Aidan

    Whitby Abbey, for St. Hilda

    St. Hilda of Whitby and the Ministry of Unity

    Posted on November 17, 2025
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    In an era of polarization, even within the Church, it’s often hard to find leaders who attempt—let alone succeed—in bringing Christians together for the sake of the gospel. St. Hilda of Whitby stands among the most significant luminous figures of the early English Church—wise, steady, and quietly formidable. Centuries before the Reformation, when English Christianity…

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    St. Oswald: the Evangelist King

    Posted on August 5, 2024
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    After a period of embracing Christianity, people in Northumbria returned to the Pagan beliefs they held before the gospel first reached the British shores. It would take a young Christian king returning from exile with a zeal for evangelism to begin a revival of faith that would last for centuries.

    St. Aidan and the Legacy of Lindisfarne

    Posted on August 31, 2023
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    Aidan and his companions knew the value, in imitation of Christ, of recharging our physical and spiritual batteries. It goes against the world’s mindset but is vital to our existence in Christ.