by Diana | May 21, 2023 | Catholic History, Italy, Personal Travel, Pilgrimage, Saints
A Restful Flight My United flight to Rome was uneventful, thank God. The food was abysmal. Note to self: just stop eating airplane food. It’s never any good. When I packed my travel accoutrements, I completely forgot that I had booked an exit row–meaning...
by Diana | May 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Backstory Before I go on with tales of my pilgrimage, I should explain why this pilgrimage was needed, and such a gift. Because of Covid, we hadn’t travelled anywhere since our September 2019 trip to Portugal, to finish off filming for our series, The Faithful...
by Diana | Oct 6, 2017 | Catholic History, Holy Land, Liturgical Calendar, Mary, Pilgrimage, Portugal, Prayers, Pretty Things, Shrines, Television, Videos
Every October 7th, we Catholics celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and commemorate the 16th century victory at the Battle of Lepanto attributed to the intercession of Our Lady. This battle was so important and Our Lady’s intercession is so cherished, that...
by Diana | Sep 4, 2015 | Catholic History, Events, National Catholic Register, Personal Travel, Pilgrimage
This post originally appeared at the National Catholic Register. Must-See Catholic Sites in Philadelphia In just a few months, the world will descend on Philadelphia to take part in the World Meeting of Families and to get as close as possible to Pope Francis on his...
by Diana | Apr 5, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Holy Land, Personal Travel, Pilgrimage
This week, I find myself yet again embarking on a trip/pilgrimage to the Holy Land. This trip is unexpected, I’ll be honest. While I have been planning a pilgrimage to the Holy Land for quite some time, I was a little worried that the trip would be cancelled,...
by Diana | Nov 20, 2014 | Behind the Scenes, Dappled Things, Holy Land, Pilgrimage
… from then on, all of those people who had heretofore been complete strangers now shared a bond that only others who had been on the same pilgrimage could understand. They’d go home, I told them, with their 8,000 or so pictures, and they’d try to show their...
by Diana | Nov 11, 2014 | Holy Land, Pilgrimage, Tuesday Guest Star
Today is Tuesday! You know what that means? We’re gonna have a special guest! Today’s special guest star is Habib Karam, a dear friend whom I was blessed to meet online, and then in person this past May, when we journeyed back to the Holy Land to film a...
by Diana | Nov 1, 2014 | Behind the Scenes, Personal Travel, Pilgrimage, Portugal, Saints
It’s been almost two weeks since my husband David and I returned from our whirlwind tour of Portugal as we filmed our next series, The Faithful Traveler in Portugal. It was such a spectacular trip, and I plan to tell you about it in future posts, there is so...
by Diana | May 3, 2011 | Behind the Scenes, Holy Land, Photos, Pilgrimage
The second day of our Holy Land pilgrimage was probably the easiest, as we only had 3 places to go–and one was at the beach! The day started off quickly. We had a spectacular breakfast at our gorgeous hotel, The Olive Tree Hotel in Jerusalem, and then we were...
by Diana | Apr 22, 2011 | Behind the Scenes, Holy Land, Pilgrimage
On the seventh day of our pilgrimage to the Holy Land, my team had a casualty. David stayed in the hotel that day, because his legs had swollen from the knees down, after having fallen on the Via Dolorosa the previous morning. Our pilgrimage was almost over—we only...
