Meandering life (by Joska van der Meer, pilgrim 786)

As a child, I learned a wonderful word: meandering. The stream where we played a boat race with leaves meandered through the forest with sharp turns. To win, your leaf had to get caught in the fast flow of the outside corners. If you were unlucky,…

New laces and new starting ring for repeat pilgrims

Are you a repeat pilgrim? (or maybe you lost something from your starter pack) If you want to walk the Walk of Wisdom again, you can purchase a new lace. You can also buy a new starting ring (without number) with the symbol of our route engraved…

Write or draw something in one of the two logbooks along the way if you feel like it

Would you like to write or draw something during or at the end of the Walk of Wisdom as a result of your pilgrimage? There are now logbooks at two places on the route. The small book is located in a special Lady Chapel between Alverna and Nederasselt…

Silent walk on Sunday 2 July with the theme ‘On the road’

The Walk of Wisdom in a year-round 'On the road'. That is the theme of the fourth guided silent walk. Each of us has our thoughts and feelings about 'going on the road'. During the walk, we share a number of perspectives. In the ritual it is…

Hunting lodge Mookerheide closed – bird box with rings

Hunting lodge Mookerheide has been closed since the beginning of this year. A pity, because it was one of the two stops where pilgrims picked up their bird ring for the municipality of Mook. The other place is 't Zwaantje. The manager of…

Saturday 17 June: come and wave goodbye to pilgrims from the Valkhof Chapel

On Saturday 17 June at 10.00 am in the Valkhof Chapel in the Valkhof Park in Nijmegen, there will be another departure ceremony for pilgrims who will walk the Walk of Wisdom . Others are also very welcome.  The ceremony is independent of…

‘The Walk of Wisdom was perhaps the most beautiful long-distance route so far’ (Ellie Smeekens and Maarten Smits)

We are developing the Walk of Wisdom as a pilgrimage ritual where you walk for several days with your phone and internet off. But we wouldn't be "the path of your own wisdom" if pilgrims did things very differently. Below is a nice report by…