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Tudor Pilgrimage Day

To assist with a planned school visit for the Tudor Day you may wish to print off the following document.

Left click to open Tudor Visit Teachers' Notes - Acrobat format size 344k

Resources for Students

The two fact files detailed below can be downloaded. Alternatively fully illustrated copies are available from the Education Office (see below.)

Pilgrims and Pilgrimages

Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham - The History of Pilgrimage to Walsingham and an outline of modern Christian Pilgrimage at today's Anglican Shrine. Twelve pages of information including the story of Walsingham, the history of the Priory, the history of the present day Anglican Shrine and the Holy Well. What do pilgrims do and what happens on a pilgrimage?

Left click to open fact file in MS Word format size 56k (not illustrated.)

Left click to open or save fact file in Acrobat format size 665k (illustrated.)

This booklet is available from the Education Office fully illustrated price £2.05 (incl. VAT)

Pilgrimage

A thirty page resource pack containing everything you want to know about Walsingham plus drama activities and discussion topics, fact files, brainstorming and prayers.

Left click to open fact file in MS Word format size 144k (not illustrated.)

Left click to open or save fact file Acrobat format size 613k (illustrated.)

This booklet is available from the Education Office fully illustrated price £3.10 (incl. VAT)

A New DVD from the Education Department

STATIONS OF THE CROSS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE by Janet Marshall - based on the Stations in the shrine garden - readings and prayers + activities for use with children and young people - suitable for school or church use - large full-colour pictures of the Stations (Price £10.00) CD Rom - Stations of the Cross for Children and Young People - creative texts and teaching tips plus full colour images based on the Stations in the Shrine gardens. £7.15   Pictured left - a new, exciting educational film for teachers, Children's and Youth Leaders in Parishes!   An accompanying resource pack - MORE FOOTSTEPS INTO FAITH (KS2/KS3) written by Janet Marshall, is packed full with information, activities, colour photographs and a CD Rom, to help bring pilgrimage alive - this pack is now available from the Education Department; price: CD Rom £7.15 (inc. VAT); Resource Book & Photograph version £24.00 (inc. VAT) If you are looking for a fresh and exciting way to introduce young (and older!) people to pilgrimage in Walsingham this DVD/Video presentation is for you! The film features a group of Sixth Form students and primary school children who arrive in Walsingham and begin their pilgrimage journey of exploration. They visit the Slipper Chapel, walk the Holy Mile, explore the Abbey grounds and visit the Anglican Shrine. With the help of music, vivid imagery and captivating drama, the story of Lady Richeldis and her visions is re-created on film. In addition there is a 'video diary' at the end which offers a personal, first-hand experience of a visit to the Shrine compiled by one of the students. This will be particularly useful to young people following a GCSE course on pilgrimage and to any leader who is planning to bring a group of children/young people to Walsingham.

Pod & Ezzie Walk the Holy Mile

At last the long-awaited sequel to Pod & Ezzie on Pilgrimage, written by Janet Marshall and delightfully illustrated by Rebecca Johnson. In this second book Pod and his cheeky friend Ezzie the donkey, who are pilgrims to Walsingham, walk the famous Holy Mile. They visit the medieval Slipper Chapel and Holy Spirit Chapel, now the site of the RC National Shrine of OLW. Whilst there Ezzie gets up to all sorts of mischief, but learns a lot about what makes this holy place so special for Christians.  This humorous and poignant story with its beautifully drawn, colourful illustrations offers a useful follow on from the first book and offers teachers, leaders and parents useful preparation or follow-up before or after a pilgrimage or educational visit to Walsingham. It is also ideal as a stocking filler for Christmas. Available from the Shrine Shop; cost £4.99

Special people, special places

A new book from Janet Marshall which links the theme of  'life as a journey to the concept of 'Christians on the move'.  This is developed into an exploration of pilgrimage in the Bible. The book also offers a close look at ten sites of Christian pilgrimage around Britain - including S. Werburgh at Chester Cathedral, S. Winifred's Well at Holywell, Canterbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey plus, of course, the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. Each section of the book is a self-contained unit which can be used individually or as a whole.  Each theme in the book is linked to the new non-statuory framework for Religious Education. It is fully photocopiable and provides fact files, guidance notes for suggested activities and discussion, as well as stories, plays and poems. Attractive, eye-catching illustrations have been drawn by Mary Hall; these expand into fully illustrated worksheets at the end of the book.
Available from the Shrine Shop; cost £9.99