Our Lenten Journey for 2026: The Way

During Lent 2026, we will shape our shared spiritual journey around the film The Way and the ancient pilgrimage it portrays: the Camino de Santiago. Together, these will serve as guides for our weeks of reflection, prayer, and faithful walking toward Easter.

The Camino de Santiago—“The Way of St. James”—has been traveled for over a thousand years by pilgrims seeking healing, forgiveness, clarity, gratitude, or simply a deeper awareness of God’s presence. Beginning from many points across Europe and converging in Santiago de Compostela, pilgrims follow simple markers: yellow arrows, stone markers, and the scallop shell, a symbol of both direction and belonging. The Camino is not about speed or perfection, but about showing up each day, trusting the path, and walking in community with strangers who become companions.

Traditionally, pilgrims carry only what they need, walk at a human pace, and rely on the hospitality of others. Along the way, they practice rhythms of simplicity, listening, confession, and perseverance. These same practices lie at the heart of the Lenten season—stripping away what distracts us, attending to what matters most, and allowing God to shape us step by step.

The film The Way gives us a contemporary doorway into this ancient tradition. Through story, struggle, grief, and unexpected grace, it reminds us that transformation often happens not all at once, but mile by mile. Lent invites us into that same kind of journey—not a sprint to Easter, but a faithful walk toward renewal.

As we move through Lent together, we will reflect on what it means to walk with intention, to carry one another’s burdens, and to trust that God meets us on the road. Wherever you are starting from, you are invited. Buen Camino—may the way open before us.