For more on Croagh Patrick also see "Pilgrim Ways" (Chapter beginning at page 82) http://www.issuu.com/davidalton/docs/pilgrim-ways?mode=window&pageNumber=2 Mountain tops – from Sinai to Tabor – along with the remote places and wildernesses have always been...
Cornwall's Christianity – from Launceston's Cuthbert Mayne to Liscard's Ladye Park, from John Wesley's Bodmin Cottage to Sclerder Abbeyto
https://www.davidalton.net/2012/08/12/walking-cornwalls-saints-way-forth-an-syns/ There is nowhere in England that retains a more direct association with early Celtic Christianity than Cornwall. This is evident in the churches, the wayside crosses, the wells and...
Cornwall’s Christianity – from Launceston’s Cuthbert Mayne to Liscard’s Ladye Park, from John Wesley’s Bodmin Cottage to Sclerder Abbeyto
https://www.davidalton.net/2012/08/12/walking-cornwalls-saints-way-forth-an-syns/ There is nowhere in England that retains a more direct association with early Celtic Christianity than Cornwall. This is evident in the churches, the wayside crosses, the wells and...
Walking Cornwall’s Saints’ Way – Forth an Syns – Following The Footsteps of The Celtic Saints
Encouragingly, the Angelus Bell was tolling at St. Petroc’s, the parish church of Padstow, as I and two companions set off to walk Cornwall’s Saints’ Way – Forth an Syns in the Cornish. Stretching over a distance of 30 miles, the Saints’ Way takes...
Pilgrim Ways
This is a spiritual journey into the ruin and extant monastic sites and churches of Catholic Britain. In treading the paths of the pilgrim way, one can find the way to God - this text aims to help bring about irrevocable change in a pilgrim's life. St Paul’s...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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For the Uyghurs, Genocide is a word which dares not speak its name. For the sake of women like Rahima Mahmut, Gulzira Auelkhan, Sayragul Sauytbay, and Ruqiye Perhat – whose heart-breaking, shocking, stories are recorded here – it’s time that the crime of genocide was given definition in the UK. On January 19th Parliament can use its voice and speak that name – insisting on justice for victims of Genocide and refusing to make tawdry trade deals with those responsible for the crime above all crimes.
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Stop Organ Harvesting In China
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Historic House of Lords Vote on All-Party Amendment on Genocide Determination passes by a Majority of 126. Now Members of the Commons have the chance to say no to trade deals with States credibly accused of Genocide.
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A series of stories in national newspapers underline the importance of the Inquiry into Abduction, Forced Marriage, and Forced Conversion of Girls and Young Women in Pakistan. A Call Evidence has a deadline for submissions of February 15th. Details here:
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Last Tuesday was a good day for progress on tackling the genocide of the Uyghurs – and the genocide amendment will return to the House of Lords on February 2nd.
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