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July 12 We will also tour St Giles’ Cathedral, the historic Cross the Atlantic to Edinburgh this evening as City Church of Edinburgh,- the Mother Church we begin our pilgrimage. As travelers come from of Presbyterianism containing the Chapel of the many different parts of the country, we find that Order of the Thistle (Scotland’s chivalric company of most travelers prefer to have flexibility in their air knights headed by the Queen). transportation. After you have placed a deposit on this tour, we will contact you regarding your air We will enjoy a walking tour of the famous Royal schedule. Mile- its cobbled streets, tiny shops, and steep allies will invoke the medieval era. As we walk, July 13 we will hear the stories of Scotland’s great figures After arrival in Edinburgh, we will make our way of literature. We will view Edinburgh Castle, to the hotel for a rest for some, and a walk around dominating Edinburgh’s skyline and giving stunning views across the city and countryside. (B, D)

July 15 We travel eastward by coach after breakfast. We will be tracing St. Aidan’s missionary journey to the Island of Lindisfarne (off the coast of in England). King Oswald called Aidan from Iona in Scotland to evangelize his kingdom in 635 AD, and he settled Aidan and his fellow monks on Lindisfarne near his palace at Bamburgh. Aidan and his brothers set out on foot, preaching the Gospel all the neighborhood of the hotel for others. We will then gather for a welcome reception to meet our guide, Mrs. Kathleen Winch, and our fellow travelers. Overnight at the Bruntsfield Hotel, Edinburgh, our home for the next two nights. (D)

July 14 After breakfast at our hotel, we set out to explore the historic city of Edinburgh. Our tour of Edinburgh will include the official residence of Her Majesty The Queen- the Palace of Holyrood. The Palace was once over Northumbria and planting new mission stations the home as they went. After Aidan’s death in 651, St. of Mary, succeeded him as Prior, and followed in Aidan’s Queen of missionary footsteps. Dinner and overnight for the Scots and next two nights at the Hoggs Head Inn. (B,D) was the setting July 16 for many We have breakfast in our hotel, and then we dramatic explore , the historic seat of the episodes Northumbrian Kings. In the afternoon we enjoy a in her boat trip to the Inner Farne island, where Cuthbert short life. lived as a hermit in his old age. Legend has it that

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lifetime the currents of Benedictine Christianity spread northward from Canterbury, enriching the Celtic spirituality that Aidan had introduced. After St. Paul’s Jarrow, we visit the adjacent “’s World,” a beautifully re-created peasant Cuthbert prayed all night, standing up to his neck in village of the the cold North Sea - and seals licked him to warm early 700s. him up in the morning! We return to the Hoggs Head We return by Inn for Dinner and Overnight. (B,D) coach to Durham for Dinner and Overnight. (B,D)

July 17 July 19 Today we travel by coach southward to Hadrian’s We will continue our way south and visit the village Wall, built by the Romans in the mid-100s AD to of Escomb today. Here is the oldest complete parish protect their province of Britain from the fierce tribes church in England. Set within a Celtic circle, Escomb to the north. We visit the archeological “dig” at parish church Vindolandia, one of the larger Roman camps along dates from the the Wall. In the museum there, we notice fascinating 670s (the age evidence of of St. Cuthbert) Christianity in and is built with Northumbria stone taken from even before a nearby Roman St. Aidan camp. Continuing arrived. Did on by coach, we God prepare travel to the port hearts there of Whitby and the site of St. Hilda’s Seventh Century to receive monastery for men and women there. Hilda hosted Aidan’s the famous “Synod of Whitby” there in 664, which message? We continue on by coach to Durham blended together the Celtic and Roman traditions of for Evensong at Durham Cathedral, dinner and Christianity in England. Dinner and Overnight in overnight at the Royal County Hotel Durham. ( B,D) nearby Scarborough. (B,D)

