Saints and Holy Places of Yorkshire: A Pilgrims' Guide to God's Own County

by Gavin Wakefield

Overview

A unique guidebook for visitors to the many pilgrimage sites in Yorkshire, and the holy people who have been associated with these places. The intention is to help readers develop their spiritual life through reflection on the lives of familiar and less familiar figures from the Christian story in Yorkshire. The importance of place is also a key feature of this approach, whether on the coast (e.g. Whitby), in the relative wilds for many of the abbeys (e.g. Rievaulx, Fountains), or in the bustle of a city (e.g. York, West Yorkshire towns). 

The guide can be used over the course of a week, but equally it can be used to assist in visiting places one by one, or by following the journey in the imagination while being read at home. Each day has four elements: People, Place, Prayer, and Practicalities, plus brief information about other places which might be included in a visit.

It is accessible to anyone interested in learning from some significant Christian characters from Yorkshire, both recent and from long ago.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789591057
Publisher:	Sacristy Press
Publication date:	06/01/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Gavin Wakefield is the Director of Training for Missional Ministry for the Diocese of York, where he has led the Diocesan Training Team in its work of developing the formation of lay and clergy people for the past ten years. 

Gavin Wakefield is Director of Training for Missional Ministry in the Diocese of York, overseeing a team responsible for lay and clergy development. Previously he has served in the dioceses of Sheffield and Chelmsford, and for ten years was Director of Mission and Pastoral Studies at Cranmer Hall Durham. Although brought up in the south of England he has happily spent most of his adult life in the north, seeking to contribute to the mission of the Church in this context. Among his publications are Alexander Boddy: Pentecostal Anglican Pioneer (Authentic Media, 2007), a biography of an unusual and influential vicar in Sunderland and Holy People, Holy Places (Lion Hudson, 2008), a book for pilgrimage set in the north east.