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National
Pilgrimage details from 1959 |
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THIS
LIST IS NOT YET COMPLETE: it is being compiled from the old programmes
and the Review: contributions and corrections welcomed |
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YEAR |
CELEBRANT |
PREACHER |
INTENTION |
| 18 May 1959 | not
specified |
Fr
Colin Stephenson (Administrator) |
Centenary
of the Church Union |
| 1960* | Fr Alan Roe | Fr Trevor Huddleston, CR | |
| 22 May 1961 | Fr Francis Dalby, SSJE | Thanks for the foundation and restoration of England's Shrine of the Incarnation | |
| 11 June 1962 | Bishop of Thetford | Canon Vivan Peterson (Ohio, USA) | To affirm Faith in the historic Episcopate |
| 1963* | Bishop of Crediton | That the Holy Spirit may use the [Second Vatican] Council in Rome to heal divided Christendom | |
| 1964* | Bishop of Lynn | Fr Augustine Hoey, CR | |
| 7 June 1965 | not
specified |
Bishop
of Southwark (Mervyn Stockwood) |
The Conversion of England |
| 1966* | Bishop of Willesden (Graham Leonard) | ||
| 29 May 1967 | not
specified |
Metropolitan
Athenagras II |
Unity of Eastern & Western Christendom |
| 3 June 1968 | not
specified |
Bishop
of Peterborough |
Peace
of the World |
| 26 May 1969 | not
specified |
Bishop
of Lynn |
Peace
and Justice among Nations and Races |
| 25 May 1970* | not
specified |
Bishop
of Stepney (Trevor Huddleston, CR) |
Peace
and Justice among Nations and Races |
| 31 May 1971 | Bishop
of Lynn |
Bishop
of Birmingham (Leslie Brown) |
Peace
and Justice among Nations and Races |
| 29 May 1972 | not
specified |
Bishop
of Norwich (Maurice Wood) |
Jubilee
(50th anniversary of setting up of the Statue) |
| 28 May 1973 | Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness (George Sessford) | ||
| 27 May 1974 | Canon ffrench-Beytagh (formerly Dean of Johannesburg) | Racial Harmony throughout the World | |
| 26 May 1975 | Bishop of Llandaff | Sanctification of our national family life | |
| 31 May 1976 | Bishop of Lynn (Aubrey Aitken) | Bishop of Manchester (Patrick Rodger) | God's Love |
| 6 June 1977 | not specified | Bishop of Chichester (Eric Kemp) | Queen
and Country |
| 29 May 1978 | not
specified |
Bishop
Michael Ramsey |
Church
and Home |
| 28 May 1979 | not
specified |
Bishop
Alan Clark, Bishop of East Anglia |
Catholic
Renewal |
| 26 May 1980 | The Archbishop of Canterbury (Robert Runcie) | The Archbishop of Canterbury (Robert Runcie) | The
Spread of the Gospel |
| 25 May 1981 | Bishop
of Chichester (Eric Kemp) |
Bishop
of Wakefield (Colin James) |
Reconciliation
of Christians |
| 30August 1982 | Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe | Abbot of Nashdom | The Union of Churches |
| 1982 date changed because of the Papal Visit to the UK in May | |||
| 30 May 1983 | Bishop
of London (Graham Leonard) |
Bishop
of Leicester (Richard Rutt) |
150th
Anniversary of the Oxford Movement |
| 28 May 1984 | Bishop
David Hand (formerly Archbishop of Papua New Guinea) |
Bishop
of Kensington (Mark Santer) |
ARCIC |
| 27 May 1985 | Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness | Bishop of Sheffield | The Shrine's ministry to the Sick and Handicapped |
| 26 May 1986 | Bishop of Wakefield (David Hope) | Bishop of London (Graham Leonard) | The
Shrine's witness to the Incarnation |
| 25 May 1987 | Bishop of Norwich (Peter Nott) | Bishop of Portsmouth (Timothy Bavin) | Mary:
Mother of the Church |
| 30 May 1988 | Bishop of Chichester (Eric Kemp) | Fr Augustine Hoey, CR | Mary:
Mother in the Home at Nazareth |
