Ordinary Devotion | Zine

A5 photozine. Introductory essay by Keith Osborn. Each of the 12 images from this 2019 photo essay is reproduced in superb quality. 24 pages in 170gsm silk paper and staple-bound cover in 350gsm gloss laminated card.

The pilgrimage by members of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Great Britain to the Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady, Walsingham takes place annually in July. In the bucolic setting of the Norfolk countryside, it’s a time of community for the UK’s Syro-Malabar Catholic congregations and their priests, a time of devotion and veneration of Mary the Mother of God, and (not least) a great family day out. It’s colourful and extremely friendly and at the same time a serious and respectful expression of deeply held beliefs. It has preaching, singing, processing, laughing and the sharing of food. It reflects one major aspect of what Walsingham is – a place of pilgrimage: it’s an experience of faith, the everyday faith of ordinary people.