I remember the early days of this pilgrimage when only several dozen people walked. Now it's up over 300! What a fitting reward for the faith and perseverance of the organisers and participants. The whole thing radiates youthful zeal and Catholic conviction. One observes these attractive qualities wherever Catholic tradition is fostered.

An excellent event which is held each year on the Traditional Feast of Christ the King. I highly recommend to all readers that they try and make it next year.

I have been on all 18 Christus Rex Pilgrimages since its inception in 1991 and have seen it grow from the original band of 25 to the 330 odd pilgrims who attended this year.

The word 'tradition' derives from the latin 'tradere' meaning to 'hand on' that which (in this instance) Catholics have received from the Church since the time of Christ.

I have had the privilege of assisting in, and witnessing, the handing on of the Church's venerable liturgical and cultural traditions to vibrant and faith-filled young men and women over these 18 years - many of whom I knew as small children attending earlier Pilgrimages with their parents, and who are now running this event each year!

So many of the myriad young people on this year's Christus Rex Pilgrimage have effectively learnt and mastered the repertoire of sacred music (gregorian chant and sacred polyphony, litanies etc) - there were nearly 50 in the choir - and young men have learnt to serve the intricately beautiful, and reverential High Masses celebrated each day of the Pilgrimage. Back on the first Pilgrimage in 1991, such skills were rare and keenly sought after. The banner has been handed on to a newer generation, and so the Church revitalises Herself anew - and I feel truly blessed to have witnessed this occur over a mere 18 years.

The final Solemn High Mass of Christ the King celebrated in Sacred Heart Cathedral, with its rubrical beauty and it's accompanying ancient chants and 16th century polyphony was a truly moving and fitting culmination to this year's Pilgrimage. I would also like to thank His Lordship, Bishop Grech of Sandhurst, for his gracious welcome to we Pilgrims and his presence at the Mass.

This is truly a graced event which I can commend to anyone.

As a pilgrim ... wow... what an amazing experience! So many young people just naturally falling in love with their heritage. What moved me the most happened on Friday. We were practicing music for mass on the side of the road when a car pulled up and a man jumped out, ran up to us and asked us to pray for his little 4 year old son who is having open heart surgery on Wednesday in Melbourne.

We all stopped, prayed a Hail Mary and invoked his son's patron saint for aid. The father jumped back in his car and sped away. Please pray for that little boy.

Hey, everyone's invited for next year. Christ is King! www.crex.org

Ugh. If praying worked, there wouldn't be any problems. Every time I walk down the street I will now call it a pilgrimage. I hate God, He causes so many problems. We are very lucky in Australia, but if you've ever been to the slums overseas you will understand.

I vote sack God. All this time spent praying could be better used on actually getting things fixed.

This event is getting younger and bigger every year. Moving the Saturday Mass to the shade of the pine trees at Campbelltown was a master stroke. Pity we had to miss the Spring-Time Dancing Retreat so we could do the pilgrimage but you can't be everywhere now can you. I vote for even more success for this young, devout, cheerful pilgrimage through gorgeous Central Victoria.

In a world of cynicism, selfishness and banality it was, and is, refreshing to see people who obviously love what they believe giving witness to that love in such a simple, reverent and cultured way. Good luck to the pilgrims: may their pilgrimage increase in numbers.

Rain you are so ignorant. its very easy to blame god when the real reason may lay with peoples actions. And if we had a perfect world then we would not appreciate the things that we have now..

Rain - God's kingdom is not of this world. Before He formed you in your mother's womb He knew you. He loved you so much He died so that you may have everlasting life. You already have great faith and believe in God so how about joining us on pilgrimage and learn now how to love and serve Him. The joy is immense.

Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus imperat! This year’s pilgrimage is undoubtedly the best one yet. Between having the opportunity of making reparation to the Sacred Heart by carrying a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (which had previously been painted as an Iraqi terrorist in a world youth day exhibition named ‘Jesuswalks’) and having all night adoration and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament was, in an under statement, awesome! To be able to walk in honor of Christ the true and eternal King is a privilege which needs to be made understood to all. Our Lord Jesus Christ became Man in order to redeem us by His most Precious Blood. He did this by being ‘obedient unto death, death upon a Cross’. Let us always remember the words of the dying thief on the cross next to that of Christ’s “Jesus remember me when you come into your Kingdom”! May God bless you on this pilgrimage of life as we all journey towards Heaven.