We are delighted to announce the programme for our 2021 annual conference, to be held online via Zoom. The conference will be spread over two sessions, three weeks apart, at times when we hope our friends from both North America and Australasia will be able to join us. Both sessions will be on a ‘donativo’…
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To our members and supporters – we need your help! The Confraternity of Pilgrims to Rome is a community run by volunteers, most of whom became involved by wanting to “give something back” after a pilgrimage on the Via Francigena. Now we are currently looking to expand our circle of dedicated and skilled helpers. Our…
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Joe Patterson – Via Francigena Trailblazer William Joseph (Joe) Patterson, one of the trailblazers of the newly-revived Via Francigena and a founder member and former Chairman of the Confraternity of Pilgrims to Rome (CPR), died on 26 December 2020 aged 84. A bluff Mancunian and former civil servant, Joe walked from Canterbury to Rome in…
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The Confraternity is delighted to be supporting our partner, the EAVF (European Association of the Vie Francigene), who are organising a group to walk from Canterbury via Rome down to Santa Maria di Leuca – some 3200km – later this year in celebration of its 20th anniversary. Members of various national and regional bodies are…
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