Today I prepare to leave for a pilgrimage to Iona with friends from The Haden Institute. We'll be following in the footsteps of so many Celtic saints and martyrs. Columba (known in Ireland as Columcille) took his own pilgrimage to Iona from Ireland in 563. May we be blessed by this prayer attributed to him. A Prayer of St. Columba Be a bright flame before me, O God a guiding star above me. Be a smooth path below me, a kindly shepherd behind me today, tonight, and for ever. Al

Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Colmcille, the Irish monk who lived and walked in Ireland and then went across the sea and...

Yesterday we took a very special pilgrimage to ancient stones in the Glencolumkille village in County Donegal. The traditional name of...

We are in the west in Donegal, the birthplace of St. Columcille (Columba is what he is called in Scotland). Land of sea and sky and...