I love this article! Thank you for posting an account which helps us love our bishops. (My young son and I were blessed to take a tour bus trip to the Holy Island last year. What a beautiful ancient place.)
What an interesting article. Thank you for bringing it to us. Sadly, I don't believe I'd ever heard of Cuthbert. I'm going to do some more reading and researching on him, and St. Aidan.
I love the genuine friendship and brotherhood amongst these bishops. It reminds me of the stories of Saints who were friends with other notable Saints.
Very late to this article, but thought I'd give it a read after it was mentioned on the podcast.
A wonderful piece, though it made me very nostalgic for my own trip up there (the benefit of going to a school named for the Venerable Bede). The North of England has such a rich Christian heritage and I'm slightly jealous hearing about people experiencing it for the first time.
Holy Island is wonderful. I did it the soft way, by driving - the only time that I have ever had to consult the local tidal website to make sure that I could go somewhere without being stranded. The cafe had fun details, like the bathroom doors being identified by a monk and a nun. North East England is crammed with Catholic history, such as the wonderful Durham Cathedral (though the Anglicans are squatting there). And Durham University (often rated No. 3 on the UK after Oxford and Cambridge) is a centre of Christian scholarship.
Thank you for republishing this. God creates the path, blesses it, sets our feet firmly upon it although sometimes we’re blinded to even the fact that each day is a sacred pilgrimage.
Some free time has opened up unexpectedly and though the British Isles are a bit out of reach right now, the beautiful church in the next town over is not! Thanks for the inspiration.
St Aidan, greatest of all saints.
No bias Aidan? Haha!
A great read! Thank you!
Thank you for this.
Lovely article. Thank you.
Wonderful! This is going on my bucket list of foot pilgrimages
I love this article! Thank you for posting an account which helps us love our bishops. (My young son and I were blessed to take a tour bus trip to the Holy Island last year. What a beautiful ancient place.)
Charming. Thank you to the priests for sharing their photos and their fellowship.
What an interesting article. Thank you for bringing it to us. Sadly, I don't believe I'd ever heard of Cuthbert. I'm going to do some more reading and researching on him, and St. Aidan.
I love the genuine friendship and brotherhood amongst these bishops. It reminds me of the stories of Saints who were friends with other notable Saints.
Very cool! I can hardly recognize Bishop Wall with a beard.
A great post! Thank you.
Wonderful holy men, walking in the footsteps of wonderful, holy men!
Very late to this article, but thought I'd give it a read after it was mentioned on the podcast.
A wonderful piece, though it made me very nostalgic for my own trip up there (the benefit of going to a school named for the Venerable Bede). The North of England has such a rich Christian heritage and I'm slightly jealous hearing about people experiencing it for the first time.
Holy Island is wonderful. I did it the soft way, by driving - the only time that I have ever had to consult the local tidal website to make sure that I could go somewhere without being stranded. The cafe had fun details, like the bathroom doors being identified by a monk and a nun. North East England is crammed with Catholic history, such as the wonderful Durham Cathedral (though the Anglicans are squatting there). And Durham University (often rated No. 3 on the UK after Oxford and Cambridge) is a centre of Christian scholarship.
Thank you for republishing this. God creates the path, blesses it, sets our feet firmly upon it although sometimes we’re blinded to even the fact that each day is a sacred pilgrimage.
Some free time has opened up unexpectedly and though the British Isles are a bit out of reach right now, the beautiful church in the next town over is not! Thanks for the inspiration.