St Therese at Aylesford (1)

I know, I have missed out one or two stops ... but you can catch up on them if you wish by going to the relics blog on the links alongside. These photographs are from the welcoming ceremony at The Friars, Aylesford this afternoon. Photo credits, as usual, to catholicrelics.co.uk.

The headline of the post on the Catholic Relics blog is: 4 000 pilgrims, 131 coaches. Kentonline reports the figure as 2 000 pilgrims, and gives an expectation of 25 000 visitors over the coming weekend. Whichever figure you accept, it is still quite impressive for the welcoming service, held on the afternoon of a working day. The weather deteriorated towards the end of the afternoon ...