Celtic Pilgrimage 2006

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Celtic Pilgrimage 2006

• A trip to Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England
• Recounted by David Fox

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Matthew's Group
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Travel in style
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Chester, an ancient walled city, gateway
to Celtic sites in North Wales
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Newgate stands just outside the southern
defenses of the Roman Legionary Fortress
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Part of the Medieval Chester castle from 1070
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One of the tallest remaining High Crosses in all
of Britain
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Maen Achwyfan 1000 A.D.
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First Worship at a High Cross
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Ruins of Penmon Priory
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A monastery founded by Seiriol in the 6th Century
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First worship at a Holy Well
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A Holy Well where God is seen to come up from
below us to support us
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The book of Kells at Trinity College
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Glendalough and home for three days
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and the food is great!!
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Worship in Glendalough
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the way it looked
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Today the Round Tower still stands
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the Cathedral
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We worship where the Celtic Christians worshiped
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what a great guide!
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The ancient passage tombs of Newgrange
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At winter solstice the light enters
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The high crosses of Monasterboice Abbey
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So many high crosses
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Worship at the High Cross I wonder how many
others came before us?
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Mellifont Abbey the first of the Benedictine foun
dations that slowly replaced the native Celtic
abbeys
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See the where the monks washed their hands
lavabo
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It mostly remains
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St. Brigid's cross
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Kildare home of St. Brigid's monastery
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St. Brigid's well
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Oh good lunch!
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Worship at Kells, the Irish monastery of Columba
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Arriving at Iona, now where are those other two
people?
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Still on the ferry!
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Columba brings Celtic Christiany to Scotland
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Worship at Lindisfarne
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Aidan of Iona founds a monastic community in
England
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Bede's world, a recreation of life in
a Benedictine monastery
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St. Paul's Saxon church monastery ruins
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Durham Cathedral Here lie the remains of Bede
Cuthbert
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Ruins at Hadrian's Roman wall reveal a site that
later became an early church
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Beautiful art at Hexam abbey
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I love the worship times!
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Ruins at Whitby
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Where the famous synod of 664 began the end of
Celtic Christianity
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We enjoy a worship in our new Celtic tradition
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We walk around the wall as our journey ends
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We live today through Gods strength to pilot
us Gods might to uphold us, Gods wisdom to
guide us, Gods eye to look before us, Gods ear
to hear us, Gods word to speak to us.