Wee Wall Walk Last Day: Returning Home

Our morning started with meeting this fabulous Shaun the Sheep outside Newcastle Cathedral as we arrived for Morning Prayer. He’s one of many around the city raising money for the Children’s Hospice – you may remember a similar project in Brum a few years ago? After the service we chatted to the priest who had been leading worship – he is the lead for the Lantern Initiative run by the Cathedral. High in the tower is a lantern that used to be lit to guide ships safely up the Tyne – a real beacon of hope and safety for all. The Lantern Initiative seeks to make the Cathedral once more a beacon of hope for the community – all the community including those who are often forgotten – the homeless and the prisoner. One very practical thing it does is in the Cathedral café. It is staffed by ex prisoners and some others on day release from prison – real jobs and real experience. All the bakery goods are purchased from the prison bakery where inmates are trained in new skills t...