The Columban Missionaries are preparing to celebrate the feast of Pentecost and Laudato Si' Week with a unique pilgrimage walk steeped in tradition and focused on mission today.

Following in the footsteps of their patron, St. Columban, who began his own missionary journey to Europe over 1400 years ago, they will embark on a spiritual journey from Padstow to Fowey in Cornwall, from 24^th May to 27^th May 2023. In a year when the Columbans are visiting parishes in the diocese of Plymouth, this will be an extraordinary opportunity to join with ordained and lay Columban missionaries and co-workers to reflect on 'the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor'.

The pilgrimage will be led by the Columban Director in Britain, Fr. John Boles, and the pilgrim group will include missionaries with experience in Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Taiwan, Fiji, and Britain. Following the rivers Camel and Fowey, the pilgrims will call to mind the people and places served by Columban Missionaries, in Britain and around the world, who are in urgent need of peace and justice, and they will explore ways to bring about positive change and a fairer world. In partnership with St. Mary's parish and primary school in Bodmin, and diocesan representatives from CAFOD, Caritas, and the Youth Ministry, there will be a live-streamed Mass at 6pm on Thursday, 25^th May, which will be open to all.

You are also invited to become a ‘virtual’ pilgrim to receive the mission reflections that will be used by the Columbans and to explore how faith can lead to action for the life of God’s world.

Find out more information here:

https://columbans.co.uk/mission/12352/the-columban-way-pilgrimage-2023/

or email to: columbanway2023@columbans.co.uk