We left the College at the unseemly hour of 5.30 (picking up Luke in Peterborough on the way) in order to reach Walsingham by 9.30 in order to be able to celebrate Mass in the Slipper Chapel, the high point of the day and I was blessed to be able to serve at the Mass. Here are a few pics:
After Mass the whole community processed with the statue of Our Lady of Walsingham along the Holy Mile to the centre of the village, finishing at the new Church of the Annunciation in the village centre.
Throughout the pilgrimage, at the Mass, in the Rosary during the procession, during Holy Hour in the new Church the intention of the community was the pray for the conversion of England and Wales, for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and to pray for the intentions of our own community.
If you'll forgive a bit of self indulgence this is probably the most pious picture of the back of my head (which someone took without my knowledge) as well being perhps the clearest picture I've managed to acquire of the statue of Our Lady in the Slipper Chapel:
On the way back to the seminary the parish of St Luke in Peterborough provided us with great hospitality, including a fantastic barbecue (as well as celebrating Evening Prayer with us beforehand).
But at the end of the day it all proved just too much for some:
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