Episode 111 - Following God's Crayon: Thousands of Miles with Johannes Schwarz

You'll often hear the walk from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostela described as "the full Camino." If that's the case, what would you call a 5500km route that begins in Ireland, makes a complete loop in France, and eventually winds up in the Italian Apennines? For Johannes Schwarz ( a Catholic priest from Austria, it's just another year. Schwarz completed the Via Columbani, as this route is known, in 2022, and his book--Following Columban: A Pilgrim’s 4000 Mile Quest for Monks, Meaning and the Meaning of Monks--offers a detailed account of his journey. In the conversation that follows, Johannes discusses how he got started as both a priest and a pilgrim, the larger vision behind his pilgrimages, some lessons we can take from Columban and his fellow monks, and why he determined that he fell short on this journey.

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Episode 111 - Following God's Crayon: Thousands of Miles with Johannes Schwarz is an episode from The Camino Podcast by The Camino Podcast.

This episode is 01:08:34 long.

This episode was published on Feb 25, 2026.

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