What we do
Thy Ship is a pilgrimage and travel apostolate that helps individuals and groups plan travel rooted in beauty and faith, locally and abroad. Our mission is to help you go differently, so every journey becomes more than just a trip. We create intentional, personal travel experiences shaped by your needs and vision.
Pilgrimages + personal travel
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Full-service, custom-built pilgrimages for schools, parishes, churches, families, and groups
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Meaningful honeymoons, girls' trips, family vacations, and getaways
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Custom itinerary creation and consultation
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Sanctified itineraries to help make any place a pilgrimage
Stillgrimage
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Community-building events for staff, faculty, and teams
Formation + resources
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Pilgrimage formation and preparation
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Retreats and days of reflection
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Formative field trips to engage students in experiential learning
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Custom travel journals
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Custom travel guides
Make any place a pilgrimage.
What if your next trip could give you more than photos and memories? What if travel could be transformation?
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We believe that pilgrimage isn't ultimately defined by the distances or places you travel, but by how you go.
We go differently.
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We don’t do one-size-fits-all plans or treat destinations like checklists. We want travel to awaken your sacramental nature and integrate your body and soul. We don’t want you merely to learn about God’s love. We want you to see, smell, hear, taste, and touch it.
And wherever you’re going—whether a special trip abroad or a local stillgrimage—we want you to encounter the One who loves you most.
Our story
We're a family who loves going somewhere. Before we got married, we planned mystery dates for each other with one rule: the date had to be at least an hour away. When our kids were small, almost every day we set off to explore playgrounds, rivers, or just new neighborhoods. With time, our adventures expanded across the country and world to Mexico, Italy, France, Ireland, Poland, and beyond.
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Everywhere we went, we looked for beauty and truth that would connect us with God. Whether we were making a "stillgrimage" to a local church. hiking the Smoky Mountains, deep in the caves of New Mexico, or immersed in the happy chaos of Mardi Gras, we found Him.
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In a relentlessly busy life, we discovered that our deepest closeness to each other and God often came when we traveled. Just going somewhere led us to conversations, insights, and prayer that we might otherwise never have had.
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We founded Thy Ship to share that gift with others who want to go differently.
Join us!
Here's where we're going next. You're invited!
ST THERESE OF LISIEUX STILLGRIMAGE
November 2025 (FULL)
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NEW ORLEANS JUBILEE PILGRIMAGE
February 2026
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NEW ORLEANS
ST PATRICK STILLGRIMAGE
March 2026
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NEW ORLEANS
NINE CHURCHES PILGRIMAGE
Good Friday 2026
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FRANCE PILGRIMAGE
(Young Women)
May 2027
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FRANCE PILGRIMAGE
(Married Couples)
October 2027