![]() ‘ superbly researched book The range, scope, and scholarship of We Are Pilgrims make it an invaluable resource to serious students hoping to understand the impulses underlying pilgrimage in a variety of historical and religious contexts. ‘ valuable new book … reminds us that pilgrimage remains the best metaphor we have for understanding our peregrinations through the stations of life.’ - LA Review of Books ‘In a series of lively sketches, shows that pilgrimage is intertwined with some very basic human impulses, from the seasonal migration of nomads, to the contemporary rite of passage of a teenager going to a music festival.’ - Times Literary Supplement ‘ invites us to step beyond the narrow confines of our present understanding to make connections with other faiths to explore common ground and to investigate the universality of the spiritual journey made physical.’ - Church Times Victoria Preston talks about We Are Pilgrims on the Travel Writing World podcast: ![]() What does pilgrimage mean when you don’t adhere to a particular religious tradition? Can we find ever find ourselves when we travel, or will we be forever searching? Listen to Victoria Preston’s interview with the Books And Travel podcast: Victoria Preston discovers that, whether we set forth in search of solace or liberation, as an expression of gratitude or faith, journeys of meaning and purpose are always a powerful reminder that we are each part of something much greater than ourselves.įrom the Stone Age pilgrims of Anatolia to the present-day crowds at Glastonbury, We Are Pilgrims is a quest to understand what drives this rich and varied human behaviour, unbounded by time or space, faith or identity. The era of setting out as a matter of survival is long gone, but the impulse to travel somewhere sacred to us remains. Under the Presidency of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Stirrup and the Chairmanship of Mrs Diane Simpson, the Pilgrims of Great Britain look forward with continuing enthusiasm to a challenging future.Each year, 200 million of us embark on a pilgrimage of some kind. We have been making ritual journeys for millennia, ever since our ancient ancestors followed migrating animals, coming together to hunt and celebrate. Winfield House as guests of the American Ambassador have helped to strengthen While visits to places of interest, often with an American connection, haveĬontinued to occupy an important place in the calendar, periodic receptions at Has come to be known as the Special Relationship. The two countries, and have acted as one of the principal custodians of what Pilgrims have played a very important role in cementing good relations between Organisations on both sides of the Atlantic. ![]() United States, are the two oldest and most prestigious Anglo-American The Pilgrims of Great Britain and its sister society, the Pilgrims of the We send our heartfelt condolences to her family at this time of national mourning. We are grateful for the Queen’s patronage of the Pilgrims Society and for the work she did to support the Alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States. Over the decades, the Queen hosted several events at St James’s Palace for UK and US Pilgrims, who represent leaders in the fields of government, diplomacy, the military, business, academia, and the arts. The first public engagement of the Queen and Prince Philip after their marriage was the Pilgrims lunch in 1948 for former US first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Throughout her long reign, she supported the mission of the Pilgrims to engender warm relations between the UK and the US. The Queen became our Patron on her accession in 1952. We join her family, the country and the world in mourning the loss. It is with deep sadness The Pilgrims Society of Great Britain learned of the death of our patron, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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