Articles about Pilgrimage
Opinion
This article is for paying subscribers The Archbishop of York ‘Life is a pilgrimage to find our way home to God’
In the last issue of REtoday, we ran an interview with Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York. He is a good friend to religious education, and his new book P is for Pilgrim (Hodder & Stoughton 2024) gives short...
Opinion
This article is for paying subscribers North Stars
CELEBRITY PILGRIMS explore faith, spirituality and life’s big questions on their journey through North Wales
Opinion
This article is for paying subscribers BBC: Meet Daisy Scalchi
We hear PRACTICAL TIPS FOR TEACHERS from the BBC’s Head of Religion and Ethics for Television
For the classroom 7-16
This article is for paying subscribers Three young Hindu pilgrims getting fresh visions of their world
Three young people, Keli and Sita, both 10, and Yamuna, 18, describe the big experience of Hindu pilgrimage and how it changed the ways they see the world. We all look at life from the lenses of our habitual...
The big picture
This article is for paying subscribers THE BIG PICTURE The Hajj
The huge tower of Makkah’s newest hotel seems to dwarf the minarets of the Haram Mosque. As pilgrims approach for the night prayer, what impact might this view have upon their spiritual thinking? RE teacher Aysha...
Events and resources 14-16
Taize: an education space for reconciliation between religions
Taize has become a popular destination for educational pilgrimage and is hosting school and college weeks in 2016. A coach service will run from the UK for Holy Week, the week before Easter, and at other times through...
The big picture
THE BIG PICTURE An interactive Muslim pilgrimage?
Amanda Goodey wanted her (mostly white) pupils to learn about Islamic pilgrimage in memorable and interactive ways. Here’s how she went about it. I work at the Hall Primary School in Glenfield near Leicester as an RE...