HOLDING HANDS WITH JESUS AS WE LOVE, LEARN AND GROW TOGETHER
Our Patron Saint: St Columba
Saint Columba (7 December 521 – 9 June 597) was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in present-day Scotland. He founded the important abbey on Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries. He was highly regarded by both the Gaels of Dál Riata and the Picts, and is remembered today as a Christian saint and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.
Patron Saint of: Derry, floods, bookbinders, poets, Ireland and Scotland.
St Columba’s feast day is 9th June.
