Bunbury Diocese has marked World Mission Month with the inaugural 16-kilometre Kirup Camino walk. Source: The eRecord.
The Kirup Camino, hosted by Catholic Mission in conjunction with the Spirituality Hub Kirup, was based on the Christian tradition of pilgrimage.
The walk was held on October 1 to launch World Mission Month in the Bunbury Diocese and to celebrate the feast day of St Therese of Lisieux, patron saint of Missions.
It started at the Spirituality Hub at the Holy Family Catholic Church, Kirup, and finished at the Church of St Therese, in Balingup.
The full Kirup Camino was completed by 18 pilgrims, 10 pilgrims chose to walk a half Camino (8km), while others participated in a “virtual Camino” by spending the morning at the Hub in Kirup watching a video of the Kirup Camino route and reflecting on pilgrimage as a Christian tradition.
The Kirup Camino concluded with a pilgrims’ Mass in Balingup, celebrated by parish priest Fr Roshan Fernando, who also walked the full Kirup Camino route and was joined by nine of his parishioners.
Aspects of Spain’s Camino de Santiago, or The Way, and other well-known pilgrim paths were incorporated into the Kirup Camino.
Pilgrims received a Camino passport, which was stamped as they completed each stage of the walk, and a journal that included the order of the Mass and hymn lyrics.
A gumnut was chosen as the Camino symbol, rather than the scallop shell of the Spanish Camino.
Fr Roshan blessed the pilgrims at the start and the Kirup Camino ended with a pilgrims’ mass, just like the pilgrims in Spain when they reach the Cathedral de Santiago, in Santiago de Compostela.
Those participating in the Kirup Camino were invited to a make a donation towards the 2024 Catholic Mission Parish Appeal, with profits going to this year’s appeal focus – the House of Mercy in Mongolia, which provides shelter to many in need, including people experiencing homelessness and domestic violence.
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