This year takes place on the Saturday BEFORE the August Bank Holiday Weekend.
Saturday, 21st August 2010
11.30am [please note earlier time]
Solemn Eucharist at St David’s Church, Llanthony.
1.30pm
Assemble outside St David’s Church for Pilgrimage Walk.
3.30pm
Assemble outside St Mary’s Church, Capel-y-ffin to process to the Wayside Calvary and to the
Abbey Church* for the Ecumenical Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary,+ followed by prayers at the Statue of Our Lady of Llanthony.
*There will be seating in the Abbey Church, but if the weather isn’t suitable then the service will be held at 3.30pm at St Mary’s Church, followed by the procession.
+ Preacher to be confirmed.
Car parking will be available in the field at Chapel Farm by kind permission of Mr & Mrs Watkins.
Visitors are asked not to park at or near The Monastery itself, please, as this will cause dfficulty, congestion and obstruct the Pilgrimage.
There will be a Walk Leader for the Pilgrimage Walk. The route will be up the secluded lane on the east side of the valley, not on the main road that carries the valley vehicle traffic.
Stout footwear and weatherproof clothing are essential.
