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SUMMARY:Wild Goose Publications Week (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n\nImage: October sunset from Iona. Credit: Iona Community/ P. Bennett \nWild Goose Publications Week 28th September – 4th October (LIMITED AVAILABILITY) \nCreative 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. \nFacilitated by Wild Goose Publications authors: Martin and Meg Wroe\, Jan Sutch Pickard\, Neil Paynter and Helen Lambie\, and some possible special guests. \nWild Goose Publications authors\nMartin Wroe is married to Meg\, a painter\, and together they have been raised by three children. He got into journalism while studying theology and ended up on the staff of the Independent and later the Observer. He has had long-time collaborations with the Greenbelt Arts Festival\, the human rights NGO Amos Trust and the rock band U2. He contributes to BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day and accidentally became an Anglican priest. He was late to understand that religions are poems and tries to write one most days. His most recent book of poems is Julian Of Norwich’s Teabag (Wild Goose Publications). Martin is an associate of the Iona Community. \nMeg Wroe and Martin volunteered on lona for two months as Programme Workers. Meg has also led creative workshops at the Greenbelt Festival. Meg is an artist and exhibits her paintings regularly in London and Margate (www.megwroe.com). She is also a children’s Occupational Therapist\, working part-time in a school for children with special needs. She is a member of the lona Community. \nJan Sutch Pickard: ‘I am a poet and storyteller now living on the Isle of Mull. I began working for the Community on Iona in the last millennium. My storytelling draws on local history and legend from the West of Scotland\, and also the West Bank Palestinian territories where\, leaving Iona\, I became an Ecumenical Accompanier. These places and experiences have also inspired my poetry (Wild Goose books: Out of Iona\, Between High and Low Water\, A Pocket Full of Crumbs). I would like to hear your stories!’ \nHelen Lambie is a breadmaker\, retired cook\, and former member of the Resident Group on Iona. \nNeil Paynter is Helen’s partner\, an editor with Wild Goose Publications\, a late-night piano player\, and a former Resident Group member and volunteer. He has worked for the Iona Community for about a quarter of a century. He likes cats a lot. \nCosts\n\n6 Nights: £762 per adult\, £381 for reduced rate – see our programme page for more information.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”BOOK HERE” style=”custom” custom_background=”#568ea4″ custom_text=”#eae8e8″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fportal.freetobook.com%2Freservations%3Fw_id%3D43736%26w_tkn%3DZ8ayvaEvw2SsrbCpGHLzeQZxQGqxQJy163aSHXVJnHbgCb53vffml4WKihlt5%26checkIn%3D2024-09-28%26stayLength%3D6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://iona.org.uk/event/wild-goose-publications-week/
LOCATION:Iona Abbey Centre\, Isle of Iona\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Iona Abbey Programme 2024
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SUMMARY:Pilgrimage of life (FULLY BOOKED)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nImage credit: Sara Bain \nPilgrimage of life 5th – 11th October 2024 \n\nA week to explore our lives as pilgrimage\, deepening our resources to face climate change with Alastair McIntosh. \nClimate change is the most pressing physical problem that the whole world currently faces. But what are its deeper roots? Is it sufficient to face it at the conventional levels of science\, politics and economics\, or does it also require insights into the human condition that only deep psychology and a profound spirituality can offer? \nThe Russian writer Maxim Gorky said “All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I have even heard it said that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens.” How does ecological theology help to understand this\, and  how might an understanding of our own lives as pilgrims help to inform\, and to sustain\, the vocations called for from us in these times? \nAbove all\, however\, how can we not let these times go to waste\, but to let God use them to deepen our own spirituality and\, perhaps\, that of the world on its pilgrimage through time? During this week we will reflect together on the words of both a former Iona Abbey warden and in the experience of the Columban monks that Saint Adomnan recorded: “Yea\, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death”? \n \nFacilitator\nAlastair McIntosh is a human ecologist whose work connects the social and environmental problems of the world to a call for spiritual deepening. He lives in Govan from where George MacLeod founded the Iona Community. Alastair is a founding trustee of the GalGael Trust that builds community in hard-pressed social contexts\, an honorary professor in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow and the author of a dozen books. The books most pertinent to this week are Parables of Northern Seed: Soil and Soul: People versus Corporate Power (Aurum 2001)\, Hell and High Water: Climate Change\, Hope and the Human Condition (Birinn 2008)\, Poacher’s Pilgrimage: a Journey Through Land and Soul (Birlinn 2016) and Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being (Birlinn 2020). \n\n\nCosts\n6 Nights: £762 per adult\, £381 for reduced rate – see our programme page for more information.