South Wales Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham | Monday July 25 – Thursday July 28, 2022
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We also have a separate page for each day where pilgrims and those who are taking part from a distance can find more details about our worship and celebrations, including all the hymns and prayers for the day, although each pilgrim will also have a copy of their own Pilgrimage Booklet. Click on the day below to be taken there!
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The Shrine OLW Website: For information about the Shrine please visit www.walsinghamanglican.org.uk
Contact
Fr Dean Atkins | Mobile: 07368176300
Timetable
Monday 25 July 6.30 pm Supper 7.45 pm First Visit to the Holy House, Sung Mass of St James, Apostle, Torchlight Procession of Our Lady, and Benediction Tuesday 26 July 8.00 am Breakfast 9.00 am onwards Stations of the Cross (Shrine Church) 11.30 am Concelebrated Sung Mass of Ss Joachim and Anne (Shrine Church) 12.30 pm Lunch 3.00 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet, Rosary and Benediction at the Chapel of Reconciliation (RC Shrine) (Exposition of Blessed Sacrament from 2pm) 6.30 pm Supper 8.00 pm Liturgy of Healing (Shrine Church) Wednesday 27 July 8.00 am Breakfast 9.00 am onwards Intercession in the Holy House (Shrine Church) 11.30 am Concelebrated Sung Mass of Our Lady of Walsingham (Parish Church) 12.30pm Lunch, followed by free afternoon 5.45 pm ‘Enter the Mystery’ Drinks Reception (Orangery) 6.30 pm Supper 8.00 pm Eucharistic Adoration, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction (Shrine Church) Thursday 28 July 8.00 am Breakfast 9.30 am Concelebrated Sung Mass of St David and All the Saints of Wales and Last Visit to the Holy House (Shrine Church) Optional Daily Devotions at the Shrine 7.45 am Angelus and Morning Prayer (All Souls’ Chapel) 5.30 pm Evening Prayer 6.00 pm Shrine Prayers (Angelus & Rosary with thanksgivings and Intercessions)
Pilgrimage Booklet
Here’s our Walsingham Manual for the 2022 Pilgrimage which also includes our timetable, notes for use throughout the week, and all you need to participate in the worship. Printed copies will be available to pilgrims on the coaches or when you arrive:
Intercessions Sheet
An Intercessions Sheet for Intercessions in the Holy House on Wednesday morning
Shrine Map
Bewildered no longer
After a few years of being unable to make our annual pilgrimage to the shrine, we take a look at our theme for the week
We’re on our way! The Walsingham Pilgrim Hymn, which we will sing in procession on Monday night, tells the story of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. We will sing of its highs and lows, recounting how the Lady Richeldis received a vision from Our Lady to build a replica of the Holy House so that Walsingham would become England’s Nazareth—mindful, of course, that, this year, we celebrate the centenary of the restoration of the Shrine by Fr Alfred Hope Paten, after years of destruction and desolation:
Bewildered she pondered this message so sweet, when a clear spring of water burst forth at her feet.
Bewildered no longer for this was the sign, She vowed on this spot she would build such a shrine.”
We are bewildered by many things. Many of us have emerged from the last two years of Lockdown with a sense of bewilderment. Perhaps we will not realise the full consequences of such an experience for some time to come.
There is also so much more that leaves us bewildered. We are bewildered by the experiences of the world, whether at home or abroad. The fragility of peace, the threat of war, the environmental crisis, the plight of refugees, the cost of living, the reality of child poverty in our communities, the growth in foodbanks, the changes in the church, the challenges we face day by day, the cost of love.
We are bewildered by our own personal circumstances, whether it’s the experience of illness, the challenges of growing old, concerns about a loved one, the difficulties faced by the young, financial burdens, the fragility of life, the ‘just not knowing’ what God wants or expects of us.
During this pilgrimage, we will experience so many things, and each of us will bring with us a sense of bewilderment. Together, we will experience so much joy but also be alongside one another through the difficulties and challenges of our journey through life. We never make pilgrimage alone. We share in the journey with so many travelling companions.
“We are only the earthenware jars that hold this treasure, to make it clear that such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from us,” writes St Paul in his letter to the Corinthians which we will hear on Monday during the Mass for St James. Yes, we may feel like cracked pots, fragile and vulnerable but, at St Paul continues, “We are in difficulties on all sides, but never cornered; we see no answer to our problems, but never despair; we have been persecuted, but never deserted; knocked down, but never killed; always, wherever we may be, we carry with us in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus, too, may always be seen in our body.”
So, here’s to a good journey, a holy pilgrimage. Bewildered no longer, may we experience within the cracked pots of our lives, a treasure worth beholding. Bon Voyage!
Social Media
Check out our Twitter account, and be sure to tag us in any posts you make during the pilgrimage!
Coach Schedule
COACH A 0700hrs St David’s Church, Neath SA11 3AA 0715hrs St Thedore's Church, Port Talbot SA13 1LE 0730hrs Sarn Park j36 M4 0800hrs St Mary’s Church, Bute Street, Cardiff CF10 5HB Onwards to Walsingham via M4 (NR22 6EE) COACH B 0700hrs St Winifred’s Church, Penrhiwceiber CF45 3YF 0730hrs Holy Trinity Church, Ystrad Mynach CF82 7DR 0750 hrs Martin’s Farm Bus Stop Nantgarw Road Onwards to Walsingham via A470 and M4 (NR22 6EE)
Enter the Mystery 