What is involved in pilgrimage?

... What is involved in pilgrimage? Describe the differing, approaches to pilgrimage by referring to two or more places of pilgrimage. There are many reasons why Christians go on pilgrimages. For many people pilgrimages play a very important role on their life and they find it very helpful to their development. Many people go to places like Lourdes and Lough Derg every year, and claim it changes their life and makes them closer to God through the activities they undertake there. Many organizations are set up to take disable children to Lourdes and help them, one organization is HCPT, it is the largest children's pilgrimage in the U.K and it was set up almost fifty years ago and is still running today. HCPT is a group which goes to Lourdes once a year with hundreds of children with volunteering adults to help them. The children love it and benefit hugely from

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