2021 Festival of Christian Pilgrimage : 22 Mar, ONLINE

March 22, 2021 | 10:00 am 2:45 pm
online

This year’s festival will be held via webinar and is completely free of charge. Please book tickets here to register.

The festival, online for 2020/21, is a chance to reflect and deepen understanding of pilgrimage in our culture.
We hope you’ll leave equipped with practical ideas for enhancing your pilgrim ‘offer’ in your own parishes, both in terms of hospitality and encouraging the practice of pilgrimage as a way of deepening faith.

Programme

Patterns of pilgrimage in medieval England: from Alban to Becket

Canon Prof Sarah Foot, Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History, on learning from the past.

Meaningful encounter

The Very Revd Sarah Rowland Jones, Dean and Precentor of St David’s Cathedral, on opening the way for meaningful encounter.

Pilgrimage as Discipleship

The Rt Revd John Pritchard on what happens when we come home.

Establishing new pilgrim routes

Canon Charlie Allen, Canon Chancellor of Durham Cathedral, and the Revd Dr Sally Welch, Vicar of Charlbury in Oxfordshire, share their experiences.

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