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All the clichés about pilgrimage turned out to be true

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Something makes pilgrimage different from 'just' walking. But then what? Lonneke researched this. She went in search of the meaning of secular pilgrimage and ended up with the Walk of Wisdom. The time has now come: her thesis is finished, approved,…

Travelogue silent walk Ravenstein-Wijchen

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Wishing fireball, ball 5 card 24 in Wijchen Due to corona, September 26 was the last silent walk in the series 'The Walk of Wisdom in a year around'. This group walk was some time ago, but is still fresh in my memory, Rob van Sprang. It was…

The story of the departure ceremony (4): ‘Meeting’.

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The Departure Ceremony/Pilgrim's Lauds of the Walk of Wisdom on November 7 in the Stevenskerk in Nijmegen was unfortunately cancelled due to corona. As a result, the contribution of pilgrim Marlou Elsen, the text by Cees van der Pluijm, was…

Correspondence between Lidia (coach) and Rianne (pilgrim), part 2: letter from Rianne

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Dear Lidia, I walked the Walk of Wisdom alone. The interview with you made it seem like you were walking with me a bit. How nice that we are now symbolically continuing on the road in this correspondence. You can sometimes get so stuck…

Correspondence between Lidia (coach) and Rianne (pilgrim), part 1: letter from Lidia

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Dear Rianne, I interviewed you almost 1 year ago to hear your experiences with the Walk of Wisdom. I just couldn't find the time to work out the interview. You 'delicately' reminded me this week with your kind email. That immediately gave…

Consider… the Walk of Wisdom: return day (report by pilgrim Simone Venderbosch, part 4 of 4)

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Text & images: Simone Venderbosch 'A place to come back to', I wrote in the guestbook here last summer. And, tadaa, here I am! My phone even recognizes the wifi, haha. On the way here, I had only been on the road for a few kilometers…

Walking the Walk of Wisdom , an interesting thought

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A few years ago, Jolanda, a Limburger, gave me the idea to walk the Walk of Wisdom . We were supposed to walk it together, but that didn't happen until I met Manja Bente at the Katalpalifecenter, a beautiful silence and retreat center of Bart…
Gerrie Dobbelaer, herfst

The story of the departure ceremony (3): ‘Autumn’.

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'Autumn' by Gerrie Dobbelaer During the Departure Ceremony/Pilgrim's Lauds of the Walk of Wisdom on October 3 in the Stevenskerk in Nijmegen, volunteer, coordinator, Manja Bente read the text by Martin Pieterse. The text for each Departure…
Stevenskerk door Bart Kouwenberg

Winter closure of the start and end point of the Stevenskerk (pilgrims can ring the bell)

The Stevenskerk in the centre of Nijmegen, the start and end point of the Walk of Wisdom, is normally open to a limited extent in the winter months. Now due to Corona, the church is completely closed until November 18 (only Vesper on Saturday…

Exciting times, also for a guest address (Machteld Meij looks back on the summer)

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Machteld Meij and Ronald Baksteen are a popular guest address for pilgrims of the Walk of Wisdom. They live in a fairytale way in the Hatertse Vennen near Nijmegen. People can spend the night in Sisterhurst's bakehouse or cottage from May to…