Twelve young men will gather from around the world—Belgium, South Africa, Ecuador, and the United States. They will be going on a pilgrimage over Easter 2026.
Why are they coming from four different countries? Why unite across continents?
They were invited to join young men from the Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) on a pilgrimage to the relics of the Apostle Saint James at Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. They will walk the historic Camino de Santiago along the ancient routes from Portugal into Spain, covering easily over 190 kilometres on foot before reaching the great cathedral that houses the Apostle’s relics.
It will be long. It will be difficult. It will be far more demanding than anything they had attempted before.
It will be a pilgrimage of reparation—specifically for the grave sin of abortion, which continues to wound souls and devastate families across the world.
There are twelve of them, united by the same ideal. Twelve young men, representing four nations, committed to offering prayer, penance, and physical hardship in reparation for the sin of abortion. In a spirit reminiscent of the twelve Apostles, they will walk together to implore Saint James to intercede for our times.
Dominic Tuffin, from South Africa, was invited to be one of these twelve young men. Here is Dominic’s story:
“My name is Dominic Tuffin – many of the South Africa Needs Our Lady Supporters will know me from the Fatima Visit Program of SANOL, in which a team of Fatima Custodians take a Statue of Our Lady of Fatima (an exact replica of the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima), to homes throughout the country, emphasising the importance of the Message of Fatima in our times. We promote the Rosary as the most effective solution to the issues faced by the world today, and also as the surest way of obtaining graces from God through Our Lady’s intercession.
Over Easter, I have the great privilege to be walking the famous Spanish “Camino de Santiago” – the Pilgrimage of St James – which has been frequented by Catholics for centuries, walking from various points in Europe to the tomb of St James the Great in the Cathedral of Compostela. St James, one of the Twelve selected by Our Lord to go and spread the Faith to the corners of the earth, found his way to Spain. This Pilgrimage has been done by Catholics of good heart for centuries, going to the very tomb of the great Saint seeking a multitude of favours, fully trusting that, if it be the Will of God, their requests would be answered.
I will be walking the pilgrimage in the company of members of the American Society for the Defence of Tradition, Family, and Property. It will be a 10 day walk, through approximately 190km of Portuguese and Spanish countryside. The pilgrimage is dedicated to making reparation for the sin of abortion in the United States of America. However, as a South African, I will be walking with the additional special intention of reparation for the sin of abortion in our own dear country of South Africa. I will also be taking with me the prayers, hopes and petitions of my friends and family to lay at the feet of the Great Apostle, to implore his help and intercession for our Land, it’s people and the apostolate of South Africa Needs Our Lady.
South Africa Needs Our Lady has requested that I offer our supporters the opportunity to take with me any intentions they may have and place them in the hands of the great Apostle, Santiago de Compostela, which I will be honoured to do.”
Do you care about the tragedy of abortion? Do you want to take part in making reparation for this grave evil?
Do you want them to pray for your intentions while on this pilgrimage?
If so, we invite you to support these twelve young men as they undertake this demanding pilgrimage to ask Saint James to help bring about conversion, renewal, and an end to the scourge of abortion in our time.
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