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Article: Pilgrimages of Our Lady of Christendom and the restoration of faith.(Travel narrative)
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- Catholic Insight
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- January 1, 2008
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In contemporary times, the first pilgrimages in honour of Our Lady of Christendom date back to the time of Charles Peguy, French poet, journalist, and devoted Catholic. He began the pilgrimages after his return to the Catholic faith as an adult.
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Peguy
Peguy was born on January 7, 1873 in Orleans, France. As an adolescent, he withdrew from Christianity, which, like most of his contemporaries, he began to consider as a rather shoddy childhood garment, which could be as easily cast off as the hand-me-downs worn by the poor. By the time he was an undergraduate student, he chose to embrace a militant form of socialism and with ...
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