Upcoming Events...

Upcoming Pilgrimages
Brett Webb-Mitchell will lead some pilgrimages in the next several weeks. Here are some of the dates:

• September 23rd through October, 4th 2008; Holy Land Pilgrimage with the School of the Pilgrim and St. Georges College in Jerusalem;

• November, 7-9, 2008; School of the Pilgrim, Gray Center, near Canton, MS, outside of Jackson, Mississippi

• April 2009 School of the Pilgrim Pilgrimage with St. Georges College in Israel;

• Spring 2009, a portion of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, Spain;

• October 2009, Wilderness Pilgrimage in Egypt;

Book Readings
Brett Webb-Mitchell, founder of the School of the Pilgrim, held several readings from his latest book, School of the Pilgrim in 2007 including a reading at Market St. Books, Southern Village, Chapel Hill. This was both a reading and workshop on practices of the School of the Pilgrim.

Join Brett for a book signing event of SCHOOL OF THE PILGRIM (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2007), at the Cokesbury booth at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA, Sat., June 21, 12-2 P.M.
www.pcusa.org/pcnews/2008/08410.htm

There will also be future readings (in the planning stages) of Follow Me: Christian Growth on the Pilgrim's Way during the coming months. Future readings will be announced here as they are booked.

From the book's description:

"Happy are the people whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on the pilgrims’ way!" (Psalm 84:4)

Growing numbers of Christians are taking on the experience of pilgrimage, whether journeying to shrines such as Santiago de Compostela in Spain, quietly walking through a labyrinth on the floor of a great cathedral, or following a regimen of daily prayer and self-examination. The way of the pilgrim is a way of life.

In this beautifully written collection of essays, Brett Webb-Mitchell reflects on pilgrimages he has led or taken part in and their effect on his life, teaching him patience, perseverance, and self-control.

Among these journeys are his 100-mile walk to the Santuario de Chimayo in New Mexico; his trip with students through the racially biased Piedmont section of North Carolina; a visit to the Basilica of el Cristo Negro in Guatemala; and a rigorous vigil of fasting and prayer at St. Patrick’s Purgatory in Ireland.