You are invited to join us for the COP29 Way of Life Pilgrimage for our Planet.
A walk for pilgrimage and hope taking place over three days from Friday 1 November through to Sunday 3 November 2024.
In 2019 artist Helen Elwes painted her ‘Mother of Mercy‘ image as a banner to take onto the streets, in a heartfelt response to the climate & nature crisis the world is now facing. Since then, this powerful contemporary Icon of Mary – ‘Mother of Mercy’, set in the burning Amazon Rainforest, has been on many Marches, Prayer Vigils & Pilgrimages for the Planet across the UK, and in 2021 Helen walked 200 miles with her banner on the Camino to COP26, the International Climate Summit in Glasgow.
As COP29 begins in Azerbaijan in November she will carry her banner on a ‘Pilgrimage for the Planet’ from Durham Cathedral to Bishop Auckland where it will be installed in the Auckland Tower for the duration of COP29.
Stages:
Day 1: Durham Cathedral to St Charles RC Church, Tudhoe.
Day 2: St Charles RC Church, Tudhoe to Bishop Auckland.
Day 3: A pilgrimage procession and installation of banner at Auckland Tower.
Everyone is welcome to join for all or some of the walk or join us on 3rd for the short procession & free Community Day!
View or download this poster for further information about each day’s activities and how you can take part.