We are very excited to announce that our registration is open for individuals and small groups to come to Bosnia & Herzegovina on our Spring 2024 Catalyze Peacebuilding Pilgrimage.
Dates: May 23 – June 1, 2024
Cost: $1600
(includes food and lodging, travel within BiH, honorariums for workshop leaders and guest speakers, excursion and team building activities, and museum entry fees; does not include travel to or from BiH)
In our hyper-diverse and globalized world that is rife with conflict and division, peacebuilding is a felt need in our families, communities, and wider society. Sustainable peacebuilding in our family, communities, and wider society requires a holistic approach that involves everyday people like you and me. This peacebuilding learning pilgrimage combines groups of foreign and local participants who learn together from local peacebuilding practitioners about challenges and successes in their peace work, because by including and valuing the voices of local participants, this approach empowers local populations in conflict-affected zones like Bosnia & Herzegovina (BiH) while simultaneously creating a lasting impact on participants from foreign countries. If you would like to learn more, read The Dual Impact of Local-Inclusive Peacebuilding Learning Pilgrimages.
On this pilgrimage experience, we’ll engage Bosnia & Herzegovina’s rich history and context with peacebuilders from Sarajevo and around BiH, learning lessons about peacebuilding that can be reapplied back home in your community. This experience includes 3 pre-pilgrimage preparatory Zoom calls covering Bosnian history and some introductory peacebuilding training; the 10-day pilgrimage; and post-trip debriefing, follow-up, and application.
”This type of collaborative trip is the way of the future. Christians must all learn to live out the Gospel in this way everywhere.”
~2019 Participant
“My trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina was easily the most impactful experience in my academic career. Why? – the people. Our facilitators, guest speakers, local academic counterparts, and their families went above and beyond to welcome us to their beautiful and complex country. To spend an entire week with a truly generous, humble, kind, and courageous group of people, who acknowledge strength in religious diversity, was a testament to peacebuilding in action. The memories and friends I made on this trip will stay with me, and I am honored and privileged to have had the opportunity to engage equitably as an ally, partner, and learner – and not as an outside expert or spectator. I look forward to applying the lessons learnt, to my career in peacebuilding and global affairs.”
~ 2022 Participant, University Student
The Careys 
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