Once a year, on the first Sunday of September, Harvington receives several hundred pilgrims and priests from parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Birmingham.
The Annual Pilgrimage to Harvington Hall, Shrine of The English Martyrs The parish church of St Mary’s Harvington lays across the car park from Harvington Hall, Diocesan Shrine of the English Martyrs. Each year we have been privileged to host a pilgrimage to the site...
The 2019 Pilgrimage was on Sunday 1st September The four martyrs especially venerated at Harvington, who worked at various times in the area, are: St John Wall – hung, drawn and quartered at Red Hill, Worcester on 2 August 1679, and canonized in 1970; St Nicholas Owen...
With the relaxed COVID-19 restrictions, hundreds of people from across the Archdiocese gathered in the beautiful grounds of Harvington Hall, despite the changeable weather. The Mass commemorated the English Martyrs and was celebrated by the Very Reverend Canon Richard...
The grounds at Harvington Hall were once again filled with pilgrims commemorating those holy men and holy women who laid down their lives, rather than forsake their faith. Over 700 attended, making the pilgrimage likely to be one of the largest of such gatherings at...