Jerusalem. Singing Hark the sound of holy voices, a procession returned to St John, where the Te Deum was sung as an act of Thanksgiving. This was the first Pilgrimage, essentially an afternoon affair.

    We have no records of the 2nd Pilgrimage but we know that the preacher at Evensong was Bishop Wynne Wilson of Bath & Wells.

    In 1926, the West of England Pilgrimage Association [W.E.P.A.] was formed under the Presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Interestingly. all the Committee was lay. Mr Salter continued as Organising Secretary. Supported by 17 local Secretaries covering many towns including London, Salisbury Birmingham, Bristol and Exeter. Holy Eucharist was celebrated at 8 am in St Patrick's Chapel and again at 11.00 am in St John.

    Subsequently Bishop Chandler blessed the new Anglo-Catholic Congress motor caravan before it departed on its English Mission. Despite the General Strike, the bulk of pilgrims, estimated at 60 priests and 2000 laity, arrived by bus and motor coach. At Evensong, the Dean of Salisbury preached. After a procession back to St John, the Te Deum was sung as customary.

    Two letters to the press were typical of the period. One complained that it was a waste of time and that the money would have been "more profitably spent through the medium of the political platforms to secure for posterity better conditions for humanity" ... the other from a Glastonbury Roman Catholic parishioner resented