“I have learned that I can be positive about things and not so negative. I know I find it hard to concentrate and so I will stick at things and focus.”
- Columban graduate
community
Nestled against Staffin Bay at the foot of the Quiraing, Staffin’s gentle and hard-working island spirit is absorbed in each turn in the road taken, each family croft passed, each fishing boat spotted.
Staffin is a fascinating community of significant interest to the anthropologist, archaeologist, biologist, historian, theologian, geologist, hill-walker, world traveller or soul-searcher alike.
Staffin and its surrounding crofting townships at the north end of the Isle of Skye constitute a community in which actions speak louder than words. It is a place that exemplifies the six core principles of The Columban Code and catalyses the impact of our leadership experiences.
An early morning here restores the soul.
out of the mist...
I’m sitting at Staffin
enveloped in a shroud,
Mist rolling off the hills
hidden by cloud,
My eyes are stinging
from the wind and rain,
When will I see the hills
in the distance again?
Soon the cloud and mist
begins to clear,
I can see the moors and
streams that are near,
The landscape begins to take
on colour and hue,
The grey and black transforms
into green and blue.
Gradually the hills
come into my sight,
And I realise then
that the future is bright,
Beyond every hill there
will be another hill,
As a Columban I'll climb them
with purpose and will.
- Poem by
Neil Bannerman
Columban graduate