STUDIO TRAVELER

$3850 DOUBLE OCCUPANCY Single supplement $1450

THIS TRIP IS LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS

Tour includes 11 nights accommodation, 11 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 3 dinners, 1 high tea, all trip-related admissions and guides, private chartered bus and gratuities. Cost does not include airfare, airport transfers or alcoholic beverages unless otherwise stated in the itinerary.

While this trip is designed as a spiritual journey as well as a travel experience, participation is not limited by church membership or denominational affiliation. If you are considering this trip but still have questions, please do not hesitate to be in touch through our contact page.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20

Trip begins at 1:00 p.m.

WESTMINSTER ABBEY

EVENSONG

With its radiant sense of the sacred there is no more fitting way to begin our pilgrimage than with the 3:00 p.m. Evensong service at Westminster Abbey.

HIGH TEA AND REFLECTION ON OUR PILGRIMAGE

It is a happy Studio Traveler tradition to have high tea on our first afternoon, allowing us time to relax while enjoying one of the world’s most gracious traditions.  Rev. Tammy will guide our conversation as we explore what the purpose of pilgrimage is and how transformative travel can help us better understand who we are and what we are called to be and do at this juncture in our lives.

MONDAY OCTOBER 21

MORNING PRAYER AND REFLECTION

We start the day by gathering together for worship and reflection.

SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
     After morning prayer and reflection, we depart for a two-day stay in Salisbury, anchored by the magnificent Salisbury Cathedral. We arrive in time for the Tower Tour. The Tower Tour is an extraordinary opportunity to deepen one’s understanding of the cathedral as a structural triumph of engineering and of faith.  It is not for the faint of heart as it involves traversing significant heights and navigating a number of tight staircases. An equally excellent tour of the interior of the cathedral will be offered to those who wish to have an alternative.

EVENSONG

Evensong at Salisbury begins at 5:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22

MORNING PRAYER AND HOLY COMMUNION

Today our optional worship is in Salisbury Cathedral. Morning Prayer begins at 7:30 a.m. followed by Holy Communion at 7:50 a.m.

Salisbury Cathedral continues to have its own dedicated quarry as well as an onsite masonry workshop.  Our tour of the workshop is a fascinating opportunity to become better acquainted with the restoration and maintenance of this enduring treasure.

OPEN AFTERNOON

Whether you choose an afternoon of quiet relaxation or a visit to one of the area’s incomparable sites--both Wilton House and Stonehenge are short distances away--this unscheduled time is yours to enjoy.

EVENSONG

Evensong at Salisbury begins at 5:30 p.m.

DINNER

We break bread together in our first of three group dinners.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23

MORNING PRAYER AND HOLY COMMUNION

Morning Prayer begins at 7:30 a.m. followed by Holy Communion at 7:50 a.m.

 WELLS CATHEDRAL

After morning worship, we drive the short distance to the lovely town of Wells, site of Wells Cathedral, known as one of the most beautiful of cathedrals in England. Uniquely, much of the cathedral original stained glass is intact, having been spared the destructive wrath of the English Civil War.  We have the opportunity to tour the cathedral’s own stained glass workshop to learn more about the storytelling power of this ancient art form as well as mechanics of caring for these priceless cultural treasures.

We also may have a surprise or two in store in this very special place!  

EVENSONG

Evensong at Wells begins at 5:15 p.m.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24

MORNING EUCHARIST

Morning Eucharist is offered in the Cathedral at 8:00 a.m.

OXFORD AND CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL

After morning Eucharist, we depart for Oxford where we begin a relaxed walking tour of Oxford and its colleges.

EVENSONG

Evensong at Christ Church begins at 6:00 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25

MORNING PRAYER AND SAID EUCHARIST

This morning our optional worship is in the Cathedral with Morning Prayer offered at 7:10 a.m. and Said Eucharist at 7:30 a.m.

SACRED MUSIC IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

This tour & conversation provides a chance to deepen our understanding of the role of sacred music in history of the church as well as in the experience of modern worship.

This afternoon is self-directed and choices abound: Bodleian Library; Ashmolean Museum; The Oxford Museum of Natural History, Pitts Rivers Museum, Modern Art Oxford or just a bit out from town Blenheim Palace. 

EVENSONG

We attend Magdalen College’s renowned Evensong at 6:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26

MORNING PRAYER AND SAID EUCHARIST

This morning our optional worship is in the Cathedral with Morning Prayer offered at 7:10 a.m. and Said Eucharist at 7:30 a.m.

After morning worship, we depart for Coventry and its Cathedral, a site and symbol of immense destruction, rebirth and reconciliation.

COVENTRY CATHEDRAL

We begin our visit with members of the Cathedral’s Reconciliation Ministry, one of the oldest religious-based centers of its kind in the world as well as being central to the Cathedral’s understanding of its modern mission.

We next take a comprehensive tour of the Cathedral complex which includes its dazzling modern sanctuary, the powerful ruins left as a testament to the senseless destruction of World War II and the small but resonent Blitz Museum.

DINNER

We break bread together in our second of three group dinners.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27

This morning is set aside for worship and rest. The Sunday morning Eucharist service begins at 10:30 a.m. We will then leave mid-afternoon for beautiful Norwich and our final visit.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28

NORWICH CATHEDRAL
This morning our optional worship is in the Cathedral with Morning Prayer at 7:30 a.m. We will spend the majority of the day exploring the works of Dame Julian of Norwich whose life and witness has shaped much of Christian spirituality in the last hundred years.  Late in the afternoon, we return to London

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29

This is an open day to use as you wish before we gather once again one last time for Evensong.

EVENSONG

We end as we began by gathering at 5:00 p.m. for the weekday Evensong service at Westminster Abbey.

DINNER

From Westminster we depart for our farewell dinner.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30

Trip ends after breakfast