Pilgrimage Route 2016

On the penultimate evening of the Arundel pilgrimage there was a discussion about possible routes for the 2016 pilgrimage. The discussion acknowledged a number of key vacancies on the organising committee including accommodation officer, van driver and caterer but not chief route planner as John Chenery has kindly agreed to take this on. The discussion also acknowledged the need to grow both pilgrim numbers and the pool of people that can take on these key roles in future.

In this context those present accepted the need to organise the 2016 pilgrimage close to the A&B heartland in order to build on the contacts made during the 2015 Arundel and Jubilee Pilgrimages using local and new pilgrim connections and Churches Together networks. It was suggested that a more distant pilgrimage could be researched this year with the intention of walking it in 2017.

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If you are prepared to help organise a local or distant pilgrimage (or both) please leave a comment stating how you could contribute.

The deadline for contributing to this poll is midnight Friday 18th September, ahead of the AGM on Sunday 20th September at 1pm (invitation has been sent by e-mail).

4 thoughts on “Pilgrimage Route 2016”

  1. 1. I don’t mind supporting the new hall organiser by finding some of the halls if it goes from Chichester… I know quite a few of them.
    2. I do not like the pricipal of putting the walk (Route) before God (theological reason for doing the walk). Stapping a theme on afterwards having chosen a route which some wish to walk is a not pilgrimage, it is a walk. You could call it a walk with God but not a pilgrimage which requires a meaning behind the destination.
    3. Topical theme – welcoming refugees. “St Augustine was a foreigner”. Chichester – Crawley (Gatwick Detention Centre) – Dover (Detention Centre) Canterbury. Powerful Theme, Powerful message, Powerful destination!

  2. I’m not offering to take on any roles but might possibly be available some days to help Clair with drinks etc. Also if you happen to be heading towards the east of the area, there is an excellent hall in my village – Goudhurst. (I know its Kent but its only just over the border). RC and C of E churches which get on very well together as well. 2 pubs in village although One closed at present, another within 1/2 mile walking + one more but about 1 mile away along very busy road. Just a suggestion.

  3. I fancy Winchester to Canterbury, but not via the North Downs Way as you might expect, but a shorter more direct route via Horsham and Tunbridge Wells, following close to the watershed between the rivers flowing north into the Thames and the rivers flowing south into the Channel.

    Aberystwyth to Chester I would reinterpret as Aberystwyth to Holywell (in Flintshire, the “Welsh Lourdes”).

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