Ave Maria (hostess at the Emmaus Monastery, part 2)

Photo: Simone Venderbosch By Simone Venderbosch Exactly one day ago I drove this way. Now I'm sitting in my room and looking out my window and see how the corn is being threshed, hear the ducks quacking, the heating is pumping and suddenly…

To serve you (hostess at the Emmaus Monastery, part 1)

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The garden of the Emmaus Monastery near Velp. Photo: Simone Venderbosch By Simone Venderbosch 'To serve'. One of the sentences written in beautiful curly letters on the beams in the refectory of the monastery. And that's exactly what I came…

Nancy’s Walk of Wisdom, ‘Always with me’.

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Someone asked me the question, "Is the Walk of Wisdom not for you?" After I mentioned somewhere that I had to attend another funeral, the umpteenth this year, and that I really didn't like it anymore. Walk of Wisdom....?? That's how it…

On the way to wisdom on the Walk of Wisdom (5): Peter van Uhm

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By Klaas Drupsteen When are you wise? How do you become it and what does it actually do for you? In the TV program 'On the Way to Wisdom' of Omroep Gelderland I went looking for answers to those questions. I walked the Walk of Wisdom in nine…

Toos, the oldest volunteer of the Walk of Walk of Wisdom

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Volunteer Toos This is the oldest and youngest volunteer of the Walk of Wisdom. It is always a lot of work to have all the starter kits ready for the pilgrims to send and we do that with a lot of volunteers.One makes the laces, the other…

The Story of the Departure Ceremony (6): ‘Ranks of Travellers’

'Damien on a butterfly hunt' by Peter de Haan The Departure Ceremony/Pilgrim Lauden of the Walk of Walk of Wisdom on February 6 in the Stevenskerk in Nijmegen was unfortunately cancelled due to corona. As a result, the contribution of pilgrim…

From the archive: Great rivers, great influence

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Background story on the high tide at the start of the route in mid-February. Photo: aerial view of the Waal near Winssen on 26 July 2004 (water level 9.00 meter +NAP at Lobith) The catchment area of the Waal near Nijmegen is currently 10 times…

On the way to wisdom on the Walk of Wisdom (4): Tjitske Jansen

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By Klaas Drupsteen When are you wise? How do you become it and what does it actually do for you? In the TV program 'On the Way to Wisdom' of Omroep Gelderland I went looking for answers to those questions. I walked the Walk of Wisdom in…

Synergy in the field chapel

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Our Lady's Chapel By Simone Venderbosch 'Blessed are you, Pilgrim, when you lack the words to be grateful for all that surprises you at each corner of el Camino' An important facet of my hikes is the search for depth. When I walk, I don't…