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From Iona to Tyburn Convent
- 25-06-2009
- Categorized in: Around the Diocese
Catriona Allan was appointed
first Warden of the House of Prayer on the Isle of Iona in 1997. She entered
the Community of the Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus under the Rule of St Benedict at Tyburn in London in December 2002.
Catriona
made her first profession on 25th June 2005 as Sister Mary Colmcille. She later
moved to Rome and spent two years with four other Sisters at Monastero Madonna
dell'Eucaristia, a new community house on the Via Aurelia near the Vatican.
She returned to Scotland in December 2008 and after a few weeks with the community of Tyburn Sisters at the Benedictine convent in Largs, Ayrshire, returned to Tyburn, where she made her final monastic profession on 10th March 2009, supported by members of her family, and friends from Iona.
Mother Colmcille makes her vows in the sanctuary of the Tyburn Chapel
Mother Colmcille with friends from Iona days:
Sr. Jean Lawson, Liz Tomlinson and Fr. David Trainer
Mother Colmcille with her parents, Daphne and Richard,
who live in Easdale and belong to St. Columba's Cathedral Parish in Oban
Find out more about Tyburn convent here
Regards
Helen