Pilgrimage Stories From Up and Down the Staircase

Matthew R Anderson

Matthew Anderson teaches in the Dept of Theological Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. During the pandemic, he gets his exercise not from long-distance walks, but in going up and down his stairs. While he does, he remembers past pilgrimages.

  1. 2021-07-11

    Nuuksio Park Finland & Jokamiehenoikeus

    “An unwritten contract so ancient it predates the law”: Come with me to Nuuksio park in Finland to learn how jokamiehenoikeus—"everyperson’s right—connects Finns to forests, fauna, and foraging, whether or not they own land.

    43 min

  2. 2021-05-01

    A Princess Bride Pilgrimage

    Inconceivable! Pilgrimaging near Castleton and Higger Tor, in England's Peaks District, in search of scenes from the cult-classic "The Princess Bride."

    26 min

  3. 2020-12-11

    The NWMP Traders Road Part Two

    Welcome back for more stories - and audio - from our trek on the North-West Mounted Police Patrol Trail on Treaty Four territory. We're on the path of Everett Baker, talking about everything from the Desert Mothers to walking with one's Ancestors!

    35 min

  4. 2020-11-26

    The North-West Mounted Police Patrol Trail Pilgrimage

    Whether you know it as the North-West Mounted Police Patrol Trail, the Métis Traders' Road, or the Wood Mountain to Cypress Hills Trek, it's a pilgrimage back in history and across Treaty Four territory.

    38 min

  5. 2020-10-22

    Back on the Camino de Santiago

    Camino pilgrims inevitably feel the itch to return to the high peaks of the Pyrenees and the windswept trails of northern Spain. I went back too - this time with mic and camera.

    28 min

  6. 2020-10-08

    The Camino de Santiago

    It all started when I was called into the office of a powerhouse academic who was a former nun. "You're going on the Camino and taking students with you," she told me. "Why me?" I asked. Later, in Spain, I sometimes asked myself the same question.

    35 min

  7. 2020-09-10

    Walking the Whithorn Way in South-West Scotland

    The saint behind the Whithorn Way is lost in the shadows of history. As we walked toward Ninian's Candida Casa, the "House at the Edge of the Earth," we caught glimpses of the saint in the moors and mists of Galloway.

    30 min

  8. 2020-09-03

    From Old Montreal to Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory

    On our foot-path between Old Montreal and Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory, we and our students discovered much about the Kanien'ke:ha, the inner city, and ourselves.

    45 min
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Matthew Anderson teaches in the Dept of Theological Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. During the pandemic, he gets his exercise not from long-distance walks, but in going up and down his stairs. While he does, he remembers past pilgrimages.

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