This has been a week for walking the trail the runs across the city of Quebec along la rivière Saint-Charles: one four-hour training session in preparation for a trek in the White Mountains and one afternoon walking together with Richard, Mahdi and members of the association du Québec à Compostelle.
Richard and Mahdi are two of three exceptional pilgrims (one Christian, one Muslim and one Jewish) who walked from Jerusalem to Compostelle in Spain (11,000km) promoting fraternity and peace. Go to Pas de Paix for more information.
In their words (loosely translated); Walking, with free and inexhaustible energy, gives us time for encounter. It leads to solidarity between people and dissolves social differences. Walking goes beyond the superfluous and is the road to humility.
A fraternal moment between Richard Bois, André Doucet, a founding pilgrim of the Association du Québec à Compostelle, and Mahdi Alioui during a rest stop along the trail.
One of many stairways along the wooded Saint-Charles.
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