What is a Pilgrimage? A pilgrimage as a journey to a sacred place undertaken as an act of religious devotion. “To go on pilgrimage is not simply to visit a place to admire its treasures of nature, art or history. To go on pilgrimage really means to step out of ourselves in order to encounter God where he reveals himself, where his grace shines with particular splendour and produces rich fruits of conversion and holiness among those who believe.” - Benedict XVI Ascent Pilgrimage The Ascent Pilgri