American Heroism and Our Lady of Walsingham
By Joanna Bogle This summer, as in so many summers past, I will be making a pilgrimage to Walsingham. This Norfolk village is the home of England's national shrine to Our Lady, and I'll be on a coach from London, and telling the story of the shrine along the way. One result of our country's complicated history is that many Catholics – here at home but also abroad – don't know the story of some of our ancient shrines, abbeys, and churches. Better known is the modern story that starts with Henry VIII's destruction in the 1530s, with resulting horror and heroism, and the poignant – and it has to…
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