or German)

Are you good at English or German? You might want to help us (as a volunteer) with the translation of our website and route guide into German and English. What's the plan? We want to expand the Walk of Wisdom to other countries and open it in…

On the road along lines of suffering and light – René van Nieuwkuijk

Last Sunday, René van Nieuwkuijk guided a silent walk in the series of ten walks 'The Walk of Wisdom in a year around'. It was a drizzly day and it was very cold, but there were still about twenty participants. René van Nieuwkuijk, social…
Christiane Berkvens-Stevelinck

preacher of Charity: in memoriam Christiane Berkvens-Stevelinck

"A sea of dreams raged in me" - these words were included in the obituary of our ambassador of the first hour Christiane Berkvens-Stevelinck. Before the opening of the route, Christiane wrote a contribution to our contemporary book of hours…

It’s Time to Listen to Yourself – Interview

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The art of living is nothing other than taking advantage of the people we suffer from. Marcel Proust. Pain, suffering, adversity - those who experience it usually want to get rid of it as soon as possible. But you can also grow from it as…

“She is her feet, she is the railway” (Dineke sings The Pilgrim)

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Dineke de Velde Harsenhorst has sung her beautiful song The Pilgrim many times at ceremonies and other gatherings of the Walk of Wisdom. Leonie van den Schoor of Stuk Producties made a recording of it at a few beautiful places along the route.…

And again a whole bunch of pilgrims set off

Maar liefst zestien pelgrims (en één lieve hond) verzamelden zich vanmorgen bij het beeld van Mariken van Nieumeghen op de Grote Markt in Nijmegen. Ze liepen samen naar de Valkhofkapel voor de Vertrekceremonie van de Walk of Wisdom. Starten…

“Man walks the path he has to take in his life” (artists Huub and Adelheid Kortekaas)

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Every pilgrim who registers will receive a steel pin of the symbol of the route in the starter pack. It's called 'Pilgrim' and the artist duo Huub and Adelheid Kortekaas designed it. The special symbol is also used as a route marker. "The design…

Beautiful article in magazine full sentence about ‘Modern pilgrimage route without destination’

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"The word 'pilgrim' comes from 'peregrinus' which means stranger. As a pilgrim, you consciously put yourself in a position where you are not at home, you distance yourself from the fixed structure in your life. And then you discover that the…