An island of the Inner Hebrides off the West Coast of Scotland / 563 Columba founded the monastery there / Christianization of Scotland and northern England emanated from Iona / 795-806 Viking attacks / c. 800 Book of Kells / 1203 Benedictine abbey founded anew / 1858 visited by Fontane as reported in his book Beyond the Tweed / 1938 founding of the Iona Community by MacLeod and reconstruction of the abbey: We are an ecumenical Christian community of men and women from different walks of life and different traditions in the Church engaged together, and with people of goodwill across the world, in acting, reflecting and praying for justice, peace and the integrity of creation; convinced that the inclusive community we seek must be embodied in the community we practise.
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