July 18 July 20 Exploring Durham Cathedral where St. Cuthbert is After breakfast in our hotel, we travel by coach buried behind the high altar, will be a highlight of the southward to the trip. Be sure to notice the columns in the Nave – all walled city of York. different! After lunch we skip forward fifty years from Here we delight in the the age of Cuthbert, traveling by coach to St. Paul’s performance of the York church in Jarrow. Here the famous scholar Bede, who Mystery Plays, a stunning is buried in the Cathedral at Durham, lived and wrote revival of the medieval his famous History of the English Church and People, Biblical drama produced through which we know the world of St. Aidan and by the merchant guilds the Celtic saints in northern England. In Bede’s of York. Using the whole

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Lindisfarne as a young man. Later he walked to Rome and back three times, and brought back with him the Benedictine pattern of monasticism which he admired greatly. In the years after the Synod of Whitby in 664, Wilfrid began planting Benedictine monasteries in the north historic city as its backdrop, The York Mystery Play of England, the earliest tells the drama of salvation with unforgettable beauty. of which we see in Ripon Dinner and Overnight in York. (B,D) Cathedral’s crypt. After lunch we continue to nearby Fountains Abbey, to visit the most complete ruins of a large 12th century July 21 monastery anywhere in Europe. In the late afternoon Explore York! York is a walled city, situated at the we travel south to Manchester Airport for Dinner and confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Overnight. (B,D) , England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major July 23 political events We end our pilgrimage with great thanks as we fly throughout much of home from Manchester. its two millennia of existence. We will walk the medieval city walls, visit York Minster, and see two historic parish churches. Then we will have time for exploring York’s rich history; from Roman York, to Anglo Saxon York, to Viking York ,we will have time for personal exploration to visit York’s fascinating museums or for leisurely shopping. Dinner and Overnight in York. (B)

July 22 “After breaking our fast” as medieval travelers would say, we go by coach to the old city of Ripon. In the crypt of Ripon Cathedral there, we visit the earliest remains of Benedictine Christianity in England. St. Wilfrid of Ripon was a monk at

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TOUR LEADERS

The Rev. William Murdoch (“Bishop Bill”) The Rev. Dr. Leslie P. Fairfield was appointed bishop of the Anglican Diocese in Professor Les Fairfield was educated at Princeton New England in 2009. Bishop Bill has led regional and Harvard, and for thirty years (1976-2006) was Alpha Holy Spirit Weekends of more than 200 professor of Church Catholics, Episcopalians and people from various History at Trinity. He Christian Churches. His leadership has grown to is the author of John include training clergy and lay leaders in the Alpha Bale: Mythmaker for the program and the renewal of the local church. He has English Reformation. He served as an adjunct taught courses at Trinity professor at Gordon- ranging from Patristics to Conwell Theological Postmodernism. Les retired from full-time teaching Seminary. Bishop Bill in 2006. He continues to lead study tours and to has served in short- teach part-time at Trinity. term missions in India, teaching and preaching in Madras, Bangalore, and Calcutta and as part of a SOMA team to Uganda. Bishop Bill’s passion for discipleship and evangelism has been seen in leadership seminars and the continued work of the convocation.

To balance an incredibly active schedule, Bishop Bill retreats with his wife Sally to their cottage in Maine. There he enjoys fishing, reading, and the company of their adult children, Peter, Ryan, and Megan.

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Second, pilgrimages remind us that God works in specific times and places. Christianity is not an abstract philosophy. It is a story about God bursting into people’s lives in specific times and in definite places. And changing history! I remember visiting the medieval Celtic monastery at Clonmacnoise, where St. Kieran founded a school that helped the Irish save civilization. Clonmacnoise taught thousands of Dr. Les Fairfield Celtic people how to read and write, and it put them in touch with the Gospel Story. Going on pilgrimage to Clonmacnoise (six or eight times now) reminds me that God changes history though heroes like Kieran, in specific times and places.

Finally, pilgrimages remind us that Christian life is a journey. Often our lives seem random and without purpose. Taking time off, setting time apart to make a pilgrimage, actually moving from one place towards another – all these help us to remember that God’s time is an arrow, not an endless weary circle. Jesus is leading us through life to a definite goal, namely celebration forever in His presence. I have a friend who made a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Millions have made that same journey on foot, over the last thousand years. My friend wrote a book about his pilgrimage, called The Way is Made By Walking. That long trek reminds Christians that life itself has a goal and a purpose. Every step counts!

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