The Church of England and The Methodist Church
in the Parish of Sturry with Fordwich and Westbere with Hersden
in the Parish of Sturry with Fordwich and Westbere with Hersden
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Easter Monday Pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral 2009
Easter Monday Youth Pilgrimage 2009 to Canterbury Cathedral
 Setting off from Sturry Church Groups from Sturry, Margate. Ramsgate, Birchington |
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| Short break on the cycle path from Fordwich to Canterbury | |
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| Parading the banners inside the Cathedral | |
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The Easter Monday Youth Pilgrimage has a very long tradition in Canterbury.
For the past three years there have been organized short walks into the Cathedral from start points around the City, and Sturry is one of these. From Sturry Church we walk along the off road cycle path linking Fordwich with Canterbury.
This year (2009) there was communion at the cathedral. We arrived at about midday along with groups from all over Kent, some having walked 20-30 miles in two days. By comparison the walk from Sturry is a pleasant three miles. At the cathedral the banners were paraded in and followed by a mixture of worship and drama / talk on the Emmaus Road. We then had picnic lunches in the cloisters or on the grass around the cathedral and there were activities for all in various parts of the cathedral. After lunch we returned to the nave of the cathedral for the rest of the service with communion, and then the traditional parade out of the group banners.
Have a look at the photos from last year's Easter Monday Youth Pilgrimage.
or from the Easter Monday Youth Pilgrimage in 2004