Pilgrimage
Travelling together is an important part of St Barnabas parish life and of our dialogue with other faiths and traditions.
As well as our regular pilgrimages to the Holy Land led by Fr Brian Ralph, we make other trips throughout the year — you can see some of them below. For dates of upcoming parish visits and outings, please see our events pages.
Christ Church, Nazareth (May 2023)
Where we’ve been in recent years
2024
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile (March)
2023
Chichester Cathedral (November)
All Hallows by the Tower (July)
St Paul’s Cathedral (February)
2022
All Saints Church, St Margaret Street (July)
Southwark Cathedral (February)
Pre-2020
Winchester Cathedral (November 2019)
St Alban’s Cathedral and Abbey Church (2019)
Coptic Orthodox Church Centre, Stevenage (January 2019)
Lichfield Cathedral, to see the Bethlehem Icon Centre’s commission for the cathedral and to meet its Principal, Ian Knowles (September 2018)
St Stephen’s House & Keble College Chapel, Oxford (July 2017)
Canterbury Cathedral, to meet our patrons the Dean & Chapter (September 2014)
Hindu Pragati Sangha, Mile End Temple (March 2012) — part of the Belief in Bow programme
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Neasden Temple (May 2010)
Parish excursion to Chigwell Row, August 1876 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Parish visit to St Paul's Cathedral, February 2023 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Parish visit to St Albans Cathedral, June 2019 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Parish visit to Southwark Cathedral, February 2022 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Parish visit to Lichfield Cathedral, September 2018 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Parish visit to Keble College, Oxford, July 2017 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Parish visit to Coptic Orthodox Church Centre, Stevenage, January 2019 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Parish visit to Canterbury Cathedral, September 2014 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Parish visit to All Hallows by the Tower, July 2023 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Parish visit to Chichester Cathedral, November 2023 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Parish excursion to Chigwell Row, August 1876 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Holy Land
Fr Brian has led regular trips to the Holy Land for many years, including members of the St Barnabas congregation, students from Raines Foundation School (where Fr Brian was chaplain), and members of the Tower Hamlets clergy.
Fr Brian travelled initially with Fr Derek White MBE, with whom he previously worked as the Bishop of London’s chaplain to the homeless.
Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation | Holy Land 2010 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
River Jordan | Holy Land 2014 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Jeel el-Amal Boys Home, Bethany | Holy Land 2016 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Shepherds' Fields, Bethlehem | Holy Land 2023 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Dome of the Rock | Holy Land 2023 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Fr Brian Ralph & Canon Geoffrey White Dominus Flevit | Holy Land 2012 | St Barnabas Bethnal Green