Bishop Patrick joined the pilgrims walking the Southern St John's Way at Keyworth for the last day's walk, one which included sun, rain, wind and even hail! On arrival Bishop Patrick spoke to Theresa Alessandro for her podcast All Kinds of Catholic. He had suggested the idea of the Pilgrimage culminating on the Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross and he had supported the initiative from the start:
"Right from the beginning I thought this was a brilliant idea. Particularly in this Jubilee year of hope, the idea of pilgrims of hope has come alive in a visible way as we see people from the North, South, East and West of the Dioceses of England & Wales coming together, converging on the eve of this beautiful feast. How good is that? Why would we not support that?
Bishop Patrick reflected that it is the motivation that makes someone a pilgrim, not the distance walked.
