Friday, October 5, 2018

‘Turn cathedral visitors into pilgrims,’ says British Pilgrimage Trust

From The Church Times-

PEOPLE are being asked to devise pilgrimage routes that would take a single day to each of the cathedrals in Britain.

“It’s the most accessible way to engage with pilgrimage before you do a really long one,” Guy Hayward, of the British Pilgrimage Trust, said. “You might ask whether a one-day pilgrimage actually counts as long enough, but the thing about pilgrimages is mainly the intention behind the journey. What do I want to bring into my life? What do I want to let go, or what question do I need answering?

“If you set your intention at the beginning of the day in a holy place — kneeling by an altar, an ancient tree, or a river source — and then walk through the landscape, holding that intention, visiting holy places as you go, arriving in time for evensong at the majesty of a cathedral, it’s a brilliant way of connecting to the Church.

More here-

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/5-october/news/uk/turn-cathedral-visitors-into-pilgrims-says-british-pilgrimage-trust

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