Pilgrim, traveler, explorer, voyager, sojourner, tourist--these words may be related in meaning but each one is used differently to describe the state and purpose of the person who goes places. It is about leaving one's home to go to a place distant and new, and to be there for a period of time.

Sr. Mary John Mananzan, OSB has been some or all of these all at once at one time or another. In the book's title, she prefers to use the word pilgrim, which suggests a spiritual purpose. After all she is Benedictine, a woman religious who had answered the call to take the less trodden path. As it turned out, life for her has become a series of inner and outer journeys...By writing about her travels, Sr. Mary John is also writing history.
--Ma. Ceres P. Doyo, Journalist, Philippine Daily Inquirer

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