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The Liverpool Pilgrim Way is ready to walk!

Phil McCarthy • Oct 28, 2023

The Liverpool Pilgrim Way is a 30.1 mile long route from the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool to the Shrines of Blessed Dominic Barberi in St Helens & St Edmund Arrowsmith in Ashton-in-Makerfield.

The Way passes the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament in central Liverpool, before reaching the waterfront. The route follows the River Mersey, then crosses the site of the Festival Gardens to reach the Church of St Charles Borromeo, St Michael's Hamlet. The Way crosses Sefton Park and then Calderstones Botanic Garden to reach the Church of St Mary at Woolton.

The Way soon joins the Liverpool Loop Line path then crosses farmland by lane and track to reach the Church of St Bartholomew at Rainhill. The route traverses rewilded former collieries to the Shrine of Blessed Dominic Barberi in Sutton, St Helens. From there the path crosses town and country to the Shrine of St Edmund Arrowsmith at Ashton-in-Makerfield.

Blessed Dominic Barberi (1792–1849) was an Italian Passionist priest who played an important part in the re-emergence of Catholicism in England. He was beatified in 1963.

St Edmund Arrowsmith (1585-1628) was martyred for being a priest. He was canonised in 1970 as one of the Forty English Martyrs.

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A Pilgrimage Taster Day Walk in Sussex for Young People

By John Chenery • 16 Apr, 2024

You are invited to join a pilgrimage taster day walk in Sussex for young people organised by the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton Ecumenical Walking Pilgrimage. NB This is not an event for existing A&B walking pilgrims. Rather we want existing pilgrims to encourage a younger generation to take part. The details are as follows: Walk for Young People aged 16 plus Saturday 25th May 2024 Start and finish at St Wilfred's Church, South Rd, Hailsham, BN27 3JG 09.30 Registration 10.00 Start walk 12.30 Prayers/lunch St Pancras, Arlington 14.00 Michelham Priory 16.00 Arrive St Wilfred’s Church Hall 16.30 Prayers and depart Please bring a packed lunch and wear suitable clothes and footwear. For more info email garyobrien4@yahoo.co.u

The Holywell Way is ready to walk!

By Phil McCarthy • 15 Apr, 2024

The Holywell Way is a Pilgrim Way for the Diocese of Wrexham from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows in Wrexham to the National Shrine of St Winefride at Holywell. St Winefride’s Well is believed to be the only British shrine that has a history of uninterrupted pilgrimage from the Middle Ages to the present day. The Way is north from the Cathedral to join the Wat's Dyke Way which then passes through a valley beside the River Alyn to the villages of Caergwrle and Hope. After 10 miles the Pilgrim Way diverges from the Wat's Dyke Way to visit the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Buckley, re-joining the Wat’s Dyke Way just over a mile after this. On leaving the village of Sychdyn the Wat's Dyke Way diverts from the line of the Dyke to take in a Celtic hill fort at Rhosesmor. The Pilgrim Way takes a more direct route, but the two paths coincide again shortly before crossing the A55 North Wales Expressway. After this the path follows an impressive section of the Dyke. The Way ends at the Shrine of St Winefride in Holywell, but pilgrims may wish to walk on to Basingwerk Abbey, the ruins of a C12 Cistercian monastery (1.0 miles). This is the start of the North Wales Pilgrim’s Way.