September 9–November 23, 2024
Application Deadline: March 15, 2024. Spaces are limited.
We are accepting applications past the deadline until further notice. Please complete your application as soon as possible if you would like to be considered.
The Western Pilgrimage is a semester-long experience created by Thomas More College of Liberal Arts and Altum L’alto Pilgrimages (ALP). The semester is open to male students not currently enrolled at a Catholic “Great Books” college.
Students will complete fifteen academic credit hours (in five classes) as they explore the western states of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. The final destination is El Santuario de Chimayo, also known as the Lourdes of America. Students will be guided by traveling faculty and staff for the entire trip and visited by other faculty who journey out to the base camps. Students will have the chance to explore thirteen national parks and to participate in many adventure activities, which include hiking, horseback riding, rafting, biking, sandboarding, and rock climbing.
