Welcome to the Pilgrimage of Hope
The Pilgrimage of Hope provides participants with the opportunity to:
- Understand the life and work of Mother Teresa
- Serve alongside the Missionaries of Charity Sisters
- Gain a better understanding of themselves and their faith
- Live and work together as a community, considering the needs of others
- Experience and participate in a different culture, both within Australia and overseas
The Pilgrimage of Hope arose out of a vision by Brother James, a Benedictine Religious Brother, who is the Director of the Pilgrimage of Hope based at Christ Church Grammar School in Perth.
Brother James has extensive experience working with young people and believes that there is a great yearning on their part for a spiritual experience that is sustaining. “They need something they can feel; something that will draw from them some commitment. They want to make a connection between those ancient aspects of a meaningful life; faith, hope and love”.
He observes that true education is about something that goes well beyond ideas, He is fond of the old quotation: “Tell me and I may forget. Show me and I may remember. But involve me and I will understand.”
As Brother James says’ “we take young people to another world, another world of meaning, where all their categories about comfort are challenged. They are taken out of an unsatisfying comfort zone and work with compassionate, practical, faithful people who are making a difference in the lives of those Mother Teresa called ‘the poorest of the poor’. This will be deeply confronting but it draws out of the young pilgrims something quite wonderful. I have been strengthened and inspired to see how they have responded when tested. It gives me great confidence in the goodness of young people as it empowers them with knowledge that service to others is the way in which a happy life may be lived”.
