Pilgrimages Not Tours
Jesus came apart, so that he wouldn't come apart. Many of our pilgrimages go to some of the "loneliest places on earth" as Mendelssohn observed, places where the "veil between heaven and earth is thin." We move at a contemplative pace when possible. There are messages in the stone, sculpture and stained glass waiting to be discovered anew. We expect to meet a few of the best authors and leaders. We read Holy Scripture together. We provide time for you to listen to the Holy Spirit's still small voice out in God's "Cathedral of Immensity." Look forward to gentle walks. There is built-in time for journaling and shops with unique gifts.

To Be Announced

Previous

2013 - Orkney
2012 - Wales
2011 - Celtic and Cathedral / Islay / Wittenburg, Germany

2010 - Scotland, Edinburgh, Orkney, Lewis
2009 - Israel and Jordan (18 days)
2008 - Ireland and Scotland: Meeting with reconciliation leaders, Glendalough, Iona, etc.
2008 - New Mexico: Sante Fe, Ghost Ranch and Christ in the Desert Monestery
2006 - Scotland and Northern England: Glasgow, St Andrews, Edinburgh, Durham, Melrose and The Holy Isles of Iona and Lindisfarne
2004 - Wales, Scotland and The Borders, Yorkshire
2001 - Israel (12 Days)

Celtic Communities with whom we have visited and worshipped

Scotland - The Iona Community; Holy Trinity Pilgrimage Center in St. Andrews
England - The Northumbria Community; The Community of Aidan and Hilda on Lindisfarne, Holy Island
USA - Columcille, Pocono Mountains, PA, and Ghost Ranch, NM


Pilgrimage has been called the most distinctive theme in Celtic-Christianity. In the Old Testament, God called Abraham from his comfortable life in Iraq. Moses told Pharaoh, “We are moving out.” Jesus had a 40-day desert pilgrimage. We Christians are called to follow Jesus. The church is to be an exiled colony from Heaven, Philippians 3:20. In the early centuries, followers went to the desert to take on the devil. In the Middle Ages, pilgrimage was really popular. Reasons back then included:

1. Rove for healing
2. Renunciate profane actions
3. Release from purgatory, hopefully
4. Rewarded by “Merit”
5. Respite from day-to-day drudgery
6. Retreat
7. Receive a new call from God