Welcome to the Isle of Iona study abroad blog! I'm Dr. Christina Carlson from the English department, and I am absolutely delighted to be taking three of our best and brightest students--Charlotte Ference, Michelle Muzzio and Kaylynn Murchison--to a tiny island off the northwest coast of Scotland to walk in the footsteps of St. Columba, founder of the first Iona (a small monastic community on the island) and inspiration to the Christian Brothers who founded our college almost 1500 years later. We will be staying at the Iona Community, which is...
