Thank you for considering traveling with our group to Germany & Austria in September 2020! I’m Fr. Scott Goodfellow, a priest in Cleveland ordained in 2014, and I will be leading our Passion Play pilgrimage. My favorite hobby is home brewing, which me and my dad have been doing together since 2010. Together we’ve made dozens of different kinds of ales and lagers. Naturally, we would like to visit breweries & churches on this pilgrimage since brewing & Catholicism is such a prominent part of these cities we will be visiting. I hope my experience as a priest & brewer will help you enter into the gifts of this trip more deeply.
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The highlights of this trip are threefold: spiritual, historical, and flavorful. Spiritually, we will be celebrating Mass each day as we prepare for the Passion Play at Oberammergau. Historically, we will visit many churches, monasteries, castles, and cities, as well as experience a nearly 400 year-old Passion Play tradition. Flavorfully, we will be taking some brewery tours and tasting many beer varieties from some of Germany’s and Austria’s finest breweries. More than anything, this trip is a celebration of our humanity in all its richness: faith, tradition, and joy. As we prepare for Jesus’ Passion at Oberammergau, we will no doubt be filled with much gratitude for His sacrifice and the gifts He wants us to receive from Him!
If you are seriously interested in this trip, please email me at frscott@stmaryhudson.cc with your full name, email, cell phone number, and any trip questions or considerations you may have.
The Passion Play in Oberammergau has been faithfully held every 10 years since 1634! It is part of a rich local tradition that now attracts hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every decade. Read more about the Passion Play at Oberammergau HERE.