Now booking for
June 4-14, 2027

Journey with a group from Alignment
to the sacred Isle of Iona
to live and work and learn in community
including traveling days to and from Glasgow

 

Rev. Simon Ruth de Voil, musician, spiritual mentor, and interfatih/interspiritual minister, will be leading the program at the abbey for Columba Week 2027

Make your way to Glasgow
and we’ll take you from there!
Trip includes one night in the port town of Oban, 6 nights on Iona, and 3 nights in Glasgow. Full itinerary, details, and expenses are on the application.

“a thin place where only tissue paper separates the material from the spiritual”
— George Macleod
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Discount for Alignment Members

Pilgrimage to Iona

Details and Application
Pink flowers growing amid rocks and sand on North Beach, Isle of Iona, Scotland.
Person standing next to a stone cairn on a grassy hilltop with a blue sky and wispy clouds in the background.
Close-up of a dark, tangled seaweed resting between rocks on a beach, with blurred sand and water in the background.
A grassy field with rocks and a rocky cliff in the background.
View of a small, arched, leaded glass window set in a white, textured stone or plaster wall, with a church or cathedral with a stone facade and arched windows visible outside.
A historic stone church by the sea with an arched doorway, tall narrow windows, and a triangular roof, surrounded by green grass and a view of the ocean and distant hills under a partly cloudy sky.
Green field with patches of small yellow and white flowers, a dirt path, and rocky hills overlooking the ocean with small islands.
A close-up view of smooth, multicolored small pebbles and stones on a beach or riverbank, varying in colors such as black, gray, white, red, green, yellow, and pink.
A rural landscape at sunset with a purple and pink sky, a barbed wire fence, tall grass, rocks in the foreground, and an old barn or building in the distance.
A metal advent wreath with multiple tealight candles, with three candles lit, placed against a stone brick wall.
A scenic landscape with grassy fields leading to a rocky coastline and ocean in the background, under a clear sky.
A scenic view of a beach with large rocks covered in green algae, white sand, and turquoise water under partly cloudy blue sky. Mountains are visible in the distance.
Cows grazing on a grassy field near the coast with blue sky and scattered clouds
Sunset over rocky shoreline with boats in the water and a distant landmass.
Rock formation resembling a dog in a grassy landscape by water with overcast sky.
View of the ocean with a rocky beach in the foreground, blue sky with scattered clouds, and a sailboat in the distance.
A tray of freshly baked oatmeal cookies with raisins cooling on a wire rack.