Jubilee Pilgrimage 2021
In the summer of 1221, the first Dominican friars landed in Kent and journeyed on foot through Canterbury and London, before arriving at Oxford and beginning their British mission there. In 2021, to mark the 800th anniversary of the Dominicans in Britain, a group of Friars made this journey again, following in the footsteps of the original Friars.
Images from the Pilgrimage
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Pilgrims’ Journal
The National Catholic Register featured a series of blog posts from the pilgrims, reflecting on the stages of their journey.
Days 1 & 2
The pilgrims depart Ramsgate and visit Cliffsend, Minster, Littlebourne and Ickham on their way to Canterbury Cathedral.
Days 3 & 4
The pilgrims depart Canterbury for Chilham and Aylesford.
Days 5 & 6
The pilgrims depart Aylesford for Otford, and celebrate the feast of the Transfiguration and the 800th anniversary of St. Dominic’s death as they walk to Dartford.
Days 7 & 8
The pilgrims depart Canterbury for Chilham and Aylesford.
News Media Coverage
The Front Line with Joe & Joe: Podcast Series
Brother John & Brother Bede spoke on US radio after the walk.
The Tablet: Dominicans on Pilgrimage to celebrate 800th Jubilee
Four young friars have marked 800 years of the Dominican Order's presence in England by retracing the journey of the original friars in 1221 from Ramsgate to Oxford.
Kent Online: Kent pilgrims recreate Friars famous walk 800 years on
Now four new friars are retracing the steps to honour their founders memory, even if it has meant a few blisters on the way.
Oxford Mail: Dominican friars get into habit of walking with 230-mile pilgrimage to Christ Church, Oxford
A GROUP of hardy monks have completed a 230 mile pilgrimage to the city, which saw them walking from the Kent coast in 15 days.
Independent Catholic News: Saint Dominic's Mission
Not many democratic organisations without fanfare of trumpets can, and have, celebrated a 800th Jubilee.
BBC Radio 4: Thought for the Day
Catherine Pepinster (audio).
Independent Catholic News: Dominicans Jubilee Pilgrimage in Kingston upon Thames
Four young friars are marking 800 years of the Dominican Order's presence in England by recreating the arrival of the Order of Preachers, as they are known, at Ramsgate in 1221.
Religion Media Centre: No, we’re not on a stag night: we’re the Dominicans on a 230-mile pilgrimage
This Sunday, four Dominican friars will complete a 230-mile pilgrimage on foot from Kent to Oxford via Canterbury to mark the 800th anniversary of the arrival of the Dominican Order in England.
National Catholic Register: 800 Years of St. Dominic, and Converse Satan Shoes
This week Dominicans are honoring the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Dominic in Italy, and the arrival in 1221 of the Dominican Order in Great Britain.