Celtic influences

I have recently started a 10 week course on Celtic Christian literature. So I began to think about what are the Celtic influences in my life.



First of all the Shetland ponies in their natural habitat. There have always been ponies at Wal Ken Farms and at Greenbelt.

The course itself includes poetry aand hagiography (the spiritual biography of saints.) St. Patrick will get a mention even though the course will be over before St. Patrick's Day on March 17.

I have all the episodes of Ballykissangel which is an Irish story.

I enjoy listening to Roma Downey's own CD - Healing Angel. Her Irish background did not come out too much in Touched by an Angel.

I went on a couple of Celtic themed retreats.

We had a delightful assistant priest at St. John's who was from Ireland - Désirée.

I know a number of folks who have gone to Iona but of course that is Scotland and not Ireland. They describe themselves as "a dispersed Christian ecumenical community working for peace and social justice, rebuilding of community and the renewal of worship." http://www.iona.org.uk/

I have several music CDs with Irish music - both secular and more spiritual. Some of them are very relaxing and meditative.