The Good Way: a new pilgrimage podcast!

Phil McCarthy • December 1, 2025

A podcast about pilgrimage has been launched, hosted and created by Torin Brown, the pilgrim officer at Canterbury Cathedral! 


The podcast is for pilgrims and those thinking about pilgrimage. This is a show that will cover all aspects of this ancient practice, talking to authors, speakers and experienced pilgrims and giving insights and advice based on experience.


The most recent episode featured Nick Dunne, Chair of Trustees for Pilgrims to Rome. Like the Confraternity, he has a ton of experience and knowledge of pilgrimage, especially of the Via Francigena. Listen to his great experience and learn of his work and writing. Nick shares exciting news about the new extension to the Via Francigena, the Francigena Britannica and the Confraternity's conference for 2026!


Previous episodes have covered:

  • Pilgrim stories and their stained glass translation with Rachel Koopmans and Sheila Sweetinburgh 
  • The work of Victoria Field, author and poetry therapist, talking about her recent pilgrimage from Canterbury to Rome on the Via Francigena
  • Torin's personal thoughts on what defines a pilgrim or pilgrimage, based on his experience, research and data
  • A conversation with Sandy Brown, author of 7 Cicerone pilgrimage guide books and one of the most respected experts on pilgrimage in Europe and America.


The podcast can be found by following the link below.


THE GOOD WAY PODCAST
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By Eddie Gilmore January 6, 2026
Pilgrimage can be life-altering and transformational as this walk to Dover along the Via Francigena demonstrated.
Photograph  of a Christmas card depicting The Adoration of the Magi in the Scrovegni Chapel
By Phil McCarthy January 6, 2026
Happy New Year and a blessed Feast of the Epiphany when we remember the visit of the wise men or Magi to the infant Jesus!
By Phil McCarthy December 22, 2025
I was delighted to be invited to record this brief Advent reflection for the Catholic Bishops' Conference (England and Wales) Wave of Hope series. My focus was the 2025 Jubilee Pilgrimage of Hope.
By Anna FitzPatrick December 19, 2025
The Laudato Si Circle based at Blackfriars in Oxford undertook a pilgrimage for the planet!
By Phil McCarthy December 16, 2025
A pilgrim way in Oxfordshire following St John Henry Newman’s spiritual path.
By John Paul de Quay December 15, 2025
A new resource for those interested in the impact of pilgrimage on the environment.
By Rowan Morton-Gledhill December 15, 2025
This year, the Annual Diocesan St Wilfrid’s Way Pilgrimage was walked for the 10th time!
By Anne E Bailey December 5, 2025
A new video of the Jubilee Pilgrimage of Hope from Anne E Bailey
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By Alex Knox December 3, 2025
Over the last 12 months, Alex Knox walked Britain’s newest pilgrimage with its youngest pilgrim. This is their story.
By Torin Brown December 3, 2025
Torin Brown, Pilgrim Officer at Canterbury Cathedral, asks why pilgrimage still 'packs a spiritual punch' in a secular age.