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Harvington Pilgrimage

2026 - Sunday 6 September

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Harvington Pilgrimage Committee

Chair: Michael Jones

Parish Priest: Rev Fr Richard Sharples 

Treasurer: Vacant

Address for Correspondence: Fr Sharples, St Mary’s Presbytery, Harvington, Kidderminster, DY10 4LR

Any queries related to the Pilgrimage should be directed to: [email protected]



2026 Pilgrimage, Sunday 6 September

1.45 – 2.30pm: Confession
3pm: Holy Mass

Free timed tours of Harvington Hall are available on the day and can be booked upon arrival.

Further details to be announced.


Look back at the 2025 Pilgrimage

The principal celebrant was Archbishop Bernard Longley.

Words, photographs and videos from 2025


Published: 28th August, 2018

Updated: 14th April, 2026

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Hednesford Pilgrimage

2026 - Sunday 5 July

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Hednesford Pilgrimage Committee

Chair: Fr Jeremy Howard

Liturgical advisor: Bishop Timothy Menezes


Hednesford Pilgrimage 2026 - Sunday 5 July

1pm: Refreshments available 
2.15 - 3.45pm: Confessions
3pm: Rosary
4pm: Holy Mass with the Sacrament of the Sick

Celebrant - Bishop David Evans.

Please bring your own chair!


Photo Gallery 2025

Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes Hednesford

Published: 29th August, 2018

Updated: 14th April, 2026

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Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

Next pilgrimage TBA

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The last pilgrimage was led by Bishop David McGough from 3 - 11 September 2019, with Canon Mervyn Tower as Spiritual Director.

It was an opportunity to join the family of the Archdiocese on pilgrimage to the Holy Land with four nights in Bethlehem and three nights in Tiberius.

This included a full spiritual, scriptural and educational programme, daily Mass at different Shrines and all entrance fees.

For details of future pilgrimages please contact Canon Mervyn Tower on 01865 762433.

Published: 30th August, 2018

Updated: 30th March, 2021

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Littlemore (Oxfordshire)

Where Saint John Henry Newman lived, and was received into the Church.

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LITTLEMORE (Oxfordshire) Newman Friends International

‘The College’ where Saint John Henry Newman lived from 1842 to 1846, and was received into the Church, is open from Monday to Friday from 10.30am to 12noon and from 2pm to 5pm, on Saturdays from 2pm to 5pm, and on the 1st and 3rd Sunday (May - October) from 2pm to 5pm.

Visitors are welcome to Newman’s room and oratory and to a museum and library for Newman studies and research.

A Novena to St John Henry Newman was recently published. 

Access Novena

For further details and other arrangements - celebration of Mass, guided tours and/or talks for groups, school parties, private retreats (four rooms available), use of the library for academic purposes, information and arrangements for visiting places connected with Newman in Oxford - please contact:

The International Centre of Newman Friends, c/o The Society of the Work, Ambrose Cottage, 9 College Lane, Littlemore, Oxford, OX4 4LQ.

Tel: 01865 779743 

email: [email protected]

website: Newman Friends International

There is a regular Mass in the Newman Chapel on Fridays at 9am and a Holy Hour on Wednesdays from 7.45pm to 8.45pm.

Published: 31st August, 2018

Updated: 15th July, 2025

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Lourdes Pilgrimage

2026 - Monday 25 to Saturday 30 May

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Lourdes Pilgrimage Committee

Chairman: Bishop David Evans

Vice-chair: Fr Anthony Rohan

Pilgrimage Director: Fr Jeremy Howard

Treasurer: Mr M Williams


Birmingham Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2026

Monday 25 to Saturday 30 May

The annual Diocesan pilgrimage will be returning to Lourdes under the leadership of His Grace, Archbishop Bernard Longley and Bishop David Evans.

Please pray for all those considering joining next year’s pilgrimage to Lourdes, as they will be praying for you.

Lourdes Information and Sign Up to Mailing List


Lourdes Pilgrimage Office:
Tel: 0121 230 6288

Address: Lourdes Pilgrimage Office
Cathedral House
St Chad’s Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6EX

Email: [email protected]

Please Note: 

Any enquiries relating to booking a place as an assisted pilgrim staying in the Accueil should be made to the Lourdes office at either [email protected] or [email protected]

Published: 1st September, 2018

Updated: 6th November, 2025

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Walsingham Pilgrimage

2026 - Saturday 9 May

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Pilgrimage committee 

Pilgrimage Director: Fr Philip Griffin

[email protected]

[email protected]

Telephone: 01384 395 308



2026 Diocesan Pilgrimage - Saturday 9 May

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The Shrine website provides detailed information about Walsingham and its significance as the National Shrine to Our Lady and a place of pilgrimage in pre-reformation England.

Pilgrim Guide 2026


Pilgrimage Enquiries

Fr Philip Griffin

Our Lady and All Saints
New Road
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY9 1PQ

01384 395308

[email protected]

Published: 2nd September, 2018

Updated: 17th March, 2026

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