Our Time to Pray and Play

When the Celtic Christian Church was first born as St. Ciaran's Fellowship we were part of the old Celtic Christian Communion.  Bishop Thomas Faulkenbury, from the Anamchara Celtic Church coined the phrase "Spiritual Ceili" when referring to what many others would call Church Retreat!  His wonderful idea was that we would pray and play together when we joined yearly for our gatherings in the Communion.  When the Communion dissolved, St. Ciaran's Fellowship became The Celtic Christian Church, and we kept the wonderful phrase started by Bishop Faulkenbury for those yearly gatherings we had together.

We have had many a Spiritual Ceili since 1997.  Some of them have been quiet, and others times when we celebrated the ordinations of deacons and priests, and even the consecration of Bishop Finnery, and the religious professions of vowed members of the CCC.  We've played music together, talked, walked, and gotten to know one another very well over these years, and the ceili has been a big factor in this.  Each year we look forward to our weekend together, and plan for it for many months prior to it.

This Year...

This year, 2008, our Spiritual Ceili will be the weekend of October 31, the holy feast of All Hallows at Kirkridge Retreat Center in Bangor, PA.  Kirkridge is a beautiful retreat center here in the Pocono Mountain area.  It is adjacent to Columcille Megalith Park, "a playground of myth and mystery located in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Pennsylvania" where you will be transported in your mind and soul to the early Celtic sites as you walk and pray among the megaliths, a reminder of Iona.

There is still room for those who may wish to join us either overnight or as day-trippers.  Additionally, there are several inexpensive motels in the Pocono area if you would like to attend each day of  the weekend.  You can contact Rev. Dolores Ford for information on this year's Spiritual Ceili if you would like to join us.  .

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