Monica Smit

I am leaving today to join a group of skilled horseman who are using their own money and time to save as many Aussie wild brumbies as they can. I'll be inter...

I was lucky enough to work with these amazing people to try and convince our decision-makers to reconsider the position of the church during these difficult ...

How does one put into words the experience of seeing a man become an instrument of God? One minute, he is just a man. The next, he is the closest to God’s im...

Registrations are now open - https://www.quitopilgrimage.com/ Last February, I attended a pilgrimage in Ecuador to honour of Our Lady Buen Suceso (Good Succe...

Of the several pilgrimages I’ve been privileged to attend, the largest one is by far the Christus Rex, which is approximately 90 km from Ballarat to Bendigo ...

I’m an Australian in the midst of an attempted revolution. You can’t plan this ‘tour’ on Trip Advisor. It’s like I’m living a real-life news headline, or I’m...

The historic centre of Quito is like no other city I’ve seen. The architecture is magnificently showcased everywhere your eyes look. This city is well-known ...

I am currently in Ecuador. My host invited me to a pro-life event in Quito. I had no idea what to expect. I knew everything would be in Spanish so I assumed ...

I love pilgrimages. You are guaranteed to finish them a better person, not only faithfully but physically and mentally as well. I have a talent for filming a...

I’ve done 6 pilgrimages and I’m about to embark on my 7th in Denver. Every pilgrimage was as difficult as it was magical. If you only read one sentence in th...

I am interviewing a woman who's telling me a story through her tears about her husband who had a heart attack minutes before a category 5 hurricane. While he...

Meet Stella. She’s been my home for over 1 year through Canada and USA. She brought me everywhere I wanted to go, kept me warm and showed me things I never t...

I’m going to open this article with a statement that changed my life; “True happiness can only be found when one’s conscience is clear”. This is ‘deeper’ the...

Some decisions in life are obvious, it’s either the right choice or the wrong one. Like having that 10thbeer or eating that second piece of cake…those aren’t...

The skill of being completely alone and content has been lost, it’s been forgotten. I don’t mean being alone with the tv or radio on, not alone while being d...

I truly believe that intuition, instinct, ‘gut feelings’...whatever you want to call them...act exactly like a physical muscle. The more you use it, the stro...

Something happened to me recently that really cemented a concept I’ve pondered on a lot over the last few years. We all have consciences. Some are formed dif...

I’m not your average ‘vacationer’. when I travel, I look for opportunities to understand a country’s culture…the good, great, bad and ugly truths. I have ple...

I was finally ready to leave Florida. After 3 months and plenty of projects, it’s time to actually road-trip and get some hikes in JMy plan was to go inland ...

I knew literally nothing about New Mexico except that it’s located on the Mexican border and probably looks a bit like a desert. When I saw this sign saying ...