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The story of the departure ceremony (11): ‘Balance’.

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On the first Saturday of every month, a little after sunrise, one of our departure ceremonies is held: the pilgrim lauds. This month we read from our pilgrim book of hours Seasons of Life a text by Job Cohen, vformer mayor of Amsterdam and…

Step by Step – poem by Marlous Jongen

T-shirt of our foundation chairman Thomas Hontelez Book of Hours submission: Pilgrims can contribute. A selection of these will be compiled into a new pilgrim's book of hours. Read more here . Marloes Jongen recently walked the Walk of…

Giving something back to nature: report from the World Clean up

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Stray with sunshine, Photo: Thomas Hontelez When the sun shines, the whole world is beautiful. The whole world? Well, at least it was perfect weather to 'pick' litter. About 50 volunteers cleaned up almost our entire route last Saturday during…

Impression from the monastery in Velp (Nbr)

"In the dining room, groups of pilgrims sit at different tables. A couple who arrived a little later is forced to join the largest group. They greet with a nod and sit down opposite each other at the far end of the table. The male is a bit…
Ritueel Pelgrimsroute Walk of Wisdom

Will you be starting in the Stevenskerk soon? Our departure procedure has changed.

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Walk of Wisdom: entry in the pilgrim register. By Paul Spierings Those who register for the Walk of Wisdom will receive a starter pack. It contains a letter with the announcement that you can be added to the 'big book' in the Stevenskerk when…

The story of the departure ceremony (10): ‘truth and reconciliation’.

On the first Saturday of every month, a little after sunrise, one of our departure ceremonies is held: the pilgrim lauds. This month we read a text from our pilgrim book of hours Seasons of Life by Daan Bronkhorst, in-house writer of Amnesty…

Every evening on the Walk of Wisdom: the Sunset March

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Some places lift you above your own story. The Nijmegen bridge the Oversteek - at the end of our route - is such a place. There, at sunset, 48 pairs of lanterns are lit one by one every evening, at the pace of a slow march. It is a tribute…

Nature was there first

If you could give something back to nature, what would it be? The first thing that came to mind was: space, nature came first! This realization grew deep in me during my stay in a caravan near the route in Berg en Dal. Here I had to accept…
Marjoke Schulten

Internationalization Walk of Wisdom

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The Walk of Wisdom Foundation has asked Damiaan Messing to write a plan for the internationalization of the pilgrimage route. Damiaan was the creator of the idea behind the route. This route is ambitious worldwide to depict the connection…

Music and stories at our departure ceremony Saturday

This Saturday, August 21, is our second departure ceremony of this month, in the ancient Valkhof Chapel in Nijmegen (1,100 years..!). Just like every third Saturday, we start in silence from the statue of the woman who, according to Mayor…