Please note CHANGE OF ADVERTISED DATE
This year takes place on the Saturday BEFORE the August Bank Holiday Weekend.
In 2009 the Pilgrimage will take place on Saturday, August 22nd
Schedule
12 noon
Solemn Eucharist at St David’s Church, Llanthony. The celebrant will be Archdeacon Martin Williams.
1.30pm
Assemble outside St David’s Church for Pilgrimage Walk.
3.30pm
Ecumenical Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at St Mary’s Church, Capel-y-ffin. This service is followed by the Procession to The Monastery and Abbey Church with stations at the Wayside Calvary and at the Statue of Our Lady of Llanthony. The preacher will be Fr Jonathan Baker, Principal of Pusey House, Oxford.
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.
