To be a pilgrim is to give up control so that the Holy Spirit can enter into the journey with you.
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
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?
Chapel of St Augustine, Anglican Centre in Rome
Tuesday Eucharist, Anglican Centre in Rome
Christian Leaders Course 2016 after the Wednesday Papal Audience
Course participants in St Paul s Crypt, Rome
Jenny and her friend Maria on the steps of St Agostino, Rome
Statue of St Teresa outside her convent in Rome.
Icon of the Good Shepherd at Caravita Jesuit Church, Rome
Commemoration of Maori Battalion defence of Cassino in WWII
NZ graves at the Commonwealth Cemetery in the shadow of Monte Cassino monastery.
The view from Assisi
San Damiano cross in the Basilica of S Chiara in Assisi
John on the Via Francesci
Le Celle Sanctuary of near Cortona in Umbria
Isola Maggiore in Lake Trasimeno, Umbria where Francis fasted and prayed throughout Lent.
Isola Maggiore
The entrance to La Verna Sanctuary
La Verna
The annual pilgrimage in La Verna, commemorating Francis receiving the Stigmata
Riding the Funiva in Gubbio a great way to travel!
Gubbio where Francis tamed the wolf that was terrorising townsfolk
Nativity scene in St Peter s Assisi, a reminder of the town of Greccio where Francis created a living nativity scene.
Entry to Fonte Colombo, one of four Franciscan Sanctuaries in the Rieti Valley.
Francis eyes were operated on at Fonte Colombo in an effort to heal his failing eyesight.
La Foresta, one of the Rieti Sanctuaries and now a place of healing and rehabilitation.
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.
On pilgrimage we enjoy many unplanned meetings and conversations, this time with an Orthodox Bishop and his Deacon from Cyprus.
At S Gregorio s in Rome on the anniversary of Pope Gregory sending Augustine to Kent.
And so to England
Canterbury Cathedral
Paschal candles at Canterbury
St Martin s in Canterbury, the oldest place of continual worship in the English speaking world
Winchester Cathedral
Celebrating 140 years since the founding of the Mothers Union Archbishop Justin Welby preaching and presiding.
St David s Cathedral in St David, south west Wales
The little crofters church at Mwnt on the west coast of Wales
The bodies of saints were taken from the bay at Mwnt for burial on Bardsey Island
St Winifred s Well at Holywell, north Wales
Croagh Patrick, the holy mountain, on the west coast of Ireland
The view back down the mountain
Travelling from Croagh Patrick to Knock
Saul Church in Downpatrick, a place of prayer and reconciliation
A view of Iona from the Ferry
A Celtic High Cross on Iona
Pilgrims from Suffolk celebrating the Eucharist in Iona Abbey
Inhabitants of Iona!
The ferry from Iona to Mull on a stormy day
The causeway to Lindisfarne
On Lindisfarne with Digby Wilkinson, Dean of Wellington
Ruins of the original Abbey on Lindisfarne
Sculpture of monks carrying the body of St Cuthbert in the church at Lindisfarne
The font in the church at Lindisfarne
The tomb of St Cuthbert in Durham Cathedral
Walking on the walls of York
Paul Dibble sculpture commemorating the centenary of the Anzacs arrival in Gallipoli
The Paschal candle at St Paul s Cathedral, London
St James Piccadilly
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