Sacred Wells and Manly Saints

Dr Carly McNamara and Dr Hugh Hunter contribute to your Coracle this week.

Feb 24, 2023

In this week’s Coracle:

The history and origins of sacred wells in Scotland.

By Dr Carly McNamara Even today, sacred wells are prevalent across the Scottish landscape. They are frequently associated with the names of saints or other holy persons, such as Mary. Historically, wells were often held to serve as cures for general maladies or sometimes specific illnesses. Prior to the coming of the Reformation, there was a much wider-s…

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St Moluag's Coracle

In Search of Manly Saints

By Dr. Hugh Hunter It all started when I had to pick a patron saint. That’s one of the things you have to do for yourself if you become a Catholic as an adult. I began flipping through hagiographies, looking for the right man. I had a vague sense of what I was looking for. I’ve done a fair bit of reading in philosophy, and now and then I’ve encountered a …

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The Visitation Retreat/Servant Leadership Course

Please don’t forget the retreat and online course that we are organising. Already the Visitation retreat is filling up, so if you want to be on it please get your name down. The Servant Leadership course, in conjunction with the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, is for anyone interested in what God wants for them and specifically how our baptismal vocation can play out for us in our parishes and for those around us. It is one hour a month on zoom, beginning on April 19th and then for 5 further sessions online, which includes a break in the summer and finally ends at an in-person celebration and summing up. Both retreat and course is found on our website which is in the button below.

Mary's Well - Retreat/Course

God Bless

Editor, Eric Hanna