The organization “Hearts in the Search of God” has established a walking pilgrimage spanning from Wales to England as an initiative to celebrate the Jubilee Year 2025 and to re-establish the ancient tradition of walking pilgrimages.
CBCEW reports that the “Pilgrimage of Hope’s” four routes, north south, east, and west, will form the shape of a cross. The pilgrimage, which begins Aug. 28 in Cardiff, Wales, will culminate on September 13 at the Cathedral of St. Barnabas in Nottingham, England. The Cathedral will host a Solemn Mass for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at 11:15 a.m. Sept. 14.
The organization’s website explains that the project aims to develop pilgrimage routes throughout England and Wales by creating routes that connect each diocesan cathedral with a local shrine.
Phil McCarthy, project lead for the initiative explained that the tradition of walking pilgrimages in England were snuffed out during the Reformation.
“If you look at walking pilgrimage in England and Wales, it’s really underdone compared with many of our continental neighbours,” he said. “If you look at the Camino [to Santiago de Compostela] or the Via Francigena to Rome… we just don’t have that tradition. It was stopped at the time of Reformation and we’ve never really recovered it. What I’d really like to do is undo some of the work done by Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII to see walking pilgrimages re-established as an important part of the Christian heritage in this country, and an important Christian practice.”
The pilgrimage’s four routes are named after the Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
St. Matthew’s Way, the Western route, begins on Aug. 28 at St David’s Metropolitan Cathedral in Cardiff.
St. John’s Way, the Southern route, begins Sept. 1 at Southwark’s St George’s Cathedral.
The Eastern route, St. Luke’s Way, begins on Sept. 4 at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich.
The Northern route, St. Mark’s Way, begins at St. Anne’s Cathedral in Leeds.
Perpetual pilgrims will walk the entire route, but day pilgrims can register online for shorter periods. Up to 20 people can join each day, and the website will allocate which roads are suitable for strollers and wheelchairs.
The website also lists feeder routes for pilgrims to travel to the established ways.
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