Annual Conference 2014

Urban Pilgrim

with

Sarah Dawkins, Christian Kyriacou, Sylvia Francke, David Furlong, Caroline Hoare, Eric Maddern, Karen Ralls and Jeremy Rye

“I think what has happened to the human community in our times is that we are talking to ourselves. We are not talking to the river, we are not listening to the river. We have broken the great conversation. By breaking the conversation, we have shattered the universe”.

Thomas Berry

Many famous routes of pilgrimage follow ancient tracks through beautiful countryside.  Yet pilgrimage is equally alive in town, with famous routes connecting historic towns and cities.  As so many people live in densely built up places, seemingly disconnected from nature, this weekend conference will explore what it means to be an urban pilgrim and how we can renew ‘the great conversation’ with nature.