{"id":28661,"date":"2025-02-11T14:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/?p=28661"},"modified":"2025-02-11T14:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:11:19","slug":"miller-pilgrimage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/miller-pilgrimage\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting with Heritage Through Pilgrimage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Depicted above: Glendalough Monastery, Wicklow County, Ireland<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now that the pandemic&#8217;s travel restrictions are behind us, churches are once again visiting distant parts of the world. When we head out, however, we are not tourists, but pilgrims. According to Progressive Pilgrimage, a small company that plans custom experiences for church groups, a pilgrimage is \u201ca trip that is spiritually motivated. Pilgrims travel to sacred sites to follow in the footsteps of their spiritual forebears, to encounter the divine, and to deepen their personal faith.\u201d These pilgrimages can be life changing.<\/p>\n<h2>A Pilgrimage to Ireland<\/h2>\n<p>As associate pastor of Sewickley Presbyterian Church, I planned and participated in a pilgrimage to Ireland in October 2024. The trip was for members and friends of the church. Twenty-two pilgrims went to study Celtic Spirituality and to gain a better understanding of \u201cThe Troubles\u201d (prolonged ethno-nationalist conflict with division along lines of religious practice) that have plagued Ireland for decades.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28663\" style=\"width: 207px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cong_St._Mary_of_the_Rosary_Window_St._Brigid_Detail_St._Brigid_holding_her_Lamp_II_2019_09_04-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cong_St._Mary_of_the_Rosary_Window_St._Brigid_Detail_St._Brigid_holding_her_Lamp_II_2019_09_04-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cong_St._Mary_of_the_Rosary_Window_St._Brigid_Detail_St._Brigid_holding_her_Lamp_II_2019_09_04-300x435.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cong_St._Mary_of_the_Rosary_Window_St._Brigid_Detail_St._Brigid_holding_her_Lamp_II_2019_09_04.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Brigid, a patroness of Ireland, holding her lamp, as depicted at St. Mary of the Rosary, Cong, Ireland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We landed in Dublin and immediately traveled south to the ruins of the ancient monastic city of Glendalough. Founded in the sixth century by St. Kevin, these ruins allowed us to feel as if we were a part of this ancient Christian community that not only worshipped together, but lived, worked, and studied together as well. As we passed through the archway entrance, we touched a cross etched in a wall of stone. You couldn\u2019t help but feel a certain peaceful spirit emanating from it that brought a kinship with the faithful of old. While there, I held communion for our group on a large tree stump in the valley as we connected with God in nature like the Celts did.<\/p>\n<p>From there, we went to Kildare to get to know St. Brigid, a patron saint of Ireland. Her legacy is kept alive at the Solas Bhride Centre by the nuns who devote themselves to living as Brigid did: fostering peace, being faithful to the gospel, providing charity for the poor, and celebrating women in the life of the church. Many in our group were touched by Brigid\u2019s life and legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, any pilgrimage to Ireland would be incomplete without learning of St. Patrick, which we did in Downpatrick at the St. Patrick Centre. His name is on so many churches in Ireland, both Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland. We toured five of them: two in Armagh, one in Downpatrick, one in the countryside called \u201cSaul\u2019s Church,\u201d and the huge cathedral in Dublin. St. Patrick&#8217;s presence on Ireland\u2019s religious landscape cannot be overstated. He began as a slave, forcibly brought to Ireland, who escaped and returned in 432AD after hearing God call him back to share the gospel. Some of what we heard was legend, but without question, he built on Ireland\u2019s native religious practices to make the gospel real to the Celts.<\/p>\n<h2>Corrymeela: Intentional Christian Community<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28665\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Corrymeela_site-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Corrymeela_site-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Corrymeela_site.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A site around the center of Corrymeela. Founded in 1965 as a way of building a more peaceful North Ireland in the wake of devastating war, the Corrymeela Community now has a 60 year legacy as a peacemaking community. The community is a recipient of the Niwano Peace Prize, bestowed by an international committee of religious leaders which honors interreligious cooperation for peace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Probably the most meaningful part of the pilgrimage for me was our time at Corrymeela in Northern Ireland. Located on the beautiful Antrim Coast, Corrymeela is an intentional Christian community dedicated to peacemaking around the world. While originally founded to make peace between Irish Catholics and Protestants, their current mission stretches internationally as they bring conflicted people together in Christ. It was so moving to talk with the workers there and hear about their call to bring peace.<\/p>\n<p>There were more stops along the way than I have room to discuss, but I will conclude by saying that every alum and their church members should try to make a pilgrimage at some time. It may be to a local retreat center or to a destination far away, but to connect with Christians of old and to spend intentional time with God will benefit all of our lives of faith. I personally know of PTS alums who have gone to the Holy Land, Scotland, France, Japan, the Czech Republic, and other locales to deepen their faith. The lessons learned on pilgrimage are invaluable for teaching, preaching, and personal growth. I encourage everyone to go!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147448794 BCX0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emily-miller-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emily-miller-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emily-miller-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emily-miller-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emily-miller-300x375.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emily-miller-850x1063.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emily-miller.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><em>The Rev. Emily\u00a0<\/em><\/span><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147448794 BCX0\">Miller \u201907\u00a0 recently served as associate pastor at Sewickley Presbyterian Church and has accepted a call as interim pastor of John McMillan Presbyterian Church in Bethel Park, Pa. A native of Pittsburgh and proud Irish person, Emily has served two churches in the Pittsburgh area as a student pastor and six churches as an ordained minister. She<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147448794 BCX0\">\u00a0holds a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147448794 BCX0\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147448794 BCX0\">\u00a0and she p<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147448794 BCX0\">racticed<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147448794 BCX0\"> law in both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depicted above: Glendalough Monastery, Wicklow County, Ireland Now that the pandemic&#8217;s travel restrictions are behind us, churches are once again visiting distant parts of the world. When we head out, however, we are not tourists, but pilgrims. 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