Features of Celtic Christianity:

* Love of nature and a passion for the wild and elemental as a reminder of God's gift.
* Love and respect for art and poetry.
* Love and respect for the great stories and "higher learning"
* Sense of God and the saints as a continuing, personal, helpful presence.
* Theologically orthodox, yet with heavy emphasis on the Trinity, and a love and respect for Mary, the Incarnation of Christ, and Liturgy.
* Thin boundaries between the sacred and the secular.
* Unique Church structure: there were originally no towns, just nomadic settlements, hence the church was more monastic rather than diocesan, resulting in quite independent rules and liturgies.
* Ireland was very isolated; it was hard to impose outside central Roman authority.
* Influenced much by middle-eastern and Coptic monasticism.
* Used the ancient calendar system for celebrating Easter and Lent.
* Abbots had more power than the bishops.
* Monasteries were often huge theocratic villages often associated with a clan with the same kinship ties, along with slaves, freemen, celibate monks, married clergy, professed lay people, men and women living side by side.
* While some monasteries were in isolated places, many more were at the crossroads of provincial territories.
* Women had more equal footing in ancient Irish law, thus had more equal say in church government.
* Developed the idea of having a "soul friend" (anmchara) to help in spiritual direction.
* Invented personal confession.
* Oral word-based culture; most of the people were illiterate but had great memorization skills. They loved to hear great stories.
* A sense of closeness and immanence between the natural and supernatural.
* A mandate for hospitality.
* Emphasis on family and kinship ties.
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Learn more about the Celtic tradition:

The Celtic Cross
The Celtic Wheel of the Year
The Feast of Samhain/Celtic New Year - October 31
Spring Equinox - March 21
Beltane - May 1
Lughnasa - August 1
Festival of Marymass - August 15
Casting a Caim
Read a poem about Pangur Bán, the most famous cat in early Ireland.

Say a Celtic Prayer (or two):

A Litany of Saints
An Invocation of Celtic Saints
Deep Peace
May God give blessing to the house that is here
Christ in a Stranger's Guise
The Prayer of St. Columba
I draw to myself today ...
Celtic Blessings
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