Saturday 21 May The 2016 Pilgrimage is on Saturday 21 May and the leader will be the Very Revd Frances Ward, the Dean of St Edmundsbury and Chair of the Little Gidding Trust.
Little Gidding Pilgrimage 2016
Friends Newsletter: November 2015
The November 2015 Newsletter contains reports on this year’s Pilgrimage and Eliot Festival and details of the forthcoming AGM and celebration of Nicholas Ferrar Day (5 December). There are also articles on: the forthcoming Ferrar Conference at Magdalene College, Cambridge; the discovery of a map of Little Gidding dating from 1596; watercolours of Little Gidding Church from 1851; Michael Hudson, chaplain to Charles I, who brought the defeated king through Little Gidding.
The Ferrars of Little Gidding: a Conference at Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College Cambridge is to host a conference on The Ferrars of Little Gidding from Monday 5 September to Wednesday 7 September 2016. The College has been the custodian of the Ferrar family papers and portraits since the late eighteenth century when Martha Ferrar was married to Peter Peckard, who became Master of Magdalene College.
Nicholas Ferrar Day and the AGM of the Friends 2015
The annual commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar takes place at Little Gidding on the Saturday closest to his feast day, Saturday 5 December 2015, with a celebration of Holy Communion at 10.30am. The Bishop of Huntingdon, the Rt Revd David Thomson, will preside and give the address. The AGM of the Friends of Little Gidding will follow after lunch.
T S Eliot Festival : Little Gidding : 18 July 2015
We are pleased to announce that the Tenth Annual T S Eliot Festival at Little Gidding will take place on Saturday 18 July 2015.The Festival is a major literary celebration of the life and work of Nobel Prize winning writer Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965). We are delighted to welcome again this year visitors from the T S Eliot International Summer School.
Little Gidding Pilgrimage 2015
With just a few days until this year’s Little Gidding Pilgrimage on Saturday, here are details for those who are coming, including minor changes to the programme for the day, details of parking and car sharing. We look forward very much to welcoming you all, along with our Pilgrimage leader, the Rt Revd Rowan Williams.
Little Gidding church appeal in The Guardian
The Guardian for Saturday 9 May 2015 features this story about the appeal for funds for Little Gidding Church, including comments by the Rector, Mary Jepp.
Little Gidding Pilgrimage 2015
The 2015 Pilgrimage is on Saturday 30 May and the leader will be the Rt Revd Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, now Lord Williams of Oystermouth and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. For more information, follow the link.
Nicholas Ferrar Day and the AGM of the Friends 2014
The annual commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar takes place at Little Gidding on the Saturday closest to his feast day, Saturday 6 December 2014, with a celebration of Holy Communion at 10.30am. The Revd Paul Skirrow, honorary assistant warden at Ferrar House, Little Gidding, will preside and the Revd George Westhaver, Principal of Pusey House, Oxford, will give the address. The AGM of the Friends of Little Gidding will follow after lunch.
Eliot Festival 2014 pictures
A selection of pictures from the 2014 Eliot Festival at Little Gidding.