Mourne Grange 50th Anniversary
Thank you to all of our #friends, #families and #Community #members who joined us for our 50th #Birthday #celebrations on the 1st of #September. In #August of 1971 a small group from #Camphill Community #Glencraig moved to #Mourne #Grange to start a new Camphill community for #adults with #special #needs. Since then Mourne Grange has continued to #grow and #flourish. Everyone enjoyed the birthday celebrations and it was a wonderful opportunity to share about the #history of Mourne Grange, how…
Halloween, All Saints, All Souls
#October 31st was an old #Celtic #festival, known as #Samhain. It was also the beginning of the #New #Year and marked the transition from summer’s end to the beginning of a long, unpredictable winter that could bring hunger and hardship. This time between years was a time of transition. Even the usual stable boundaries between the Other World and our Human World were more open on this day and the spirits of the dead could roam on earth, along with…
Michaelmas Celebration 2020
During the Covid pandemic, we’ve missed out on some of the #seasonal #festivals that normally help us to create a feeling of #community and to expand our #awareness of what we are trying to #achieve together for ourselves at this present moment, and for future generations to come. #Celebrating the festivals together is like taking a step out of the usual #rhythms and routine and taking a pause to experience the richness and possibility of #life. The festivals help us…
