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Holy Week Urban Pilgrimage
Wed, Mar 24
|Trinity Cathedral
Join us as we grapple with the old and the new, responding to & reflecting on the events of the past year, on an audio pilgrimage to eight extraordinary places in Portland – sites within walking distance of the Cathedral.
Time & Location
Mar 24, 2021, 12:00 PM – Apr 05, 2021, 8:00 PM
Trinity Cathedral, Portland, OR, USA
About the Event
Click here to view the Urban Pilgrimage page and come on the Portland Via Dolorosa with us.
Over this past year, many ordinary places in Portland have taken on transcendent meanings: the Burnside Bridge, for example, will never again be “ordinary” for those who witnessed the Black Lives Matter protests there. The neighborhood around Courthouse Square and Pioneer Square still bears street-art images of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many other victims of police violence: long after those images are gone, how will we remember what happened there?
The ancient practice of pilgrimage helps us remember how God became present in ordinary places. Often, these places have witnessed violence: martyrdoms, battles, executions. Pilgrimage teaches future generations how God’s presence can be revealed through an encounter with God’s absence. And that’s what Holy Week is all about.
This Holy Week, join us for audio pilgrimage to eight extraordinary places in…