East Midlands Pilgrimage 2014 vol.1 | Page 4

What is a Pilgrimage? Why go on one? Sometimes in life we take a few steps to the left, sometimes a few steps to the right, other times we take a few steps back, but when we go on a pilgrimage we are walking towards God. We go to God, not perfect, but as we are. With all of our doubt, crisis, sickness, curiosity, adventure, faith, and thanksgiving to ask for favours and to offer ourselves completely. Our pilgrimages are escorted by our Parish Priests, and are open to anyone interested irrespective of their Parish or churchmanship. If you want perfection, then our pilgrimages are probably not for you. Misconnections, delays, wrong turns, ash clouds and bad weather can happen and can sometimes lead to unexpected views. All will be well if we remember where the route will eventually lead us towards God. As Christians, we are all on the pilgrimage, we have been since the day we were born and will be until we die. Our future pilgrimages will be a compound of the present and the past. As ݔ