Category Archives: Pilgrim

Check out the “Resources” section for suggested reading and films to prepare for Pilgrimage 2012.

Programme leader, the Rev. Dr. Lynne McNaughton was recently appointed Archdeacon of Capilano by Bishop Michael Ingham. Now properly addressed as The Venerable, she is happy to be known as Lynne.

Woldy Sosnowsky  (pilgrim 2007) will be ordained Sunday October 2 at West Vancouver Presbyterian Church for appointment to the Presbyterian Church Salmon Arm.  (Pilgrims are taking over Salmon Arm, as Juanita Austin is the United Church Minister there !)   … Continue reading →

One of our pilgrims, Bob Burton, from Winnipeg, documented his pilgrimage by sketching and painting along the way. He submitted this painting of the shore and skyline of Nice.

At this point in a pilgrimage there are mixed feelings of satisfaction of an accomplishment, the appreciation of our own and other’s spiritual growth and the realization that we will not be this way again with our fellow travelers. The … Continue reading →

We left Autun for Geneva today via Fontenay Abbey and Chardonnay. Fontenay Abbey was founded by a nobleman, Bernard of Clairvaux in 1118 and was active in the 12th and 13th centuries but plundered in the Hundred Year’s War. The … Continue reading →

  Why Pilgrimage? Lynne McNaughton and Gerald Hobbs presented a lecture that was a good reminder as to why one ventures out on pilgrimage. Lynne outlined the elements of pilgrimage which include a physical journey, undergoing an ordeal (No, the … Continue reading →

We are now in Autun, a town that traces its origins back to the Romans who settled here at the time of Julius Caesar. We are in the heart of Burgundy. There are many Roman ruins here as well as … Continue reading →

After a day of enjoying Lyon on our own with museums, tours and shopping we traveled back in time to the second century CE with a visit to the church which is established on the site where Irenaeus, the 2nd … Continue reading →

From the small village of Chambon-sur-Lignon in the mountains we travelled to the fourth largest city in France, Lyon. We are located in the centre of the city with all its delights close by. The theme of “seeing the invisible” … Continue reading →