To be a pilgrim is to give up control so that the Holy Spirit can enter into the journey with you.

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1 To be a pilgrim is to give up control so that the Holy Spirit can enter into the journey with you.

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3 Pilgrimage may involve: A location/s that is beyond human An encounter with God: A true peak experience A displacement of one s usual location, routine, social position Rituals and liturgy Discomfort Connection to and challenge of one s values Accessibility for all regardless of spiritual depth, age, gender

4 Pilgrimage is a transformative trek 3 Questions What has God done in this place or through this person/event/experience? What is God doing now? What is it that I/we are called to do now as a result of this pilgrimage experience?

5 Chapel of St Augustine, Anglican Centre in Rome

6 Tuesday Eucharist, Anglican Centre in Rome

7 Christian Leaders Course 2016 after the Wednesday Papal Audience

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9 Course participants in St Paul s Crypt, Rome

10 Jenny and her friend Maria on the steps of St Agostino, Rome

11 Statue of St Teresa outside her convent in Rome.

12 Icon of the Good Shepherd at Caravita Jesuit Church, Rome

13 Commemoration of Maori Battalion defence of Cassino in WWII

14 NZ graves at the Commonwealth Cemetery in the shadow of Monte Cassino monastery.

15 The view from Assisi

16 San Damiano cross in the Basilica of S Chiara in Assisi

17 John on the Via Francesci

18 Le Celle Sanctuary of near Cortona in Umbria

19 Isola Maggiore in Lake Trasimeno, Umbria where Francis fasted and prayed throughout Lent.

20 Isola Maggiore

21 The entrance to La Verna Sanctuary

22 La Verna

23 The annual pilgrimage in La Verna, commemorating Francis receiving the Stigmata

24 Riding the Funiva in Gubbio a great way to travel!

25 Gubbio where Francis tamed the wolf that was terrorising townsfolk

26 Nativity scene in St Peter s Assisi, a reminder of the town of Greccio where Francis created a living nativity scene.

27 Entry to Fonte Colombo, one of four Franciscan Sanctuaries in the Rieti Valley.

28 Francis eyes were operated on at Fonte Colombo in an effort to heal his failing eyesight.

29 La Foresta, one of the Rieti Sanctuaries and now a place of healing and rehabilitation.

30 An interfaith peace conference in Assisi and organised by the S Egidio Community. On the left is Bartholomew, the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church.

31 On pilgrimage we enjoy many unplanned meetings and conversations, this time with an Orthodox Bishop and his Deacon from Cyprus.

32 At S Gregorio s in Rome on the anniversary of Pope Gregory sending Augustine to Kent.

33 And so to England

34 Canterbury Cathedral

35 Paschal candles at Canterbury

36 St Martin s in Canterbury, the oldest place of continual worship in the English speaking world

37 Winchester Cathedral

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39 Celebrating 140 years since the founding of the Mothers Union Archbishop Justin Welby preaching and presiding.

40 St David s Cathedral in St David, south west Wales

41 The little crofters church at Mwnt on the west coast of Wales

42 The bodies of saints were taken from the bay at Mwnt for burial on Bardsey Island

43 St Winifred s Well at Holywell, north Wales

44 Croagh Patrick, the holy mountain, on the west coast of Ireland

45 The view back down the mountain

46 Travelling from Croagh Patrick to Knock

47 Saul Church in Downpatrick, a place of prayer and reconciliation

48 A view of Iona from the Ferry

49 A Celtic High Cross on Iona

50 Pilgrims from Suffolk celebrating the Eucharist in Iona Abbey

51 Inhabitants of Iona!

52 The ferry from Iona to Mull on a stormy day

53 The causeway to Lindisfarne

54 On Lindisfarne with Digby Wilkinson, Dean of Wellington

55 Ruins of the original Abbey on Lindisfarne

56 Sculpture of monks carrying the body of St Cuthbert in the church at Lindisfarne

57 The font in the church at Lindisfarne

58 The tomb of St Cuthbert in Durham Cathedral

59 Walking on the walls of York

60 Paul Dibble sculpture commemorating the centenary of the Anzacs arrival in Gallipoli

61 The Paschal candle at St Paul s Cathedral, London

62 St James Piccadilly

63 Pilgrimagenz.nz