Cards (12)

  • Ecumenical reasons
    Create ties with other Christian denominations
  • Pilgrimage
    A journey to a sacred place, usually as an act of devotion
  • Walsingham has been a holy place since 1061
  • Walsingham
    A holy place located in Norfolk, England
  • Taizé was founded in 1940 by Roger Schutz
  • Example of an Ecumenical monastic order
    Important religious community in Taizé
  • Taizé
    A Christian site of pilgrimage in Burgundy, France
  • Reasons for pilgramage
    • Act of penance
    • Follow in Jesus' footsteps
    • Visit important historical/biblical site
    • Ecumenical reasons
    • Want to ask God/important figure for something
  • Walsingham was built because..
    A widow was asked by the Virgin Mary to build a replica of the house in Nazareth in a dream (where the announcement of Jesus' birth took place)
  • Walsingham today is an Anglican shrine
  • Taizé is an important ecumenical monastic order
  • The monks at Taizé are from different Christian denominations, which is unusual