Itinerary

Day 1 Monday 15th October

Starting our Pilgrimage

LTG can assist you with your train journey to Glasgow where we gather on the first evening. The rest of the evening will be free to make our own dinner arrangements in the city.

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Day 2 Tuesday 16th October

Glasgow to Iona

This morning, after an early breakfast, we join our coach for the beautiful drive from Glasgow to Oban via Loch Lomond. On arrival in Oban we will board a ferry to take us to the Isle of Mull. From here, a short coach ride across this beautiful island to the ferry port of Fionnphort where we will catch the Iona Ferry. On arrival on Iona we will proceed to our accommodation. After an introductory session for Evening Prayer, we have our first talk on the nature of the holy places like Iona, the “thin places of the world”, where the Divine often seems very close indeed. We then enjoy dinner together.

Day 3 Wednesday 17th October

Iona - Celtic Quiet Day

After breakfast and Morning Prayer, we will share a day of peace and reflection, with scope for informal reflection and discussion, and time to read, pray or walk. We will celebrate the Eucharist just before lunch. After Evening Prayer, we will dine together.

Day 4 Thursday 18th October

Iona - Iona’s Saints

The focus on the last full day of our retreat, after sharing breakfast and Morning Prayer, will be Iona’s saints - holy people such as the Abbots Columba and Adomnam, and the great missionary Bishop Aidan, who founded the religious community on Lindisfarne. There will be a Eucharist before lunch. The afternoon will be free for reflection and prayer. We will finish the day with Evening Prayer and farewell

Day 5 Friday 19th October

Iona - Journey home

After a very early breakfast and Morning Prayer, we travel by ferry, coach and train back to Glasgow, where we bid each other farewell, refreshed in the spirit of Iona.