The Pilgrim's Italy: A Travel Guide to the Saints [Paperback]

James Heater (Author), Colleen Heater (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2002

The footsteps of pilgrims have echoed continuously through the halls of time, as seekers of all faiths search for deeper meaning and purpose in their lives. The tangible vibrations of the saints and their shrines provide a direct personal experience of Divinity and transform lives. This is the power of pilgrimage.

Italy has long been the destination of countless pilgrims, yet The Pilgrim’s Italy is the first comprehensive guide to the spiritual side of this ancient country. This unique guidebook offers all that is needed to visit profound pilgrimage sites, meditate on the lives of saints, and feel their blessings. Through step-by-step instruction, the authors provide simple meditation techniques to enhance the pilgrim’s experience, as well as a wealth of practical information to make the journey a pleasant one.

Features include:

* Inspiring biographies of the saints
* Location of hidden rooms with saints’ relics
* Instruction on how to meditate with the saints
* How to find quiet areas for meditation and prayer
* Useful maps and directions
* Helpful references for lodging in monasteries

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

"Pilgrims are not tourists. They have come, quietly and humbly, to seek the holy and enter more deeply into God¹s Blessedness. The Heaters have found this stillness for themselves and here set out to share its essentials with men and women who earnestly seek God." --Sister Wendy Beckett, Author and host of the PBS program "The Saints with Sister Wendy"

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Inner Travel Books (December 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971986002
• ISBN-13: 978-0971986008
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,355,082 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book to Take With You in Italy - Religious Pilgrim of Not, July 25, 2004

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Juliana LHeureux "Maine Writer" (Topsham, Maine United States) - See all my reviews
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It really never occurred to me that I might use The Pilgrim's Italy: A Travel Guide to the Saints as an actual guide book to understand the religious culture of Italy. Then, my husband and I found ourselves charmed and immersed in the religious culture of the exquisite Italian countryside (and cities) where we found our unlikely travel companion in this book to be invaluable. For example, as foot tourists in Northern Italy, we were rescued by The Pilgrim's Guide from our destination dilemma when we found ourselves at the train station in Menestra instead of Venice! Thankfully, The Pilgrim's Guide was very helpful. The book says, when you are in Mesestra, you still must take another train to get into Venice. Why can't other travel books be so simple and specific? One might also read The Pilgrim's Italy for its delightful short biographies of Italy's most popular (and plentiful!) saints, but it's an inspirational read as well as a marvelous travel book.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Spirited Travel Book, June 6, 2004

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Rick Johnston (Santa Rosa, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Pilgrim's Italy: A Travel Guide to the Saints (Paperback)

We found The Pilgrim's Italy a wonderful travel companion. It's engagingly written with lots of useful information; a book which is both useful for travel and fun to read. The authors provide all the details for getting around, and, on a deeper level, convey the spirit of visiting these holy places. Pilgrim's Italy is a wonderful book.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, May 27, 2004

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M. Perini - See all my reviews
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The Pilgrim's Italy is a wonderful travel book, packed with information on pilgrimmage sites, places to stay, and all the details you need to make your trip fabulous experience. Carefully researched and fact checked, nicely organized and easy to read, with lots of pictures, this book is a bargain.