![]() ![]() ![]() Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 September sees a host of activities including a Meet the Pilgrims event at the Maison Dieu. There are walks, talks, school visits, a film screening and exhibitions, including From the Camino to the Hajj - a display of local and world pilgrim photos at Dover Museum and an art installation at St Mary’s Parish Church by the Creative Pilgrims, inspired by their ‘slow pilgrimage’ from Dover to Canterbury.įor the artistic (beginners to advanced) there are fantastic opportunities to get creative, including icon painting or to make a decorated medieval pilgrim tile. The second - an English golden ale called Maison Brew - celebrates the Maison Dieu’s origins as a medieval hospital, providing poor pilgrims with bed and board on their way to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. This is now the route of the 2,000km Via Francigena, completed by several thousand pilgrims each year. The first - a continental-style lager called Sigeric - takes its unusual name from a 10 th century Archbishop of Canterbury, who walked from Canterbury to Rome to receive his pallium or seal of office from the Pope. Brewed by the Breakwater Brewery and Taproom, they are inspired by pilgrim routes across Kent and Europe. The festival - for all faiths and none - launches in Dover on the evening of Wednesday 21 September with a short, guided walk along the River Dour to taste two new pilgrim ales. … enjoy a family-friendly pilgrim trail, get arty, enter the labyrinth, and enjoy a glass of Maison Brew! Kent Pilgrims' Festival (21-25 September 2022)Ī host of exciting and creative activities for adults and children are taking place at Dover’s historic Maison Dieu and venues across town as part of the action-packed Kent Pilgrims’ Festival which runs from 21 to 25 September. ![]()
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