But it was no accident. Team member Celso Talderon said they were staying until Saturday's sleepout at Randwick, so they could continue to spread the good word.

"Sydney has enough pilgrims to handle, we decided to stay in Wollongong," Mr Talderon said.

Since Monday the group, from the Neocatechumenal Way St Anne parish in Santa Ana, have been walking from a motel in Keira St to the harbour, singing hymns, playing instruments, dancing and sharing their stories of salvation.

Unfortunately, their messages and music have been drowned out by the bulldozers working on the harbour foreshore, but the team remains undaunted.

"Our mission is to make known the gifts of Christ to the world," Mr Talderon said.

"Also to hear the experiences of the young people, appreciate what God has done in their lives."

Pilgrim Lorena Mendoza, 32, was raised five minutes from Disneyland, but her life was anything but a fairytale.

"I grew up in a household where I was sexually, mentally and physically abused and I questioned God, asking why it had happened to me.

"... I made a mess of my life. I started abusing alcohol and drugs, I was sexually active. I ended up in jail, feeling like my life had no meaning. I didn't care if I lived or died. I felt so ashamed and unloved.

"Then, five years ago, someone told me, 'God loves you for who you are' ... That's when I turned my life around," she said.

Nohely Calderon, 23, also came from an abusive home and grew up questioning her faith.

"Deep down inside, I could not accept the family that God had given me ... But I came to realise my life was perfect, because if it wasn't for my sufferings, I would never have looked for God," she said.