Connecticut River Pilgrimage
May 31 - July 9, 2017
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Prepared by the
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"Core Pilgrims" including those from ECCT will paddle on multiple-day segments with overnight stays; others will join for day paddles. You can also join on your own body of water.
All are invited to join as "Pilgrims in Prayer"
and share in the daily readings, prayers, hymns, and reflections using the River of Life prayer book (
download here
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"This journey, like any true pilgrimage, is intended to be a doorway to interior transformation and lasting change. The daily prayer and spiritual exercises of the pilgrimage, as well as the shore-based gatherings, will be held in the context of the Christian tradition."
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SCHEDULE FOR 40-DAY PILGRIMAGE
The Pilgrimage is divided into 10 paddling segments; it is also divided into five weeks:
Week 1: May 31 - June 10: 4th Connecticut Lake to Littleton, NH
Week 2: June 10 - June 17: Littleton, NH to Hanover, NH
Week 3: June 17 - June 25: Hanover, NH to Brattleboro, VT
Week 4: June 25 - July 2: Brattleboro, VT to Springfield, MA
Week 5: July 2 - July 9: Springfield, MA to Long Island Sound
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SOCIAL MEDIA:
#CTRiverPilgrimage
The pilgrimage is being coordinated by Kairos Earth. Look for their posts on Facebook and Twitter (#kairosearth). Post your photos and updates with hashtag #CTRiverPilgrimage
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SCHEDULE & OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN CONNECTICUT
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Map illustration by Rose King c.2017 ECCT
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The Pilgrimage will travel
through Connecticut July 3-9
CORE PILGRIMS (pre-registered) - Join them for day paddles and at public events
July 3, Mon., Springfield to Enfield (with day paddle option)
July 4, Tue., Enfield to Hartford (day paddle option & public event in Hartford)
July 5, Wed., Hartford to Middletown (day paddle option)
July 6, Thu., Middletown to Hurd State Forest
July 7, Fri., Hurd State Forest to East Haddam (public event in East Haddam)
July 8, Sat., East Haddam to Essex (day paddle option and public events in Deep River & Essex)
July 9, Sun., Essex to Ol
d Saybrook/Long Island Sound
DAY PADDLE OPTIONS (must bring own canoe/kayak, paddles, PFD, food/water)
PUBLIC EVENTS
July 4, Tue., Church of the Good Shepherd, 155 Wyllys Street, Hartford.
Starts at
3:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist with recognition and repentance of participation in a culture of gun violence, followed by multicultural fiesta and tours of historic Good Shepherd church. Details and registration
July 7, Fri., St. Stephen's Church, 31 Main Street, East Haddam
Starts at 5:30 p.m. Picnic supper followed by panel discussion, "Navigating our Faith in Politically Turbulent Waters."
Details and registration
July 8, Sat., Deep River location and time TBD. (drop-in), recognition and repentance of historic complicity in ivory trade.
More info
July 8. Sat., Dauntless Club, 66 Main Street, Essex, 4 p.m., Concluding CT River celebration with hors d'oeuvres, live music, special liturgy.
Details and registration
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SPONSORS
The River of Life pilgrimage is sponsored by the Episcopal Dioceses of New Hampshire, Vermont, Western Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maine, in partnership with Province I of the Episcopal Church, the New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Kairos Earth. Other partners include the White Mountain School, Metanoia of Vermont, Connecticut River Watershed Council, and the Silvio O. Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge.
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ECCT PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL; PARTICIPANTS
Promotional material including event-specific flyers, bulletin inserts, and images for social media and enewsletters are being developed and will be
posted here and linked in an upcoming weekly eNews.
The office of mission communication & media would like to share the names of ECCT pilgrims who will be paddling on the water as part of this pilgrimage (in various ways), and those paddling through CT. If you are, or know of others - or even if you just want to find a paddling partner for a day in CT -
email Karin Hamilton. Info on
this page will be updated.
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