Walk With Us, Pray With Us

Welcome to the blog for the Diocese of Massachusetts' College Pilgrims!

We are a group of students, clergy, and staff from Boston University, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern University, Brown, and Boston College, and we are leaving on Thursday for the Holy Land. This blog is a record of what we have seen and heard; it is our effort to share our witness of the truth and beauty we encounter on the journey.

As we prepare to depart Boston on Thursday and arrive in Jerusalem on Friday, we offer the following prayer from the Book of Common Prayer:

For the Human Family

O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


Walk together with us as we make this pilgrimage by reading our daily blog and praying for us and for all of God's beloved children living in the Holy Land.

~ Shan Overton

PhD student, Theology & Education

Boston College

~ The Rev. Judith Stuart
University Chaplain
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts