Celtic Corner

  • Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955)

    All we have to do is let the very heart of the earth beat within us. Celtic Christianity’s earliest expressions arose in ancient Gaul.  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin became one […]

  • John Scotus Eriugena (815-77)

    John Scotus Eriugena, not to be confused with John Duns Scotus, the Franciscan priest/theologian of the Middle Ages, was one of many non-ordained wandering Irish monks (peregrini) of the 9th […]

  • John O’Donohue (1956-2007)

    You have traveled too fast over false ground;Now your soul has come to take you back. Take refuge in your senses, open upTo all the small miracles you rushed through. […]

  • Columba (531-597)

    St. Columba, along with Patrick and Brigid, is among the most revered saints in Ireland. He was born a prince of the Cinel Connall Clan and might have become the […]

  • St. Brigid of Kildare (451-523)

    Most of what we know of St. Brigid is shrouded in myth and legend.  Nothing was written about her until more than one hundred years after her death.  Perhaps more […]

  • Recommended Readings – Celtic Christianity & St. Brigid

    NOTE: These were used for Celtic Christianity & St. Brigid – An Introduction, our Spiritual Formation series during January 2022. Books: Following the Celtic Way: A New Assessment of Celtic […]

  • St. Patrick’s Breastplate

    I bind unto myself today The strong Name of the Trinity, By invocation of the same, The Three in One and One in Three. I bind this day to me […]

  • Celtic Christianity Continuum

    This timeline charts the main characters and notable events of Celtic Christianity, which, while recently romanticized, has elements rooted deeply in early Christianity that have never completely faded and continue […]

  • Pelagius (360-430)

    The presence of God’s spirit in all living things is what makes them beautiful; and if we look with God’s eyes, nothing on earth is ugly. Pelagius John Phillip Newel […]

  • Introduction

    What is Celtic Christianity?  Scholars cannot agree on a hard definition or its time period, however, most would describe it as the Christianity found in the British Isles– Scotland, Wales, […]