A Response from the LGBTQ+ Common Concern Network of the Iona Community to the outcomes of the Church of England’s process, Living in Love and Faith. From Monday 6th to
Author Archives: Leanne Clelland
One of the great privileges in my role as Leader is the opportunity to meet with Members locally, to come to learn about your passions and your concerns, and your
When the Poverty and Inequality CCN met on Anti-Slavery Day (18th October), the obvious topic was Modern Slavery. A group member told us how inmates in some prisons in the
Interfaith pilgrimage on Iona Representatives from Scotland’s Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Sikh, Hindu, Baha’i and Buddhist communities travelled to Iona for a three-day pilgrimage in September. The pilgrimage marked the 20th
Enough to Live? A joint letter to the UK Prime Minister On 21 September 2022, Ruth Harvey on behalf of the Iona Community, signed an open letter to the Prime
Iona Community at the 11th World Council of Churches Assembly Iona Community members, associates, friends and staff from across the world attended the Assembly of the World Council of Churches
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
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
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
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