So Father, tell us what inspired you to start it?

Well, like most good things, it's usually God's idea more than ours.

But a former pilgrim pointed out to a parish that wanted to sell the third church campus, they couldn't maintain three of them, that there was a group, it happened to be us, and a priest came along with it.

That was kind of a bonus because they wanted to keep it Catholic and have masses.

This pilgrim brought it to our attention.

We weren't looking to become property owners.

We rented an office building, but we received the archbishop's permission to reserve the Blessed Sacrament because he thought our ministry of the Holy Land filled a niche in the archdiocese that was needed.

Tell us the story of how some of the pilgrims that you have led have been impacted through walking the land and meeting these living stones.