Pilgrimage of Hope founder Frederick Marais at the southernmost point of Africa at Cape Agulhas during the first route recce in October 2014
More about Communitas
Communitas is a supportive network that guides faith leaders and communities to discover and live their calling. The organisation is based at the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University. Their services include guidance on retreats and this is how the idea of a local pilgrimage began.
The first pilgrims who explored the route from Robertson to Cape Agulhas in October 2014 were staff members of Communitas, which included people that previously walked the Camino in Spain. Since the Pilgrimage of Hope began, Communitas serves the role of “confraternity” to pilgrims and nowadays offers general information while also updating the guidebook and managing the Facebook page, as well as keeping a record of pilgrims.