Celtic Way Pilgrimages

EXPLORE, JOURNEY, Pilgrimages & Peregrinatio, Travel

Spiritual Journey: Celtic Way Pilgrimage to Iona

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It is this memory of acceptance and awe that I shared with the Iona Community while singing in the abbey that has stayed with me long after I left this sacred place. It is a spiritual feeling unrivaled by anything I have experienced at home before or since. No words can better sum up how I feel about my pilgrimage to Iona better than this verse we sang together from the hymn “All Are Welcome” on our last night – “all are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place!”

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The book Sacred Earth Sacred Soul laying in a pile of leaves and greenery
Books, EXPERIENCE

Book Review | Sacred Earth Sacred Soul, By John Philip Newell

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Self-awareness, self-growth, dare we call it “spiritual growth”—plus, the brave and audacious decision of doing something to improve the state of the world—are two sides of a very old coin.  Newell attributes that coin to the ancient Celtic people who once populated most of northern Europe, and whose intricate artwork and dogged resistance to Rome’s mighty power, have caused a modern-day resurgence of interest in this path called Celtic wisdom.

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EXPLORE, JOURNEY, Pilgrimages & Peregrinatio, Travel

Iona, Scotland: Enchanting Isle of Spirit and Mystery

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The mysterious island if Iona is calling, who will sojourn with us for a time?  The natural and spiritual appeal of this tiny island in the Inner Hebrides off the coast of Scotland has been drawing travelers to it’s shores at least since the 500’s when St. Columba and his companions arrived from Ireland and set up a monastic community there.

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