France: 
France has been honored as being named “the eldest daughter of the Church”, meaning that the foundations of France and its people were set upon the bedrock of the Church’s Faith. The great cathedrals of Chartres and Notre Dame were constructed upon this bedrock of Catholicism and from this place they have withstood the onslaught of time. In these great spaces, Father Barron and his Word on Fire team encountered the ineffability of Almighty God and witnessed for themselves how the Gothic Cathedrals tell, not only the story of a particular culture, but the history of salvation in Christ.

 

Germany: 
Rising like mountain over the city of Cologne, the grand Cathedral is a breathtaking vision. Its immensity is particularly in force when it captures the light of the rising and setting sun, becoming in this radiance, an image of the Heavenly Jerusalem.  The Cologne Cathedral serves as a reliquary for the remains of the Magi, and as Father Barron and the Word on Fire team made their pilgrimage, they sought, as the Magi did, to enter, not just an architectural treasure, but the presence of Christ the King.