Are you a first time pilgrim thinking of walking or cycling the Camino, or the Via Francigena to Rome – or maybe a pilgrimage closer to home? All those practical questions you think everyone already knows the answers to…here’s your chance to ask them yourself, and listen to some experienced pilgrims give their take on…
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What relevance does pilgrimage have in the 21st century? Why do labyrinths continue to have a place in our cultural thinking? Why does the sacred still resonate today? These and other issues will be explored in this joint event organised by CCCU and CPR, delivered as part of the 2022 Kent Pilgrimage Festival. Speakers will…
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Are you a first time pilgrim thinking of walking or cycling to Rome – or maybe a pilgrimage closer to home? Practical Pilgrim Talks will be hosted by the Confraternity of Pilgrims to Rome in Dover at St Mary’s Parish Centre on Saturday 24 September, and will discuss pilgrimage on a budget, walking as a…
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The Kent Pilgrims Festival offers plenty of tasters  in this beautiful county for the walking pilgrim. There is something for everyone, from the 31km Via Francigena Canterbury to Dover to a fully-accessible walk for unpaid carers and those they care for. Book now on the festival website https://kentdowns.org.uk/kent-pilgrims-festival/ 21 September: Ashford’s Old Way. Appledore to…
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The full programme for the Festival, which runs in Canterbury, Dover, and places in between from 21 to 25 September, is now online at https://kentdowns.org.uk/kent-pilgrims-festival/.
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Here’s a taster of the Pilgrims’ Festival in Canterbury and Dover in September. Join the Confraternity in Dover on Saturday 24 September for our Practical Pilgrim morning – followed by pilgrim fun and activities in the town.
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Just as there are many roads to Rome, there are multiple ways from London to Canterbury. The CPR has devised a foot-friendly route which gets over the challenge of walking through the suburbs of southeast London and follows where possible existing and well way-marked green paths. The CPR route takes the River Thames Path east…
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We are very excited to bring you news of our forthcoming Zoom ‘conference’. We had two or three last year during the height of the UK lockdown and we received very favourable feedback. It is a good chance to share and receive advice and put a name to a face of people who contribute on…
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Alberto Alberti, who died in Rome on 26 December 2021 aged 87, was one of the Italian pioneers of the revived Via Francigena (VF) and a champion of the southern route to Bari and Santa Maria di Leuca. Born and raised in Trieste, and with a post-graduate diploma in chemical engineering from the University of…
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