| 29 May 1989 | Bishop of Norwich (Peter Nott) | Bishop of Fulham (John Klyberg) | Mary:
Mother of God |
| 28 May 1990 | Bishop of London (Graham Leonard) | Bishop of Blackburn (Alan Chesters) | Mary:
Mother of Divine Hope |
| 27 May 1991 | Bishop of Edmonton (Brian Masters) | Archdeacon of Leicester (David Silk) | Mary: Queen of Peace |
| 25 May 1992 | Bishop of London (David Hope) | Bishop
of London (David Hope) |
Mary:
Queen of Apostles |
| 31 May 1993 | Bishop of Edmonton (Brian Masters) | Bishop of Sodor and Man (Noel Jones) | The
Visitation of Our Lady |
| 30 May 1994 | Bishop of Fulham (John Klyberg) | Canon Christopher Colven (Master of the Guardians) | Family
Life |
| 29 May 1995 | not specified | Fr John Gribben, CR | Peace
and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland |
| 27 May 1996 | The Archbishop of York (David Hope) | The Archbishop of York (David Hope) | The Spread of the Gospel |
| 26 May 1997 | Bishop of Chichester (Eric Kemp) | Bishop of The Windward Islands (Sehon Goodridge) | Thanksgiving
for all who have brought the Christian Faith to these Islands |
| 25 May 1998 | Bishop of Sodor and Man (Noel Jones) | Canon Peter Atkinson (Chancellor of Chichester Cathedral) | Called by the Gospel |
| 31 May 1999 | Provincial Assistant Bishop in Wales (David Thomas) | Bishop of Sheffield (Jack Nicholls) | Repentance and Renewal |
| 29 May 2000 | The Archbishop of York (David Hope) | Canon Peter Cobb (Master of the Guardians) | God-with-Us |
2001:
cancelled because of the Foot and Mouth crisis |
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| 3 June 2002 | Bishop of Sodor and Man (Noel Jones) | Bishop of Horsham (Lindsay Urwin) | Thanks
be to God |
| 26 May 2003 | Bishop of Blackburn (Alan Chesters) | Bishop of Quincy (Keith Ackerman) | Holy
is His Name |
| 31 May 2004 | Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe (Geoffrey Rowell) | The Archbishop of Canterbury (Rowan Williams) | The
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| 30 May 2005 | Bishop of Blackburn (Nicholas Reade) | Vicar of Nazareth (The Rev'd Samuel Barboum) | Mary:
Herald of Justice |
| 29 May 2006 | Bishop of Pontefract (Tony Robinson) | Brother Paschal SSF | House
of God, Gate of Heaven |
| 28
May 2007 |
Provincial Assistant Bishop in Wales (David Thomas) | The Rev'd Andrew Sloane (Rector of St Paul's, K Street, Washington DC) | Mary the Evangelist |
| Anyone who was at the 2007 National will never forget it. Although terribly disappointing for many, the limitations of the rain-soaked day (which had been preceded by days of near-continuous downpour) brought people together on a level that a large outdoor pilgrimage cannot. Who will forget St Mary's packed to its limit (and beyond) for the repeated Masses, and the Benedictions going on in the Shrine church throughout the afternoon. Apart from the 'Foot and Mouth' year in 2001, this was the first cancellation of the Procession since 1946 (see Our Lady's Mirror Summer 1946). | |||
| 26 May 2008* | Bishop of Chichester (John Hind) | Bishop of Plymouth (John Ford) | Mary for Everyone |
| 25 May 2009 | Bishop Alan Chesters | Bishop Lindsay Urwin OGS (Administrator) | House of Mercy |
| 31 May 2010 | Bishop of Whitby (Martin Warner) | Bishop of Stafford (Peter Mursell) | House of Glory |
| 30 May 2011 | Bishop of Pontefract (Tony Robinson) | Bishop of Whitby (Martin Warner) | 1061 and all That! |
| 4 June 2012 | Bishop of Beverley (Martyn Jarrett) | Bishop of Exeter (Michael Langrish) | With Mary be a 'workshop' for the Lord |
| YEAR | CELEBRANT | PREACHER | INTENTION |
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