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Nurture the land

Join us at Camas for a week of nurturing our land, whilst nurturing yourself, with a week of simple community living and sharing common tasks together in our abundant organic garden and woodland. This week is available at a discounted rate.

Time and Space short break – 3 nights

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

Come for a three night short stay and experience life in community at Iona Abbey. This includes participating in regular worship, sharing in meals and joining in community tasks that contribute to our shared life.  

Time and Space 3 or 6 Nights (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

Come for some Time and Space to experience life in community at Iona Abbey. This includes participating in regular worship, sharing in meals and joining in community tasks that contribute to our shared life.  Arrive on Saturday or Tuesday of this week for a 6 or 3 night stay.

Wildlife Week

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

A gathering to deepen faith, encourage action in love & solidarity with Creation, face truth, and build spiritual resilience. Facilitated by Rev. David Coleman, Chaplain of Eco-Congregation Scotland, and others.

The Miracles Unboxed – John Bell – (FULLY BOOKED – waiting list open).

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

(WAITING LIST – please contact [email protected] to add your name to the waiting list).
Has science or cynicism put an end to thinking about miracles of which the gospels record thirty one? Come and unbox the miracles with John Bell at Iona Abbey in 2024. Note this week is also running from 21st - 27th September.

Wild Goose Resource Group

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

Bones & Groans: exploring worship beyond words and into the imagination, through body, sound and visual artistry.
Led by Jo Love of the Wild Goose Resource Group, with Carol Marples (Soul Marks Trust) and Jane Bentley (ArtBeatMusic).

Experience Camas

This is your opportunity to experience the wonder of Camas firsthand and at a discounted rate, for all those working in the voluntary sector, support and social care services or education.

Columba Week (FULLY BOOKED – waiting list open)

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

WAITING LIST - please contact [email protected] to add your name to the waiting list.

Join us as we celebrate Saint Columba and delve deeper into how his remarkable story resonates in 2024. A week of expansive discussion, creative writing, poetry and music.

Sound and Vision – Creative Week (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

For creative people who just want to create, live in community, develop skills and forge new connections. Bring your inspiration, your dreams, ideas, work in progress, or just a willingness to collaborate, experiment and learn through play.

Time and Space 3 or 6 Nights (FULLY BOOKED)

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

Come for some Time and Space to experience life in community at Iona Abbey. This includes participating in regular worship, sharing in meals and joining in community tasks that contribute to our shared life.  Arrive on Saturday or Tuesday of this week for a 6 or 3 night stay.

Global Song (FULLY BOOKED)

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

Explore congregational songs from around the world, including how they can enrich our worship and help us meaningfully connect with God, each other, and the world around us.

Today we rise! YouthFest 2024 (age 14-18)

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

YouthFest is a great space to form friendships with young people from across the world on this stunning, rugged island with its breath-taking scenery. Bring your youth group!

Women’s Spirituality Week (FULLY BOOKED)

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

Open to all, a week to investigate a different perspective on women’s spirituality, finding inspiration from some of the women in the Bible, and how their stories speak to us today. Facilitated by Evie Nieboer from the Iona Community's Young Adults’ Group.

Care for Creation – 3 or 6 nights

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

This week is now also open for 3 night stays. Do you need to sharpen your vision of a world transformed? Are you longing to connect with others who care for Creation? Discover how you can act more justly for people and planet.

Environment Week

Join Kathy Galloway and the Camas team to explore what it means to ‘Come Back to Our Senses’ in relationship with our environment and our approach to the climate crisis.

Earth, My Body

Join us for a week of embodiment, creativity, nature connection and reflection. This week is dedicated to remembering the body as sacred, through relationship with the earth. Led by Camas Coordinator and Dance/Movement Therapist, Fiona McFarlane.  

LGBTQ+ Week (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

A week of creative activities, peaceful spaces and workshop/sharing times to enable LGBTQ+ people and those in sympathy to find space for both rest and resistance in a time of change and division. Facilitated by Alex and Jo Clare-Young.

Time and Space (FULLY BOOKED)

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

This week will allow you to experience life in community at Iona Abbey. This includes participating in regular worship, sharing in meals and joining in community tasks that contribute to our shared life.  

Quietly Wild

Experience the magic of Camas through a week of quiet reflection and nature connection. Led by Iona Community leader Ruth Harvey and outdoor instructor, Nick Austin.

Interfaith Week 2024 (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

A week to celebrate co-operation and deepen friendship and understanding between faiths with a focus on caring for and listening to creation. Facilitated by Interfaith Scotland and a climate activist, in partnership with the Iona Community.

The Miracles Unboxed – John Bell (FULLY BOOKED)

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

Has science or cynicism put an end to thinking about miracles of which the gospels record thirty one? Come and unbox the miracles with John Bell at Iona Abbey in 2024.

Creative Week

Reinvigorate your creative practice through a mix of guided workshops and free solo creative time in the beautiful nature surrounding of the Camas bay.

Wild Goose Publications Week (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

Creative writing and art workshops, storytelling, breadmaking, a ceilidh – and more. A week to celebrate creativity and spiritual enquiry. Readings by Wild Goose authors and space to write and share your own poems and prayers.

Nurture the land – Autumn

Join us at Camas for a week of nurturing our land, whilst nurturing yourself, with a week of simple community living and sharing common tasks together in our abundant organic garden and woodland. This week is available at a discounted rate.

Pilgrimage of life (FULLY BOOKED)

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

Exploring our lives as pilgrimage, deepening our resources to face climate change with Alastair McIntosh, author of Parables of Northern Seed, Soil and Soul, Hell and High Water, Poacher’s Pilgrimage and more.

Longing and belonging: Associate Members Week

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

A time for Associate Members to gather on the land and in the space that has inspired a movement that offers belonging and challenges us to align God's longing for a world of justice and peace. 

Poetry and Prayer

As Advent begins, join the Wild Goose Resource Group for an online session with Pádraig Ó Tuama where we will be looking at poems that function as prayers.

Advent in Community

Iona Abbey Centre Isle of Iona, United Kingdom

We explore the sacred art of waiting in community during Advent on Iona. Facilitated by the Iona Abbey Programme Team.

More than a Wee Sing

Forget the festive frenzy! Join Jo, Jane and Iain on a wild goose chase of alternative takes on Advent and Christmas.

While We Are Waiting: Embodying Hope – weekly

Four sessions from Wednesdays, November 27, December 4th, 11th and 18th. Join us this Advent season to discover body-based practices that foster resilience and presence. Open to all bodies and minds. On Zoom and Youtube, with Sharon Edwards and Pauline Steenbergen.

Advent Readings with Wild Goose Publications

Join Wild Goose Publications for a special Advent gathering as we celebrate the season of hope and anticipation. This festive evening will bring together beloved Wild Goose authors for a time of Advent reading.

Service of Solace

A gathering of comfort and solidarity from Iona Abbey. This gathering offers a space to acknowledge the grief that often accompanies us during this season.

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