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Pilgrims Visiting Canterbury Cathedral - Coggle Diagram
Pilgrims Visiting Canterbury Cathedral
Have nowhere to stay to share stories with the people in the Cathedral
Can't really welcome them/ can't offer tea or something
Route the Connects with Norway
In the Summer, sometimes 80 people head to Rome
Reasons For Pilgrimage
Charity
Self reflection
When people are at cross roads in their lives
An opportunity to escape our busy lives
For Christians, it is viewed as an opportunity to feel closer to God, to strengthen faith, to seek spiritual inspiration
In search of deeper spirituality, healing or forgiveness
People come to see the shrine of Becket
Pilgrims can Begin their Journey here
This route goes back historically a long way
Whenever there was an Archbishop in Canterbury, he would have to walk to Rome to get his Palluim (his robe)
Canterbury Cathedral is the destination for those who travel along the pilgrim paths from Winchester and Rochester. It is also the beginning of the route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain and the Via Francigena to Rome.
Pilgrims can end their journey here
Known as the Canterbury way & end by seeing shrine of Becket
They usually start from London or Winchester
Desire to enhance relationship with God
Pilgrimage is a way of letting the outward journey of our bodies enrich and enabling the inner journeys of our hearts and minds.
The destination is significant too. Most pilgrim routes are ancient, taking people to places made holy by events that have happened there, in the footsteps of those who have gone before them or the presence of shrines or relics of holy people.