South Wales Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham | Monday July 22- Thursday July 25, 2024
Welcome to our Pilgrimage Home (from Home) Page for 2024. Here you’ll find loads of information to help you get the most out of our pilgrimage together!
Daily, daily
Whether you’re with us at Walsingham or taking part from a distance, you can find out what’s happening each day throughout our pilgrimage. Just click on each day below.
MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY
Social Media
We love to share what we’re up to and we’ll be active on social media throughout the pilgrimage week. So why not join us?
If you’re on social media you can follow us on X/Twitter (@waleswalsingham) and Facebook (South Wales Walsingham Pilgrimage) and share in the conversation along the way?
Sounds of Walsingham
At the moment, our 2024 playlist is empty but you can check out our SoundCloud pages throughout the week for words from our Walsingham Pilgrimage as we share homilies and interviews.
In your Inbox
We’ll also be blogging here throughout the week, sharing homilies and other articles. Why not subscribe to receive posts in your inbox?
YouTube
Videos will also appear on the Enter the Mystery YouTube Channel . Here’s a throwback to last year’s pilgrimage, and so a little taste of what’s to come!
The Shrine
For information about the Shrine please visit their website: www.walsinghamanglican.org.uk
‘I sought him whom my heart loves’ – our pilgrimage theme
“I sought him whom my heart loves.” Those words from the Song of Songs reveal a heart that deeply yearns, as the lover seeks her lover, as the bride seeks out her bridegroom. She wanders far and wide, through the city streets and squares.
They come from the first reading at our Mass on Monday night, creating a backdrop to Mary Magdalen’s story as she seeks out her Lord, the one whom her heart loves. She too is heartbroken. She seeks him out among the dead, wants to do all she can do for him now, in her darkest moment. Filled with sadness, her tears hide the one she loves. In a state of distress she does not see him who transforms her mourning into joy, her grief into gladness.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is a place for pilgrims, a place perhaps of those want more, or simply need a new perspective on life which makes them value what they already have. What or whom do you seek? What do others yearn for? What prayers and deep desires do you bring to this place? What do you hope to see or hear? Yes, this a place awash with prayer which offers a new encounter with Jesus, with the one whom we see held in the arms of Mary his mother.
Through prayer and sacrament, song and story and in so many other ways, we will draw close to Mary’s Son, seek him out in the silence of a sacred space, or in the talk and chatter at meal time, in times spent alone, or when propping up the bar! The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham celebrates the Incarnation of God in Christ who has come to make his home with us, and who is present in the fabric of our lives.
At Wednesday’s Mass, we will hear the gospel of the shepherds as they make haste to see all that has happened and there, after seeking him out, they discover Jesus with Mary and Joseph.
Throughout her life, Mary remains close to Jesus—sometimes at a distance but never far away. She follows his journey, watches his every move, walks to the momentum of his love, and seeks him out when he seems out of sight, like the time she tries to squeeze through the crowds to see him.
May our time here be full of grace and full of love. May we be drawn closer to the Lord so that clinging to him, we can say with St Paul, “I live now not with my own life but with the life of Christ who lives in me.”
Timetable
Monday 22 July
5.00 pm
'Welcome to Walsingham' - an introductory session for first time pilgrims
6.30 pm
Supper
7.45 pm
First Visit to the Holy House, Sung Mass of St Mary Magdalen, Torchlight Procession of Our Lady, and Benediction
Tuesday 23 July
8.00 am
Breakfast
9.30 am
Rite of Sprinkling followed by Intercessions in (and around) the Holy House (Shrine Church)
11.30 am
Concelebrated Sung Mass of St Bridget of Sweden, Co-Patron of Europe (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 24 July
8.00 am
Breakfast
9.00 am onwards
Stations of the Cross (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 25 July
8.00 am
Breakfast
9.30 am
Concelebrated Sung Mass of St James, Apostle 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 2024 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:
Shrine Map
You can view a map of the Shrine here.
Coach Schedule
COACH A
0700hrs
St David’s Church, Neath SA11 3AA
0715hrs
St Theodore's Church, Port Talbot SA13 1LE
0730hrs
Sarn Park Services 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
0720hrs
Nelson Bus Station
0740hrs
Pontypridd Bus Station
Onwards to Walsingham via M4 (NR22 6EE)
Enter the Mystery 