A reflection by ‘Friend of Padley Volunteer’ Anne-Marie Fletcher Have you noticed an emerging interest, within the culture, for walking ancient pilgrimage routes, through beautiful countryside? Enjoying Creation with outdoor exercise and good company has many blessings, yet the journeying … Read More
‘The Three Altars’ Way’ A small group of Pilgrims, walked a ‘trial’, ‘Three Altars Way’ pilgrimage in Easter Week 2024. The Catholic, ‘Hearts in Search of God’, pilgrimage project, was an inspiration to explore the idea that each pilgrimage, no … Read More
The Padley Chapel ‘standing stone’ Well it’s a stone and it’s standing. Beyond that, there isn’t any certainty about the origins and purpose of this stone.Early photographs of Padley Chapel show it as the barn of a busy, working farmyard. … Read More
The Blesseds’ Padley Chapel Windows Three of Padley Chapel’s stained glass windows, depict the Bl Nicholas Garlick, Bl Robert Ludlam and Bl Richard Simpson, who as Missionary Priests, in Elizabethan England post 1585, knew they faced the death sentence if … Read More
‘Padley – its Martyrs and Restoration 1588-1933’. There’s no author’s name on this little red booklet, but it’s clearly the work of Mgr Charles Payne V.G.(Nottingham Diocese), who was the driving force behind the restoration of Padley Chapel. Mgr. Payne … Read More
We shouldn’t ignore the possibility of a ‘touch of grace’, from the Holy Spirit, in our lives. Something that our ongoing Synodal journey is reminding us all of. Decide for yourself, in the details of this ‘Padley Martyrs’ Way’, related … Read More
Early Christians were known as ‘followers of the Way’ People from a number of parishes from across the diocese have met to form the latest ‘Friends of Padley Chapel’ group. We have been exploring Padley Chapel’s history and are indebted … Read More
