Iona is a small, beautiful, historic and prayerful Scottish island, off the larger Isle of Mull. This is where Columba (b.521AD) settled after leaving Ireland, and from here Aidan was sent to carry the Gospel through Scotland to Lindisfarne in 635AD.
In the twentieth century the Abbey was restored as a place of pilgrimage and the Iona Community was established by the Church of Scotland minister George MacLeod. It is a dispersed Christian ecumenical community working for peace and social justice, rebuilding of community and renewal of worship. Books and music associated with Iona are published by Wild Goose Publications.