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There are places in this world where heaven and earth have touched, where lives have been
changes and landscapes transformed. From time immemorial pilgrims have come to these places to be present to the
sacred reality encountered there - and to be changed. This pilgrimage is offered with that purpose and with an
intentional balance of journey, instruction, worship and prayerful solitude. The pilgrimage will take us to Iona, Isle of the Saints, and to the the Holy Island, Lindisfarne. At Iona we will immerse ourselves in the Celtic legacy of Columba as we walk its holy ground and pray in the great Benedictine Abbey Church. Together with the members of the Iona community, we will join in the prayer that has risen to God for hundreds of years from this sacred place. From Iona we will journey through Hebrides waterways and Highland mountains across highway and causeway, by coach and by ferry, to the tidal island of Lindisfarne. There, like Holy Island residents from before the dawn of history, we will settle into the rhythm of the sea. As the tides embrace the land, we will find the natural solitude afforded by being apart from the world's pace. Then, as the tides recede, we will enter into the new community that forms as pilgrims arrive from across the sands. |
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Thought to be the first of all the Celtic High Crosses, this is St. Martin's Cross on Iona. |
Places on the pilgrimage |
