Clifton Diocesan Annual Pilgrimage to Glastonbury 2022

The Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Glastonbury for 2022 will be celebrated on Sunday 10th July 2022.

After an absence of two years, we look forward to welcoming as many pilgrims as possible back to Glastonbury, to celebrate the return of the pilgrimage, with Bishop Declan Lang and our new Parish Priest, Fr. Dominic Findlay-Wilson.

The Pilgrimage has three starts:

  1. A procession through the town centre behind the statue of Our Lady, during which the Rosary is prayed and hymns are sung. In some years this has been preceded by a Liturgy of the Word in the Tor Field, commemorating the martyrdom of Blesséd Richard Whiting, the last Abbot of Glastonbury, and his fellow martyrs, Blesséd Roger James and Blesséd John Thorne. In 2022 this liturgy will take place in the Abbey Grounds, followed by the start of the procession at 2.15pm. The procession exits the Abbey grounds through the Abbey House Gardens, it proceeds through the town centre via Chilkwell Street, the High Street and Magdalene Street, returning to the Abbey through the Magdalene Street Gates, opposite the Shrine Church at approximately 3pm.

  2. The Pilgrimage starts in St Mary's church, the Shrine of Our Lady, at 11.30am, with the holy Rosary, followed by Exposition of the Blesséd Sacrament. The church will then become a Chapel of Exposition and Adoration in Silence until Simple Benediction at 3pm.

  3. Immediately opposite the church, just inside the abbey gates, will be two Chapels; a chapel of Reconciliation where. Confessions will be heard from 12noon, and a Chapel of Healing Prayer, where Private Healing Prayer will be offered by members of the Shrine's Healing Ministry, for those who would like to receive it, both ministries finishing at about 3pm.

All Pilgrims are asked to collect in the Abbey grounds for the Pilgrimage Mass which will be celebrated by Rt. Rev. Declan Lang, Bishop of Clifton, at 3.30pm.