Matt's video from Malawi

Matt has received some photos and music from his visit to Malawi (click here for original blog),

Turn your speakers up, sit back and enjoy!

Courtesy of SAID

Pilgrimage to Santiago De Compostela

31 August ~
14 September 2007

by Padraig Regan, CM

Click HERE to read Padraig's journal.


"The Camino pilgrimage had attracted me for more than ten years. I was looking for an opportunity to take this 1000-year pilgrim path. I was also looking for a congenial companion who would make the pilgrimage by bicycle (I have an injured ankle). I found my man in Paddy Walsh and we were to celebrate our 49th anniversary of our meeting (3 Sep 1958 the evening we joined the Vincentian Community) on the Camino. Paddy’s family made me a present of a splendid new bicycle to substitute for the one – a sprinter and a banger, and not a long-distance candidate - I have used for almost fifteen years in London. No one bothers to steal it."

Further reading:

The Way of St. James (Wikipedia)
The Confraternity of Saint James

St James's Park: 6.30am

"I took this photo using the Canon Rebel XT digital camera with a 5 second time lapse at the 'pelican roost' at St James's Park. Hope you like it!"

Dave P.

Original link to londonpaper.com

Matt's visit to Mchinji (Child Anti-Trafficking Project)

On Friday 19th October 2007, Matt will be going to Malawi to work with the Mchinji community to respond to the issue of child trafficking at the Zambia/Malawi border.

He will be there for 8 days and will be part of an 8 person team helping the staff at the project in very practical ways. Such as landscaping, gardening, building and the finer art of curtain making etc. The accommodation for the week will be the Kayesa Inn. This is just opposite the childrens home and will make spending time with the kids very easy.

A week, whilst not very long, will give us an insight into the situations faced by children trafficked into slavery in Africa. It happens in the UK too ...

Brighton Trip: 3 October 2007

Last week The Passage & Barclays organised a day trip to Brighton. What people don't know is that LLoyd is a budding photographer. He took many photos of the day - here's a selection:

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If anybody would like to write a few words about the day out in Brighton, please send them to: writes@passage.org.uk

Many thanks to BARCLAYS for their ongoing support.

"I Thought I Could Fly"

Here is our first contribution to the blog. Bryan Morrison is a client of The Passage, and has previously contributed to Writes of Passage (see: Issue #15)

"I Thought I Could Fly"

I thought that I
Could fly
Without wings
On my own
Even a bird
Would not
Be such a fool.

Can a man
Be satisfied
When he knows
His own field
Like the back
Of his hand,
When he knows
Every stone?

A beetle rolls
A ball
Of dung
Towards its home
A scorpio
Is cursed to kill
And die alone.
If a snake should break
Its poisoned fang,
Then it must starve
And wither
and die.

I thought that I
Could fly.

Bryan Morrison and Antonio (from Portugal)

Welcome to the 'Writes of Passage' blog

Welcome to the 'Writes of Passage' blog. We hope to have material uploaded shortly, and thank you for your patience in the meantime.

If you wish to contribute, please contact: writes@passage.org.uk