Aglow Pilgrimages · Since 2013

Be aglow with the Spirit

We’re a small, young Catholic team leading life-changing pilgrimages. Since 2013 we’ve taken pilgrims from the UK to shrines across Europe, the Holy Land and Mexico. Today our heart is in Medjugorje.

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Since 2013Leading pilgrim groups

10 destinationsEurope, the Holy Land, Mexico

2 World Youth DaysKrakow 2016 and Lisbon 2023

Land onlyFly from any UK airport

How we work today

Simple, personal and land only

We’ve stripped everything back so we can focus on what matters: your time in Medjugorje.

Land onlyYou book your own flights from any UK airport. We show you the best ones for each trip, matched to our transfers.

Local friendsOur guides and hotels in Medjugorje are people we’ve known and trusted for years.

Booked through JC JourneysYour booking contract is with our long-standing partners, JC Tours Ltd, and you pay by bank transfer.

Everything in one placeYour own booking page holds your payments, flights, rooming and a pilgrim guide to the village.

Where we’ve been

Pilgrimages around the world

Over the years we’ve led pilgrims to shrines across Europe, the Holy Land and Mexico, and young people to World Youth Day. Scroll through the places we’ve been, and where we are today.

The Holy Land

Visit Israel and let the Bible come alive! The Holy Land is a destination we felt a special and personal calling from the Lord to visit. We work with Christian family-run companies who serve pilgrims from around the world, and it has been our privilege to organise pilgrimages for individuals, parish groups and priests from around the UK.

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Fatima

The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared six times to three shepherd children near Fatima, Portugal, between 13 May and 13 October 1917, with a message for every man, woman and child. Having led pilgrimages to other destinations, we were approached by several priests to organise their parish pilgrimages to Fatima. We worked closely with small family-run businesses and local people to create an authentic and personal pilgrimage experience.

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Lourdes

In 1858 Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year-old miller’s daughter, received 18 visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who told her, “I am the Immaculate Conception.” Millions of pilgrims visit Lourdes each year, many to help the sick or to receive healing from the spring waters. We worked closely with a select group of hotels we had stayed in personally, and led parish pilgrimages for individuals, groups and entire dioceses.

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Santiago de Compostela

The landmark stop on the Camino de Santiago, the city of St James has been one of Christianity’s great pilgrimages since the Middle Ages, alongside Rome and Jerusalem. One summer shortly after finishing university, Jonathan walked the Camino from Pamplona to Santiago de Compostela on a journey of discernment. Years later, a presentation to a small parish in Wiltshire inspired their own pilgrimage there, and Santiago became one of our destinations.

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Krakow

The cobbled streets and beautiful sanctuaries of Krakow, the city of Saint John Paul II and the Divine Mercy, bring pilgrims into a deeper relationship with Christ through the saints of His Church. Our journey to Krakow began in 2015, preparing for World Youth Day with Pope Francis. Aglow was the chosen tour operator for several UK dioceses, including Leeds, Lancaster and Salford, leading more than 350 young people to Poland.

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World Youth Day, Lisbon

World Youth Day brings young Catholics from every nation together with the Pope. We took seven dioceses from around the UK, close to 300 pilgrims, to World Youth Day in Lisbon.

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Garabandal

The small village of San Sebastián de Garabandal, in the mountains of northern Spain, was made famous by the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary between 1961 and 1965, appearing to four young girls in nearly 3,000 apparitions. We led our first Aglow pilgrimage to Garabandal in the spring of 2019, exploring the mystery of Garabandal deep in the mountains of Cantabria.

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Guadalupe

In 1531 the Blessed Mother appeared in Mexico to Juan Diego, a 57-year-old peasant.

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TODAY

Medjugorje

Where it all began, and where our heart is today. The most prayerful and spiritually enriching pilgrimage we’ve ever been on.

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Our story

From one pilgrimage to a life’s work

Aglow Pilgrimages is a fruit of pilgrimage. Here’s how a single trip to a small village in Bosnia and Herzegovina became our life’s work.

2005
A life-changing pilgrimage
Jonathan visited Medjugorje on a pilgrimage that changed his life. The existence of God became undeniable, His love unquestionable and His presence tangible.
2013
Aglow takes its first groups
After dozens more pilgrimages, Jonathan formed Aglow Pilgrimages to lead others on the same journey. The name comes from Romans 12:11: “be aglow with the Spirit”.
2014–19
Pilgrimages around the world
Parish groups, priests and pilgrims travelled with us to the Holy Land, Fatima, Lourdes, Santiago de Compostela, Garabandal and Guadalupe, alongside Medjugorje.
2016
World Youth Day in Krakow
Chosen as tour operator by several UK dioceses, including Leeds, Lancaster and Salford, we led more than 350 young people to World Youth Day with Pope Francis.
2020
COVID changes everything
Like every tour operator, we stopped travelling. It gave us time to ask what really matters, and the answer brought us back to where it all began.
2023
World Youth Day in Lisbon
We took seven dioceses from around the UK, close to 300 pilgrims, to World Youth Day in Lisbon.
Today
Back to the heart of Aglow: Medjugorje
We believe Medjugorje is the most prayerful and spiritually enriching pilgrimage we’ve ever been on. So we now focus on it alone, with less admin and more time spent putting together the best pilgrimage we can. The jewel in our crown is the Medjugorje Youth Festival, and we’re adding lots more dates: we arrange everything on the ground and help you fly from the UK airport nearest you.