The Pilgrimage Walk Around Iona |
| Every Tuesday there is a pilgrimage walk around the island that stops at places of historical and religious significance. It is a pilgrimage of all ages, travelling together, sharing food, jokes, stories, songs, prayers and silence - a chance to help each other over stiles, up and down hills and out of bogs. Each pilgrimage is different, because the people who share in it are different. It usually starts at 10.15am outside the Abbey and finishes back at the Abbey by 4.00 p.m., having stopped along the way at these places: |
| ST MARTIN'S CROSS The pilgrimage starts on the road that has led to and from the Abbey for over eleven centuries. The cross, in whose shadow many thousands have stood, is named after St Martin of Tours who trained his followers to serve God in the world.
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| THE NUNNERY We know little of the Nuns who lived and worshipped here in the 13th century. History focuses on the men who lived at the Abbey. Christians today still have much to learn in recognising and valuing women's contributions to the life of the world and the Church. Here is a place where pilgrims can reflect on the need to rebalance contributions made by all people. |
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