We began our seventh and last full day of our 2018 Holy Land pilgrimage with a short coach journey to the Church of the Our Father on the Mount of Olives. This is the site marking where the Lord Jesus taught his disciples to pray.Â
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Today was the first day of the 2018 Westminster Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. We are 57 pilgrims in total and we had a good flight and coach journey to our hotel. We are staying beside the Sea of Galilee and travelled to the Mount of the B...
Day three of our pilgrimage began with a trip to the Church of the Nativity in Manger Square, Bethlehem. We entered through the small doorway, a reminder to humble ourselves in the presence of the Lord. Passing through the beautifully ornate upper...
Mass celebrated in the glorious sun, a penitential service for over 400 people and our diocese leading the torchlight procession has meant our second day of the Lourdes Pilgrimage has been both beautiful and moving.
We started the day in front ...
The day began with a visit to Archbishop Pizzaballa, the Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem at the Latin Patriarchate, to convey greetings from Cardinal Vincent and the pilgrims. An informative conversation about the Church in the Patriarchate ...