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”BOOK HERE” style=”custom” custom_background=”#568ea4″ custom_text=”#eae8e8″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fportal.freetobook.com%2Freservations%3Fw_id%3D43736%26w_tkn%3DZ8ayvaEvw2SsrbCpGHLzeQZxQGqxQJy163aSHXVJnHbgCb53vffml4WKihlt5%26checkIn%3D2024-10-05%26stayLength%3D6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:Iona Abbey Centre\, Isle of Iona\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Iona Abbey Programme 2024
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SUMMARY:The Beauty of Contemplation~The Contemplation of Beauty (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n\nThe Beauty of Contemplation ~ The Contemplation of Beauty 12th – 18th October 2024. \nAre you curious about the practice of contemplation? Would you like to explore this practice on the beautiful island of Iona? \nWe will let the natural beauty of Iona become a springboard for exploring the contemplative path within the Christian tradition. \nYou need no previous experience of contemplative practice to join us\, just an openness and willingness to try. \nWe will weave the stories of the island and the Iona Community into workshops along with wisdom old and new. \nWe will have plenty of time for practice and immersion in the rugged beauty of the island. \nNo preparation is required but the following suggested reading will provide a good introduction and help with preparation for the week: \n\n\nDivine Beauty\, the Invisible Embrace by John O’Donohue \n\n\nCentering Prayer and Inner Awakening by Cynthia Bourgeault \n\n\nInto the Silent Land by Martin Laird \n\n\nFacilitators:\n\nRalph Patrick and Ali Marshall. \n\n\nRalph and Ali are soul friends; they met working on the island for the Iona Community a few years ago. They share a passion for helping people to encounter God in their own way and are trained and experienced spiritual directors/companions and retreat guides. They are excited to collaborate on this week at the Abbey.\n\n\n\n\nCosts\n6 Nights: £762 per adult\, £381 for reduced rate – see our programme page for more information.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”BOOK HERE” style=”custom” custom_background=”#568ea4″ custom_text=”#eae8e8″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fportal.freetobook.com%2Freservations%3Fw_id%3D43736%26w_tkn%3DZ8ayvaEvw2SsrbCpGHLzeQZxQGqxQJy163aSHXVJnHbgCb53vffml4WKihlt5%26checkIn%3D2024-10-12%26stayLength%3D6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:Iona Abbey Centre\, Isle of Iona\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Longing and belonging: Associate Members Week
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nImage: Associate Members walking on the north end of Iona. Credit: Iona Community/F. Macdougall \nLONGING AND BELONGING: Associates Week 19th – 25th October 2024 \nThis week is for those who are Associate Members of the Iona Community. We will gather on the land and in the space that has inspired a movement that offers belonging and also challenges us to align God’s longing for a world of justice and peace. \n  \n\nI learned more about what it is to be an Associate… I enjoyed the time and new friendships with like-minded people. \n\nAn opportunity for self-reflection\, connecting with other Associate Members\, learning tools and sharing gifts that encourage and enrich our shared journey. \nThe week includes the pilgrimage around the island\, art and daily worship. \nCosts\n6 Nights: £762 per adult\, £381 for reduced rate – see our programme page for more information.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”BOOK HERE” style=”custom” custom_background=”#568ea4″ custom_text=”#eae8e8″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fportal.freetobook.com%2Freservations%3Fw_id%3D43736%26w_tkn%3DZ8ayvaEvw2SsrbCpGHLzeQZxQGqxQJy163aSHXVJnHbgCb53vffml4WKihlt5%26checkIn%3D2024-10-19%26stayLength%3D6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:Iona Abbey Centre\, Isle of Iona\, United Kingdom
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