David Houseley draws upon many years of experience as an organiser of pilgrimage tours. He has also written books on the Holy Land, Oberammergau and its Passion Play, and the journeys of St Paul in the mediterranean.
Fr Peter Latham was pilgrimage director of the Society of Our Lady of Lourdes. He draws upon many years of administering to the needs of sick pilgrims, their companions and the friends of the Society on their annual pilgrimages from Great Britain to Lourdes. As parish priest of Wembley in 1982 he was privileged to welcome St John Paul II for the great mass at the stadium.