Our Lady’s Pilgrimage on the Wye, 15th – 19th August 2026

This will be the fifth of Our Lady’s Voyages. The purpose is to draw attention to the dire state of the Wye and to the duty of us all to care for every part of God’s creation. The pilgrimage takes place around Our Lady’s principal feast on August 15th and She is welcomed by parishioners at all the stops on Her journey.

This year the Wye is looking dangerously low. If it is impossible to take Our Lady by canoe, she will travel by car to the stops along the pilgrimage route.

 

 

******

 

Father Ignatius Memorial Trust Pilgrimage – Saturday 5th September 2026

The annual Father Ignatius Memorial Trust Pilgrimage takes place on the first Saturday of September. This year the arrangements are as follows:

11.30am – Mass at S. David, Llanthony

Following lunch, be that picnic or at the Abbey Pub, a pilgrimage walk takes place from Llanthony to Capel-y-Ffin, starting at 1.30pm

3.30pm – Evensong at S. Mary’s, Capel-y-Ffin – Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Dominic Walker OGS, former Bishop of Monmouth

Following which, a processional walk to the ruins of Fr. Ignatius’ Abbey Church takes places with ‘stations’ at the Wayside Calvary and at the Statue of Our Lady of Capel-y-Ffin.

 

******