Benefice Residential Pilgrimage to Walsingham

for 1 day, 23 hours
Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham (Anglican)
Common Place Little Walsingham Norfolk, NR22 6BP, United Kingdom

Join Revd Mark and Revd Sarah on a 2 day Pilgrimage to "England's Nazareth" and stay at the Anglican Shrine at Little Walsingham.

We make our own way to Little Walsingham (car sharing encouraged) where we arrive late afternoon and settle into our comfortable accommodation at the Shrine.

Our Pilgrimage programme will include
* First Visit
* Stations of the Cross
* Veneration of the relic of the True Cross
* Intercessions in the Holy House
* Last Visit

In addition all are invited to join in the Shrine's Daily Programme
8.00am Morning Prayer
9.30am Mass, The Priory
12 noon Mass
2.30pm Sprinkling
5.00pm Mass Guild of All Souls Chapel
5.30pm Evening Prayer
6.00pm Shrine Prayers

You are welcome to join in as little or as much as you feel able to.

Meals are on a Full Board Basis.

Total Cost: £210 per person

Deposit: £40 per person at time of booking (non-refundable)

Balance Due: £170 payable 4 weeks prior to the start of the pilgrimage.

Rooms will be allocated by the Shrine, and depending on numbers resident, single occupancy rooms cannot be guaranteed.

Numbers are currently limited to 12 people (if more than 12 wish to join we will do our best to secure additional rooms).

Clare, St Peter & St Paul

Is it a great ocean liner afloat on the skyline? No, it’s one of Suffolk’s great churches with ‘a small tower for a fo’c’sle and two turrets for masts’ as author Simon Jenkins once put it. This beautiful building dominates the north end of the town, reflecting the prosperity of Clare in the Middle Ages when the main trade was cloth-making.

What's special?

The exceptional height of nave and the huge aisle windows where the light streams in through the lavish arcades. 

Look out for the gallery of 15th century roof faces and try out the handsome private pews, one bearing the emblems of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.

The 18th century ringers’ gotch – that’s a beer jug. Beer was once the payment for the ringers. Clare’s ring of eight is said to be the heaviest in Suffolk.

How old is it?

The present church dates back to at least 13th century but after a visit by the image-breaker William Dowsing in 1643, the heraldic glass in the east window is all that is left of the 15th century glass that once might have filled the church.



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The Revd Mark Woodrow

The Vicarage
14 High Street
Clare
Suffolk

CO10 8NY
The Revd Mark Woodrow, Rector
01787 277515
The Revd Dr Karen Smith, Curate
07751932408

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Benefice Residential Pilgrimage to Walsingham

for 1 day, 23 hours
Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham (Anglican)
Common Place Little Walsingham Norfolk, NR22 6BP, United Kingdom

Join Revd Mark and Revd Sarah on a 2 day Pilgrimage to "England's Nazareth" and stay at the Anglican Shrine at Little Walsingham.

We make our own way to Little Walsingham (car sharing encouraged) where we arrive late afternoon and settle into our comfortable accommodation at the Shrine.

Our Pilgrimage programme will include
* First Visit
* Stations of the Cross
* Veneration of the relic of the True Cross
* Intercessions in the Holy House
* Last Visit

In addition all are invited to join in the Shrine's Daily Programme
8.00am Morning Prayer
9.30am Mass, The Priory
12 noon Mass
2.30pm Sprinkling
5.00pm Mass Guild of All Souls Chapel
5.30pm Evening Prayer
6.00pm Shrine Prayers

You are welcome to join in as little or as much as you feel able to.

Meals are on a Full Board Basis.

Total Cost: £210 per person

Deposit: £40 per person at time of booking (non-refundable)

Balance Due: £170 payable 4 weeks prior to the start of the pilgrimage.

Rooms will be allocated by the Shrine, and depending on numbers resident, single occupancy rooms cannot be guaranteed.

Numbers are currently limited to 12 people (if more than 12 wish to join we will do our best to secure additional rooms).

Our Benefice

Safeguarding

Our Benefice is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm.

We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Benefice Safeguarding Officer (BSO).

Our Diocese’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor who advises our BSO.

If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the BSO:
Mr Simon Cant Tel: 01284 789211 Email: [email protected]

or the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor:
Mrs Karen Galloway Tel: 07785 621319 Email: [email protected]

or you may speak with the Rector:
The Revd Mark Woodrow Tel: 01787 277515 Email: [email protected]

If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority’s children or adult social care services (Suffolk County Council – 0808 800 4005).

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