{"id":956,"date":"2026-08-12T13:03:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2026\/08\/12\/in-the-ocean-you-can-see-the-beauty-of-god-the-pillar\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T13:12:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:12:54","slug":"in-the-ocean-you-can-see-the-beauty-of-god-the-pillar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2026\/08\/12\/in-the-ocean-you-can-see-the-beauty-of-god-the-pillar\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018In the ocean, you can see the beauty of God\u2019 &#8211; The Pillar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Captura-de-ecra-2026-08-12-135748.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3496\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently I happened to run into Fr Andrew Torrey at mass in Azenhas do Mar, in Sintra. We chatted and he told me he was in Portugal with an apostalate called Surf &amp; Pray. So next day I met him in Praia Grande, and learned more about it for The Pillar. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillarcatholic.com\/p\/in-the-ocean-you-can-see-the-beauty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can read the full article there<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently chatted with Fr Andrew Torrey to learn more about Surf &#038; Pray, for The Pillar.  <span class=\"more-tag d-block mt-15\"><a class=\"more-link wp-block-button__link icon-inline\" href=\"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2026\/08\/12\/in-the-ocean-you-can-see-the-beauty-of-god-the-pillar\/\">Continuar a ler<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"\u2018In the ocean, you can see the beauty of God\u2019 &#8211; The Pillar\"<\/span><\/a><\/span><!-- .more-tag --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,64,1],"tags":[357,358,45,67],"class_list":["post-956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-and-commentary-in-the-press","category-artigos-e-comentario-na-imprensa","category-posts-in-english","tag-fr-andrew-torrey","tag-germany","tag-portugal","tag-the-pillar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u2018In the ocean, you can see the beauty of God\u2019 - The Pillar - Religious News Roundup<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I chatted with Fr Andrew Torrey about the Surf &amp; 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