Praising God in Devon

Dearest friends, We have a few big pilgrimage events this summer. Sadly they’ve come very close together and are normally more spread out.  The first is the Glastonbury Pilgrimage on the 6th September. We’ll be heading there as a parish and aim to arrive in Glastonbury for 11am. We need to register / pay £11 per person which covers the Abbey admission fee. You can do this online or in person at either of the churches this / the coming…

Dearest friends, We can often think that the Saints are so far removed from our lives. They are heroes from a remote time, from a different place, from a different reality.  Yes, they have lots to teach us, but their heroic sacrifices and displays of faith are simply too lost in the mist of time to be relevant to us today. In thinking this we miss the modern Saints. Those who have come before us whose shining example of faith…

Dearest friends, As many of you know Catherine, Edmund, and I headed to northern Brittany and Normandy for our summer holiday over the last two weeks. One of the visits I was most looking forward to was a pilgrimage to St. Michael’s Mount (or Mont-Saint-Michel if you prefer). It is a place that demands attention from it’s lofty perch. The statue of St. Michael gleams in gold from the highest spire and the sheer number of people visiting demands acres…