St Davids Diocese Year of Pilgrimage - Blwyddyn o Bererindod

29/11/2022

The Year of Pilgrimage has begun!
In September, at the Governing Body, Bishop June passed the Church in Wales' Pilgrim Staff to Dean Sarah. The Staff was first made for St Asaph Diocese's Year of Pilgrimage, and has since been used by Monmouth and Llandaff Dioceses.
The Pilgrim Staff was brought into St Davids cathedral in procession on Advent Sunday during the Carol Service, by pilgrimage officer Janet Ingram, and placed next to the Shrine of St David. During the year ahead it will be lent to churches, schools and other groups making pilgrimages to Tyddewi, or in their own locality.
For help with planning a pilgrimage, or to arrange to borrow the Pilgrim Staff email [email protected]. There is plenty of information and ideas about how to plan your own pilgrimage, or join in guided half-days, full days and longer, self-guided visits, ‘A Pilgrimage in a Bag’ and more besides on the Cathedral's website - link below.

29/11/2022

Bishop June of Llandaff hands over the baton of pilgrimage as St Davids Diocese begins its year-long journey.

29/11/2022

29/11/2022

Have you ever wondered what pilgrimage is about? Here is the opening video from Week 1 of our Advent Reflections (available on Cathedral and Diocese websites, in English and Welsh) in which Cathedral Pilgrimage Officer, Janet Ingram, gives an introduction!

The beginning of the Advent journey on pilgrimage with Ty'r Pererin. Use this video as a resource for Advent reflections week 1

28/11/2022

Myfyrdodau Adfent, Pilgrim Reflections, for the four weeks of Advent, in English and Welsh, can be found at

Advent Reflection Week 1 Myfyrdodau Pererindod Adfent Wythnos 1   Advent Reflection Week 2 Myfyrdodau Pererindod Adfent Wythnos 2   Advent Reflection Week 3 Myfyrdodau Pererindod Adfent Wythnos 3   Advent Reflection Week 4 Myfyrdodau Pererindod Adfent Wythnos 4  

27/11/2022

And keep an eye on this page too, for ideas and information on how to make a pilgrimage - to St Davids, in your own locality, or even a stay-at-home inner pilgrimage.

  Pilgrimage Guide Click here to download the Cathedral Guide Booklet to making a Pilgrimage   Pilgrimage to St Davids St Davids Cathedral is a popular centre for pilgrimage. During the medieval period pilgrims would have travelled to St Davids for many reasons: to pray to the saint for help with ...

27/11/2022

Today marks the start of the St Davids Diocese Year of Pilgrimage, Blwyddyn o Bererindod.
Find out more here ...

Advent means ‘coming’ and is the special four-week period leading up to Christmas. It is a time to prepare for the celebration of Jesus’s birth but also for his coming in glory at the end of time.