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The Ordinariate Jubilee

Year Pilgrimage to Rome

Fr Nicholas Leviseur

O MARK the Holy Year a jubilee pilgrimage from Siena to Rome culminating in three days of
Tcelebrations in Rome to mark the feast of our co-patron St John Henry Newman has been organised so
that everyone, whether fit or fat, can take part in our jubilee pilgrimage.

The fit, led by Fathers Andrew Starkie and Nicholas flights and getting themselves to Siena or Rome. Those
Leviseur, will walk the 175 miles from Siena to Rome walking from Siena to Rome will have accommodation
along the medieval Via Francigena over 11 days provided in Siena on the night of Saturday 27th
arriving on the eve of the feast of our co-patron on the September and for two nights in Rome on the 8th and
8th of October 2025. 9th of October. Those joining the pilgrims in Rome
will need to book their own accommodation and
The less fit, led by Bishop David, will meet the flights.
pilgrims as they arrive on the outskirts of Rome and
walk with them into St Peter’s, join with them for the For those interested in the walking pilgrimage
next three days as we pray at the tombs of St Peter and we anticipate that it will cost about £400 but every
St Paul, go through the holy doors, visit the catacombs, pilgrim will also be responsible for paying for their
celebrate mass and enjoy Rome in the warmth of the own accommodation in the pilgrim hostels and for
autumn sunshine. their own food and drink. Pilgrim hostel costs are of
the order of 20 euros a night. Food and drink may vary
The walking pilgrimage will begin in the centre of according to taste.
Siena and take us by country roads and footpaths
along the medieval route to Rome. We will stay in Our last walking pilgrimage along the Camino to
pilgrim hostels and like our medieval forbears carry Santiago was amazing. This one ought if anything to
our own packs. be better.

The route is not unlike the camino but is somewhat If you would like to come please email either Fr
less developed so far as tourist infrastructure is Andrew or Fr Nicholas - andrew.starkie@ordinariate.
concerned! We will have a support Land Rover with org.uk - nicholas.leviseur@ordinariate.org.uk
us, driven by Fr Lashbrooke, to carry everything we
need to celebrate mass, to provide transport for the We need expressions of interest as soon as possible
injured and to have a tent or two in reserve. because we cannot take more than 18 pilgrims along
the via Francigena.
Our intention is to carry a, lightweight, statue of
Our Lady of Walsingham with us as a visible witness If you would like to join us in Rome it would be
throughout the pilgrimage. very helpful if you could in the first instance let Fr
Nicholas know. We will then begin to coordinate and
We are not travel agents and to avoid the increasingly let everyone know what is happening, where we will
onerous restrictions placed on us this enterprise relies be staying, and how and where to join the pilgrimage
on the pilgrims to do most of the work in terms of in Rome.

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