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Pembrokeshire

Katherine Jenkins visits and performs in Pembrokeshire, revealing the story of a new statue of St David destined for the Valley of the Saints in France.

Katherine Jenkins is in the picturesque county of Pembrokeshire in Wales, where she visits one of the smallest chapels in Britain, perched on a sea cliff and built in memory of the hermit monk St Govan. Katherine performs Make Me a Channel of Your Peace in front of St. Govan’s tiny seaside chapel.

We follow the journey of a brand new statue of Wales’s patron saint, St David, from its birthplace in Wales to its new home in the Valley of the Saints in France and hear about the inspiration that drove its sculptor.

Katherine also takes a historical tour around the Bishops Palace close to St Davids, once the most majestic building in Wales.

Radzi Chinyanganya visits a Christian retreat in the north of the county to meet Chrissie Bailey, who attributes her recovery from a debilitating illness to the power of prayer she experienced there.

Plus rousing congregational singing from the cathedral in St Davids and from around the country.

Music
For All The Saints – St David’s Cathedral
Great Is Thy Faithfulness – St David’s Cathedral
Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace – Performance by Katherine Jenkins
Indescribable – Christ Church Downend, Bristol
Our God Is Greater – Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Love Divine – St David’s Cathedral

34 minutes

Stories

The History of the Bishops’ Palace, St Davids
Katherine Jenkins takes a tour of the Bishop’s Palace, once the most majestic building in Wales to hear how it’s evolution came about as a result of the Kings of England coming to St Davids on pilgrimage. The stunning architecture and scale of the building, which is next door to the famous St Davids Cathedral, is an indication of the important role the church and the various Bishops of St Davids played in secular and religious life of the county in the Middle Ages.

Ffald-y-Brenin, Christian retreat
Radzi Chinyanganya visits the Ffald-y-Brenin Christian retreat near Fishguard, which attracts visitors from around the world.  Many come to experience how lives can be changed through the power of prayer.  Radzi meets Chrissie Bailey, who claims she was cured of a chronic and debilitating illness following a visit to the retreat. He also talks to Roy Godwin, the Executive Director, about the daily regime of prayer and how it has transformed some people’s lives. 

St Govan’s Chapel
Katherine Jenkins visits one of the smallest chapels in the UK, built in memory of St Govan, a hermit monk who made a cliff face, on the south coast of the county, his home. She talks to retired minister and Christian bloggerDavid Pike about the simple and perilous life St Govan led and the stories of healing which have drawn pilgrims to this remote site over the ages.

St David Statue
Like many of the Saints, St David travelled far and wide spreading the word of God, including to Brittany.This year, to commemorate this connection, a statue of the Welsh saint was commissioned to join 120 statues gathered at the Valley of the Saints, in Carnouec in northern France. Sculptor Paul Kincaid talks about the work and the inspiration for it, and we follow the statues’ journey to the Valley of the Saints, which was inspired by the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Katherine Jenkins
Presenter Radzi Chinyanganya
Executive Producer Cat Lewis
Executive Producer Emyr Afan
Producer Jonathan Davies
Series Producer Matthew Napier
Production Company Avanti Media

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