Starter quiz
- A pilgrim is someone who goes on a ...
- 'pilgrimage' ✓
- Iona is an ______ off the coast of Scotland.
- 'island' ✓
- The monastery at Iona was founded by ...
- Saint Columba ✓
- Saint Aidan
- Saint Patrick
- Saint Joseph
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- For Celtic monks, a thin place was ...
- a place that has thin vegetation
- a place that is very remote
- a place where the boundary between heaven and earth is thin ✓
- a place with an abbey
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- The abbey at Iona was destroyed by ...
- Celts
- Romans
- Vikings ✓
- Normans
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Exit quiz
- Choose three reasons why pilgrims might visit Iona today.
- to see the historical sites of St Columba and the abbey ✓
- to connect with God in a thin place ✓
- to enjoy a holiday with friends
- to spend time as part of a community ✓
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- The Reverend George MacLeod wanted Iona to be a ______ community working for peace and social justice.
- 'global' ✓
- A method to better understand the impact of Iona on pilgrims today is to ...
- interview pilgrims ✓
- look at the historical sites
- read accounts of St Columba
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- On Iona, pilgrims are part of task teams which encourage ...
- rivalry
- prayer
- service ✓
- making food
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- Community is formed in which three ways on Iona?
- sharing meals together ✓
- having worship and prayer in the morning and evening ✓
- being part of a task team ✓
- looking at historical sites
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Key learning points
- The Iona community was reestablished in 1938 by the Rev George MacLeod.
- The Iona community is a global community working for peace and justice.
- Many people of different Christian worldviews visit Iona today as a modern pilgrimage site.
- We can find out about how different Christians experience pilgrimage differently by interviewing them.
Common misconception
Iona is only visited by pilgrims to see its historical sites.
People make a pilgrimage to Iona for many reasons, but many come to see the modern community that has been reestablished.
Keywords
Community - a group of people working or living together with a common vision
Pilgrim - a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons
Service - the action of helping or doing work for someone
Global - relating to the whole world
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