FB-Live conference “Walking to Jerusalem”.

Videoconference with Gildas Barbot and Ophélie Dechancé, as part of the “Des chemins et des hommes” series

Hosted by Margaux Assier de Pompignan and Gaële de La Brosse, journalists with the weekly Le Pèlerin

The subject

The pilgrimage to Jerusalem is the “great journey” par excellence, since its destination is the Holy Land.
Gildas Barbot did it in 1999: he walked for 10 months, supported by the association “Route de Jérusalem, école de la Paix”.
For Ophélie Dechancé, who made the pilgrimage in 2018, it was both a journey of initiation and a spiritual journey.
Both of them will give moving testimonials and answer questions from the Internet users who are behind this project.

The speakers

Gildas Barbot is an academic and a father. He lives in Lyon. He was president of the association “Route to Jerusalem, School of Peace” for ten years. In this capacity, he has helped a number of young people prepare for their journey to Jerusalem on foot.

Ophélie Dechancé is a speech therapist in Paris. Her walk to Jerusalem was her first major pilgrimage. Since her return, she has tried to cultivate the spirit of trust that so marked her: asking for hospitality, hitchhiking and making room in her daily life for unexpected encounters.

In practice :

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Information : E-mail: communicationlepelerin@groupebayard.com