Faithful Departures: Travels with Catholic Pilgrims - Softcover

An hilarious account of a lapsed Catholic re-learning his prayers and reciting his rosary in the company of the pilgrims of Lourdes, Knock, Medjugorje and Rome. Brought up in classic Catholic fashion to keep the faith, Stephen Walsh nevertheless managed to mislay his towards the dog-end of a not very successfully mis-spent youth. 25 years later, and fully aware of his spiritual shortcomings, he decides to jump sandals-first into a series of pilgrimages in the company of a diverse, yet devout, cast of devotees. Against a gaudy backdrop of grot and grotto, he bathes in sacred waters, climbs holy mountains and goes everywhere that the Blessed Virgin Mary has put in an apparitional appearance.

Stephen Walsh was born in Edinburgh and brought up in Glasgow. He went on to study English at Oxford. His previous book, HEARTACHE SPOKEN HERE was also published by Penguin. He lives in Sussex and Scarborough.