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A view over the Sound of Iona. The sea is green, mountains in the background are blue.

Sounds of Iona August 2022

Iona Community Leader, Ruth Harvey, reflects on stillness, rest and peace-making. Is stillness the same as silence? John Punshon, in his powerful book ‘Encounter with Silence’ talks of finding the

Molly and John Harvey visit the re-found Iona Community Mural

The Lost and Found Community House Mural

The unveiling, in Govan Old on 14th June, of the “lost” Community House mural, “Christ Feeding the People”, was the culmination of a decades-long search led by John and Molly

Autumn at Camas

Book now for your Autumn experience down the track! Join us for one or more of these life-giving weeks at Camas: The Road to Low Carbon Living 19th to 24th

A crowd listens in to a panel of young people discussing mission.

Columba Festivities

The Iona Community Members, Associate Members, Friends, and supporters celebrated the life of St Columba with an urban festival and a public lecture in June. Each 9th June, we remember

Fyffe Christie's

Sounds of Iona July 2022

Iona Community Leader, Ruth Harvey, reflects on mission, contemplation and action. This month, I have been surrounded by Iona Community loved ones – past, present and future. The unveiling of

Youth Festival 2022!

23rd – 29th July 2022 Youth Festival is back! ‘Each one of us can make a difference. Together we can make change.’ Barbara Mikulski Be the change! A week for youth

Dignity, Agency, Power Book

Poverty robs people of their dignity, agency and power. Church Action on Poverty and its partners work to build a movement in which people and communities can reclaim those essential

Stay at Iona Abbey in 2023

Experience the beauty, wonder and joy of Iona in 2023. Bookings are now open for Iona Abbey next year. See the full programme here: 2023 Programme.

Visiting Members.

The Sound of Iona June 2022

Gathering with Members Ruth Harvey reflects on her month, first visiting members in Europe, then attending the Church of Scotland General Assembly. A flourishing community relies on opportunities to meet.

An excerpt from a prayer written after the shooting of schoolchildren in Texas. The prayer is called

How shall we pray in such moments?

How shall we pray in such moments? God whose heart is as shattered as ours, please do it once again. out of the chaos which swirls around us, create those

image - Azariah France Williams

Journeys to Justice – book now!

28 May – 3 June 2022 We are running a new programme at Iona Abbey called “Journeys to Justice”. We will examine why black and brown people are still right to be

International Ecumenical Fellowship conference 2022

The British and Irish arm of the International Ecumenical Fellowship is hosting it’s biannaul conference in Liverpool this year. All information, including how to book, is here.

Living with Courage: clasping hands across a divided landscape

We are delighted to commend this annual conference hosted by the Retreat Association. Running from 27 – 29 June 2022, this event will be live-streamed from the chapel and beautiful

Prayers for the people of Ukraine

We share here and uphold words of solidarity and support for the people of Ukraine from our Member, Urzula Glienecke: “With deepest sadness and broken hearts, we have seen the news

ColumbaFest 2022

Saturday 11th June 2022, 10.30am – 6pm. Govan & Linthouse Parish Church, Glasgow, G51 2YL. Modest in size, still magnificent in saintly resonance. Columba was a missionary and evangelist, titles that may now

Call to Peace with Justice

In the face of violence and war in Ukraine and elsewhere, we share here a call to peace with justice, believing that the community we seek must be mirrored in

Iona Community Lecture 2022: Friday 10th June

In association with ColumbaFest: Iona Community Lecture 2022 “These Stones Will Shout Aloud: gathering global voices on themes of climate justice, hospitality, faith and the integration of the whole of

Image and Vision: Reflecting with the Book of Kells

‘Image and Vision: reflecting with the Book of Kells’, by Rosemary Power We are delighted to share news of this latest publicaton by Member of the Iona Community, Rosemary Power.

Postponed: Young, Woke and Christian

Date to be confirmed We are delighted to host, jointly with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a celebration of the publication of ‘Young, Woke and Christian: words from a missing generation’

Associate Members Meet Up – April, May and June

If you’ve recently joined the Iona Community as an Associate Member, or if you’ve been an Associate Member for a while but could do with a refresh, come along and

Ukraine Liturgy

In the light of the continuing war in Ukraine, the Wild Goose Resource Group of the Iona Community offers liturgy, song, resources. These are shared freely for wide use.

A Time for Peace

We share here an adapted version of the XR Peace statement: Without action, we face the terrifying possibility of a nuclear war devastating our planet. The superpowers continue to wage

New Woman’s Project in Kenya

Associate Members of the Iona Community, Fridah Waffula and Marksen Masinder in Eldoret, Kenya, are supporting a development of the Saidiana Women Project in March this year. ‘Saidiana Women Project’ has been running since 1995.

Pray+Act for Peace

1 Ukraine 13: a reading for today, by Thom Shuman If I talk in the rhetoric of politicians and commentators, but do not speak peace, I am a beating drum

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