Restore Nature Now Pilgrimage, Brighton, Sunday 21st September 2025

Brighton Christian Climate Action joined with about 50 pilgrims from many local places of worship (Anglican, Baptist, Catholic churches and Quakers, Unitarians, Sufis, Buddhists), and those of no faith. We walked together to witness the suffering of our earth and her people with hope for healing, as a reminder that the climate and ecological crisismostly impacts those who have done least to cause it, and prayers for people affected by war. 
We paused for reflection along the route at St John’s Preston Park, One Church, The Levels, The Buddhist centre, the Unitarians, the seafront and ended at the Friends’ Meeting House. We also got to know one another better.
It was an act of protest, witness, peace and worship.

Three Ports Pilgrimage, Bristol, Saturday 27th September 2025

Bristol and region CCA group took a train from Bristol to Shirehampton, walked next to traffic across the River Avon on the M5 bridge, saw all the new cars parked at Portbury Docks, enjoyed nature during our pilgrimage (especially when we stopped for a picnic in the nature reserve), arrived at Portishead for a welcome cafe visit, and then got a bus back to Bristol.  We stopped six times to pray and sing, focussing on different forms of transport and how they impact people and the environment.  We also got to know one another better, and heard lots of inspiring stories about different actions some of us had taken part in.

Pilgrimage For The Planet, Oxford, Saturday 28th September 2025

On Sunday morning, 28th September, around 35 people, including children and young people, shared in the CCA Oxford pilgrimage which was jointly organised with the Oxford Laudato Si Circle. Accompanied by the Prior of Blackfriars Priory where the pilgrimage started, the two hour pilgrimage visited 8 places, including Barclays Bank, where we paused to name the impact of the climate and nature emergency and its causes. One of the ‘Don’t Crucify Creation’ banners made its second appearance first at the Catholic Chaplaincy and then at Christchurch Cathedral where Revd. Charlie Kerr welcomed us warmly and expressed a real desire to share in promoting the pilgrimage next year. We then walked along the river path stopping to pray for the Thames and all polluted rivers and, holding to the hope that inspires, we stopped at Osney Lock Hydro. This is the first community owned hydroelectric power station on the Thames, which shows us what can be achieved when people work together. We finished up at St Frideswide’s Church for the final prayers. Revd Clare Sykes, rector of the benefice said; ’We support Pilgrimage for the Planet because it is our Christian responsibility to safeguard the integrity of God’s creation. The name ‘Frideswide’ means ‘Strong Peace’.

We look forward to welcoming you at one of our future pilgrimages.