Of Pilgrimages and “Billgrimages”
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 08.17.05 | 9:16 AM ET
What’s a “Billgrimage”? That’s what fans of former U.S. President Bill Clinton are calling their trips to Hope, Arkansas to see his birthplace and presidential library. CNN has the story via AP. Across the Atlantic, a more traditional pilgrim has been making news.
Sister Mary Michael, a 61-year-old Roman Catholic nun, is leading a protest against the filming of “The Da Vinci Code” at Lincoln Cathedral this week by subjecting herself to the three-day Lough Derg pilgrimage. The Times religion writer Ruth Gledhill calls it “ascetically demanding”—pilgrims eat one small meal a day and travel barefoot.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
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