Programme of Events for 2008 

   

Saturday 19 January 2008 AGM and SPECIAL CELEBRATION OF OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY

Annual General Meeting, Lecture & Party, St Alban’s Centre, Baldwins Gardens, London EC1

Programme for the day [N.B. not the traditional timings]:

11.00 Doors open, coffee available
11.30
AGM       Please note earlier time than usual!!!
1.15

25 Years: the CSJ's activities and visits in pictures.

Picnic lunch - drinks available
2.30 
Lecture: The cast of the Portico de la Gloria and other St James connections at the V&A, Stuart Frost
3.45
Tea followed by entertainment and Confraternity Choir
4.30

The Cock and the Hen - performed by the Trustees

The Confraternity Choir, conducted by Dr Mary Remnant

6.00

25th Birthday party

 

 

PRACTICAL PILGRIM DAYS

Practical Pilgrim days follow a similar pattern wherever the location, varied according to local circumstances. It is a chance for those planning to make the pilgrimage to learn from those who have recently returned. The day generally runs from 10.00 a.m. until 3 or 4.00 p.m. (but see actual timings below). A general session of questions and answers leads into more specific groups for walkers and cyclists. A walk or visit may allow people to get to know each other and a talk and meal together is organised for the evening. Often there is a Sunday walk for those wanting to stay the whole weekend. It is helpful if people come prepared with some questions to ask from their own pilgrimage preparation. A £5 charge is usually made to cover costs.

Click here for the application form in .pdf format (it covers all three days).

Saturday 2 February 2008

10.00a.m.-6.00p.m., John Marshall Hall, Christ Church, 27 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8NY. Map.

The Camino Francés. Plus, at 3.00 - 4.00 p.m. a one-woman show: One day I'll go to Compostelle by Marie Céline Lachaud

4.30: Local walk around Bankside, Tate Modern, the Globe

6.00 Meal at a local restaurant

Saturday 16 February

10.00a.m.-3.00p.m., St Matthew's Church Centre, Birdbrook Road, Great Barr, Birmingham B44 8RB. Map.

The Camino Francés. Plus a talk on the pilgrimage.

Possible walk and meal.

Saturday 1 March

10.00a.m.-5.00 p.m., Christ Church Centre, Morningside Road, Edinburgh EH10 4DD. Map.

The Camino Francés. Plus a talk on the pilgrimage.

Local walk and meal.

Office Open Days

Saturdays 10.30-3.30 when advice, bookshop and information on making the Pilgrimage are available.

26 April, 28 June, 27 September, 25 October, 22 November

Book Launch

Monday 19 May
River Room House of Lords

There will be a launch event for a new colour booklet Roads to Santiago published by Redemptorist Publications and CSJ in honour of our 25th Anniversary. It contains 25 reflections about the pilgrimage by members and is illustrated with pictures from the CSJ Digital Library. 

Friday 25-Sunday 27 July

St James’s Day  & weekend  in Warwickshire

St James the Great Church Snitterfield appears in the CSJ’s new Guide: Warwickshire and the Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. The parish will be celebrating St James’s Day on 25 July (and not transferring to the weekend, which many churches do). The church is very excited that CSJ is coming and are going to invite other nearby churches of St James to celebrate with them. This will be a wonderful occasion to give thanks for the 25 years of the CSJ. The building dates from the 13th c-15th c , and has a stained glass window of 1877 and fresco by Hardman of 1884. There is pilgrim (?) graffiti and a 16th c St James on the choir stalls. I think they are the only church in England to have the stylised blue and gold scallop design on the altar kneeler.During the weekend we shall visit other places dedicated to St James.  

Draft Programme

Friday 25 July

St James the Great, Snitterfield

7.30pm Eucharist for St James

Saturday 26 July

am Talk on the pilgrimage, Pilgrim lunch

3pm Visit and Guided Tour (£6.40) by the Master of Lord Leycester Hospital,

Warwick. These late 14th c almshouses around the west gate of Warwick, with 12th

c chapel of St James now serve ex-servicemen and their wives.

Tea in Brethren’s Kitchen

5pm Visit to 12th St Mary’s Warwick with fine 15th c Beauchamp chapel

Evening meal together

Sunday 27 July

10.30am Church St Mary’s Warwick

(Choral Eucharist) or 11am Mass St Gregory the Great, Stratford upon Avon

On way or after visit Church of St David Newbold on Stour to see new St James

window, commissioned by CSJ member Christabel Watson

Walk on long distance path, possibly Monarch’s Way

Pub Lunch

Depart

Other St James's Day Celebrations

6pm      Solemn Mass St James's Church, Spanish Place , London W1

7.30pm  Eucharist, followed by wines and nibbles Christ Church, 6a Morningside Road, Edinburgh EH10

Local meetings

Sunday 27 April  Midlands Meeting

Sunday 29 June Forest of Dean,  & Wales

details from the Office

Returned Pilgrim Service

Saturday 18 October

Loughton Methodist Church, Loughton IG10 1RB

Walk in Epping Forest, followed by sharing experiences and pilgrim service

Storrs Lecture

Saturday 22 November

3.30pm

Criticising and defending pilgrimage in the early Middle Ages, Prof Dame Janet Nelson

John Marshall Hall, 27 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8NY, £5.00

 

 

More Events to be added later!