Photographs from Previous Pilgrimages
Worship at Maen Achwynfan high cross in North Wales
The Welsh Coast
One of Many Sacred Wells in Wales
Glendalough ("Valley of the Two Lakes") Ireland
An Artist's Conception of the Glendalough Monastic Community
The Round Tower at Glendalough at Sunrise
The Restored Ruins of Kevin's 6th Century Monastic Community
The ruins of Mellifont, one of the abbeys that replaced the native Celtic abbeys in Ireland
The ferry cruise from Oban to the Island of Mull, the gateway to the Isle of Iona
Columba arrived on Iona from Ireland in 563
The restored Abbey, St. John's Cross & St. Columba's Shrine
The Weekly pilgrimage around the Isle of Iona includes devotions at significant sites
In 634 Aiden led a group of monks from Iona to establish a monastic community on Lindisfarne (Holy Island) on the eastern coast of England. From this base the whole of Northumbria (Northeast England) was evangelized.
Forced to flee Lindisfarne by Viking raiders, the monks finally settled on the RiverWear at the present site of Durham Cathedral
Durham Castle, the palace of the Prince Bishops of Durham, was founded in 1072
The Great Hall dates from 1284. The streets of Durham reflect the historic beauty of this cathedral city.
The remains of Whitby Abbey, site of the 664 Council that imposed the authority of Rome upon the Celtic churches.
York is the historic capital of northern England and site of York Minster, where Cuthbert of Lindisfarne was consecrated bishop in 685.
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