St Mark’s Way, the northern ‘arm’ of the 2025 National Jubilee Walking Pilgrimage of Hope, starts at Leeds Cathedral on Saturday 6 September – and its first two days pass through our Diocese!
There’s still time for Diocese of Leeds Day Pilgrims to sign up to walk all or any part of those first two days.
Full details about being a Day Pilgrim here https://www.pilgrimways.org.uk/become-a-pilgrim-for-a-day
ALL will be welcome at the 8am Pilgrims’ Mass at Leeds Cathedral on Saturday 6 September 2025. At 9am, those pilgrims who have registered to walk will set off from the Cathedral, bound for the Jubilee Pilgrimage Church of St Austin in Wakefield, about 16 miles away …
… BUT … there’s no need to walk the whole day and the full mileage, as there are now morning and afternoon joining/leaving points which halve the distance …!
DAY 1 = Saturday 6 September 2025
ALL welcome to join the 8am Pilgrims’ Mass at Leeds Cathedral!
MORNING – 1 mile or 8 miles: 9am – Walking Pilgrims set off from the Cathedral (LS2 8BE) towards the Aire and Calder Navigation and Leeds Bridge.**At less than 1 mile, this is the shortest stage of the pilgrimage but walking together through the city of Leeds as Pilgrims of Hope will be a wonderful public witness to our faith in this Holy Year of Jubilee!** Those walking further will then continue to follow the Transpennine Trail (TPT) SE beside the canal to Woodlesford Railway Station (LS26 8GS)
AND/OR
AFTERNOON – 8 miles: 1pm – walking from Woodlesford Railway Station (LS26 8GS), the path veers SW to continue on the TPT along a disused railway line and then the River Calder to St Austin’s Catholic Church, Wentworth Terrace, Wakefield (WF1 3QN) .
Day 2 = Sunday 7 September 2025
ALL welcome to join the 8am Mass at St Austin’s in Wakefield!
MORNING – 9 miles: 9am/after Mass – walkers will set off from St Austin’s (WF1 3QN), following the Transpennine Trail (TPT) beside the former Barnsley Canal to St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Royston (S71 4QZ).
AND/OR
AFTERNOON – 8 miles: 1pm – from St John the Baptist’s (S71 4QZ) the pilgrims’ route proceeds along the Barnsley Canal and a disused former railway to end in the Diocese of Hallam at St Michael and All Angels Catholic Church in Wombwell (S73 0HQ).
If YOU would like to walk as a ‘Diocese of Leeds Day Pilgrim’ on ANY part of this National Pilgrimage through our Diocese on Day 1 and into Hallam Diocese on Day 2, please register as soon as possible, via this link!
St Mark: pray for us
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