
Valkhofkapel and Walk of Wisdom save €600 for bird protection
News, selection
Over the past year, hundreds of pilgrims and passers-by have written an intention for a green lifestyle on a vegetable garden label in the Valkhof Chapel in Nijmegen and then 'planted' it in a container of soil. The action was a collaboration…

“The discovery of a better world” – Joop Brouwer (former board member)
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"The Walk of Wisdom is not only a personal pilgrimage, but also a joint discovery of a better world." - Joop Brouwer, at his farewell as board member of the Walk of Walk of Wisdom foundation. By Damien Messing.
Joop (77) is retired head of…

‘The Walk of Wisdom is a loving bed’ (About the special Storytelling Afternoon in the monastery)
News, selection, Stories from our editorsWhat does the Walk of Wisdom stand for? 'Connection with nature, with yourself, with the people along the way', 'Lifebuoy', 'A kind of loving bed. The marked route is there, within it you do it the way you want it', 'Reflection', 'Freedom to…

“There is a lot of dissimultaneity in the world” – Maria Ludikhuize (volunteer)
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Maria Ludikhuize once won a starter kit for the Walk of Wisdom and now regularly helps prepare the starter kits herself. After a few serious accidents, her work as a nurse has become impossible. Her life was forced to become more 'mystical'.…

Pilgrim’s report Dineke de Velde Harsenhorst in magazine Speling
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The theological/mystical scientific journal Speling has published a story by one of our pilgrims and musician at the departure ceremonies: poet and songwriter Dineke de Velde Harsenhorst.
"Slack is looking for contemporary spirituality and…

“Time is not money, time is life” – report by Robert Peters (pilgrim 3159)
selection, Stories from pilgrims"I put a small compass in the window frame of the Dijkhuisje near Beuningen. It was in the drawer with my deceased partner. Such a small compass the size of a beer bottle cap but made of plastic... I wanted to put it somewhere. She was not someone…

Impressions from the big detour (by pilgrim Simon Wijma)
selection, Stories from pilgrims
A week on the Walk of Wisdom
that footstep
that moment in time
liquefies
with a history in the country
And you, me
Then be quiet
The words gone
A dog is missing in Weurt. That can't be missed, because everyone we meet questions…

Chance on the Walk of Walk of Wisdom – an account of Antoinette (pilgrim 1900)
News, selection, Stories from pilgrims"To the organization of Walk of Wisdom,
I hereby send you a story/poem of what I experienced during my walk of wisdom. I have been in contact with the person in question (Mr. M.) and it may be shared.
On the occasion of my 65th birthday, I…

The first ‘angels’ have landed!
News, selectionHow very nice and cordial: at our donation campaign Friends of Wisdom , the first 'angels' have landed. Marjolein Pieks, village poet of Heumen, completed her Walk of Wisdom this week and has donated €50 to further develop and maintain the…

‘Yet I cried’ (Koos Duivesteijn-Ockeloen, pilgrim 1583)
selection, Stories from pilgrimsKoos Duivesteijn-Ockeloen walked the Walk of Wisdom and route map 4 (dots 5 and 11) in mid-August, inspired him to write the following text:
At Persingen, I was Charon
Who ferried me across the river
I wanted my dead loved one back
I…
