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also available.Pilgrimages include visits, the celebration of the Sacraments and talks intended to prepare for proposed spiritual work. Here are a few examples:
The route of this exceptional pilgrimage takes us to Nazareth, place of the Annunciation, to Jerusalem, place of the Resurrection, following the main moments of Christ’s life pace by pace (birth at Bethlehem, baptism in the Jordan, transfiguration on the Mount Thabor, passing through Gethsemane, the Garden of Olives and the place of Calvary). The route is based on Christ’s life, stage by stage, to incorporate the initiatic way He followed before offering it to us. Mass is celebrated in some of these places, and it is therefore an exceptional occasion to visit these high-places of Christ’s life in order, by hearing a talk that prepares each visit.
This pilgrimage to Turkey is an exceptional moment entirely dedicated to studying the first pages of the Apocalypse of Saint John, in which the Apostle writes to the Seven Churches and entrusts them with the keys of their spiritual development. By visiting each site where these Churches were once edified, Dom Charles-Rafaël Payeur will bring you to discover the message addressed to them and the meaning it takes on today for those who walk in the pathway of initiation. A Mass is celebrated in each of these places where the first Christians assembled at the time of Saint John.
At the heart of the Isle of Patlos, where Saint John received a revelation of the Messianic times, Dom Charles-Rafaël Payeur offers you the possibility to penetrate the sacred arcanes hidden in the book of the Apocalypse. This will give you a better understanding of the interior work to do in order to live our present times with a new awareness. Indeed;, this book teaches us an essential psycho-spiritual step to open certain dimensions of our being to experience the Resurrection in the way the Biblical tradition invites us. During this stay on Patmos, practical exercises are proposed to incorporate this teaching by beginning a true interior metamorphosis.
We offer you a whole week’s pilgrimage to Assisi, to discover this sacred place and deepen the exceptional spiritual step proposed by Saint Francis in a good context for intense interior work. It is thus possible to become familiar with a completely original way of spiritual growth and development, which made of Franciscan spirituality a beacon for the development of our western civilisation.
Dom Charles-Rafaël Payeur invites you to meditate on one of the greatest mysteries of Christianity: that of the Sacred Heart. On the basis of the revelations made to Saint Margaret-Mary Alacoque and the symbolism of the spiritual tradition, we propose to begin a fundamental mystical task of better integrating the inexpressible presence of God in our own hearts. In this way, there is a true spiritual discipline that enables us to begin in ourselves a radical transformation, for which the symbolism of the Sacred Heart is the key. You are therefore invited to take part in this work.
This pilgrimage is essentially dedicated to Marian spirituality, and enables you to study the profound meaning of the apparitions experienced in this spiritual high place in 1858. You will thus discover that they reveal to us the way to follow to free us from the hold of this world, the world of the Fall, to be received into the higher world as citizens of the celestial Jerusalem. You will in this way live through the extraordinary events Bernadette Soubirous experienced. They will bring you to draw lessons that will introduce you into a process of conversion (inviting you to detach yourself from exterior realities to be in a position to listen to interior realities) and in a process of deification (bringing you to participate more and more in spiritual realities).
This pilgrimage to Bourges especially allows the discovery of important revelations which caused the Fall of man, in particular on the intervention of the demon Samuel represented on the west front of the cathedral. You will also learn how this cathedral, with its five doors and five isles, is a true alchemic area where the aspirant can begin a deep metanoia. The modalities of this experience are mainly evoked at the level of the west door, which, allied with exceptional stained-glass windows, suggest to keys to man’s liberation. Dom Charles-Rafaël Payeur also invites you to discover the way to be a better receptacle of celestial light, through certain secrets kept by the ancient alchemists. He does this by offering you an introduction to the symbolism of the “oratory” ceiling of the Lallemand hotel situated next to the cathedral, a teach that enables you better to take root in the heart of divine reality.
This exceptional pilgrimage firstly allows us to become aware of the immensity of Venezuelan nature through immersing ourselves in the Orinoco Delta, in the midst of the Waraos community (the people of the pirogues). You will discover there an immemorial way of life based on a profound communion with nature, and mainly with water. This trip, punctuated by lectures about the spiritual tradition of this people and excursions into nature, will enable you to discover on what rests the Shaman tradition in order better to understand how it was transformed by the arrival of Christianity. Indeed, Dom Charles-Rafaël Payeur will then lead you to the place where the Virgin appeared for the first time to a young Venezuelan native. The pilgrimage comes to a close at Bethany where a seer is still a witness of many Marian apparitions accepted by the Church as authentic. This trip involves several inland flights (considering the great distances to cover) and three days immersed in natural surroundings in rustic conditions.
Other pilgrimages are
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Dom Charles-Rafaël Payeur offers you a trip on the theme of Greek mythology. You will discover the great gods of Olympus and will learn, through appropriate meditation, to assimilate the powerful spiritual archetypes they incarnate. These exercises will be made in initiatic high-places that were associated by the ancients to this particular work. A pilgrimage to the Isle of Patmos will also bring you to discover the sacred cave where Saint John received his revelation.
This trip, on the theme of the high-places of Cretan civilisation, is the occasion to discover important initiatic symbols transmitted, at the dawn of the Christian era, by the Wise Men of Antiquity. Our route especially leads us to the cave of Ida (birthplace of Zeus), which became an initiatic high-place of Antiquity, and to the Cave of Dikta (a magnificent cultural cave of great fame in Antiquity). We will also visit Goryna, the place where the holy Apostle Titus was martyred, disciple of Saint Paul and first Bishop of the Church of Crete.
This trip essentially enables us to discover the main archaeological sites of ancient Mexico, from Teotihuacan to Tulum. This is an exceptional trip by the quality of the sites visited and their number. Moreover, particular exercises are offered for you in certain specially chosen places. For example, an expedition to a distant site, the city of Tonina, is the occasion of a moment of high spirituality away from the tourist trails. Even more, we will visit the sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadeloupe where it will be possible to be in contact with the deepest roots of Mexican Christianity.
Other cultural trips are
also available.