SACRED LANDS The Salesian Provinces of Great Britain and Ireland offer a series of programmes exploring the sacred lands of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England.
The programmes open a doorway for us to discover forgotten aspects of our inner world, as well as the world that our ancestors walked for hundreds or thousands of years.
Our lands are sacred and blessed, and our souls can be awakened to that mystery.
We are all searching for something . . .
Special times and places feed into and strengthen our ordinary lives . . .
We offer people space and time . . . PROGRAMME ONE — England Come with us to explore Christian routes, Neolithic (New Stone Age) routes and a Bronze Age wooden causeway 10–17 August 2019
Programme subject to change, but includes where permissible: Saturday 10: Travelling to Canterbury (minibus from Bolton, or train to Canterbury).
Sunday 11: Church of St Martin for the Holy Communion Service — St Martin’s is one of the world’s oldest churches. St Augustine worshipped here from 597AD. Mass in the ruins of St Augustine’s Abbey, built by St Augustine on the east side of Canterbury. • Visit to the relics of St Thomas of Canterbury • Guided tour of Canterbury Cathedral • Visit to St Dunstan’s Anglican Church, where the head of St Thomas More is buried
Monday12: Travel to Oxford via Stonehenge.
Tuesday 13: Avebury Stone Circle — Avebury lies at the centre of one of the greatest surviving concentrations of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in Europe. • The Holy Well of St Frideswide • Churn Knob where St Birinus delivered his own version of the Sermon on the Mount in 634AD to convert King Cynegils of Wessex to Christianity (subject to the permission of the land owner) • Dorchester Abbey
Wednesday 14: Guided Tour of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Walk to the Protestant Martyr’s Memorial and Saxon Church Thursday 15: Mass at Our Lady and St Anne Church, Caversham. • The Jordans Quaker Meeting House, built in 1688 • John Schorne’s Shrine and Well, where the priest ‘captured’ the devil in a boot • All Saint’s Church, Wing — the only surviving Saxon Apse in England
Friday 16: Visit to Flag Fen, a Bronze Age wooden causeway built for ceremonial purposes. • Church and Retreat House at Little Gidding set up in 1626, a church linked to the poets George Herbert and T S Elliot • Prayer at Steeple Gidding • Guided tour of Ely Cathedral, founded by the Saxon Saint, Etheldreda • Mass at the Church of St Etheldreda
Saturday 17th: Departure (Trains from Ely, or Minibus to Bolton)
COSTS
£250.00 — Includes minibus travel from Bolton. (Those travelling independently to Canterbury will be collected from the station, and dropped at Ely station for their return journey).
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE? • Suggested programme, but it can be subject to change • Accommodation at campsites (please bring your own tent) • Breakfast X7; lunch X1; light dinner X1 and a celebratory meal — all other meals are your own responsibility, but normally there are plenty of options NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND AGE This programme is strictly limited to 8 participants, aged 18 plus. Please note that there is a moderate amount of walking, and the trip to Churn Knob involves a certain amount of walking up hill. APPLICATION FORM
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Travel arrangements (please tick) Thornleigh House Bolton Train Station Canterbury West Train Station
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I enclose a non-returnable deposit of £100.00 payable to SDB Trustees, Salesian Youth Ministry Account, the balance to be paid by 1 August, 2019.
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Bob Gardner SDB Thornleigh Salesian House Sharples Park Bolton BL1 6PQ