Pilgrimage Stories From Up and Down the Staircase
Matthew Anderson teaches in the Dept of Theological Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. During the pandemic, he gets his exercise not from long-distance walks, but in going up and down his stairs. While he does, he remembers past pilgrimages.
Episodes
Sunday Jul 11, 2021
Nuuksio Park Finland & Jokamiehenoikeus
Sunday Jul 11, 2021
Sunday Jul 11, 2021
“An unwritten contract so ancient it predates the law”: Come with me to Nuuksio park in Finland to learn how jokamiehenoikeus—"everyperson’s right—connects Finns to forests, fauna, and foraging, whether or not they own land.
Saturday May 01, 2021
A Princess Bride Pilgrimage
Saturday May 01, 2021
Saturday May 01, 2021
Inconceivable! Pilgrimaging near Castleton and Higger Tor, in England's Peaks District, in search of scenes from the cult-classic "The Princess Bride."
Friday Dec 11, 2020
The NWMP Traders Road Part Two
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Welcome back for more stories - and audio - from our trek on the North-West Mounted Police Patrol Trail on Treaty Four territory. We're on the path of Everett Baker, talking about everything from the Desert Mothers to walking with one's Ancestors!
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
The North-West Mounted Police Patrol Trail Pilgrimage
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Whether you know it as the North-West Mounted Police Patrol Trail, the Métis Traders' Road, or the Wood Mountain to Cypress Hills Trek, it's a pilgrimage back in history and across Treaty Four territory.
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Back on the Camino de Santiago
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Camino pilgrims inevitably feel the itch to return to the high peaks of the Pyrenees and the windswept trails of northern Spain. I went back too - this time with mic and camera.
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
The Camino de Santiago
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
It all started when I was called into the office of a powerhouse academic who was a former nun. "You're going on the Camino and taking students with you," she told me. "Why me?" I asked. Later, in Spain, I sometimes asked myself the same question.
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Walking the Whithorn Way in South-West Scotland
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
The saint behind the Whithorn Way is lost in the shadows of history. As we walked toward Ninian's Candida Casa, the "House at the Edge of the Earth," we caught glimpses of the saint in the moors and mists of Galloway.
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
From Old Montreal to Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
On our foot-path between Old Montreal and Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory, we and our students discovered much about the Kanien'ke:ha, the inner city, and ourselves.
Let's Chat While We Walk
Interested in finding out about some great walks? Meeting some interesting people? "Pilgrimage Stories" is almost as good as being out on the trail, whether on the Whithorn Way in Scotland, or on Treaty Four territory on the Great Plains!