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Services: Every Sunday, 11.00am - Normally Holy Eucharist See our own website at www.grulinechurch.org.uk as well as local press for other services |
Mull, Gruline - St Columba The church is three miles from Salen on the road to the Iona ferry (B8035). Priest in Charge: Lay Leaders: David Fuller, Moirre Cottage, Killiechronan , PA72 6JU Tel: 01680 300 601 Mrs Margaret Parker, 1 Burnside Cottages, Craignure, PA65 6AY Tel: 01680 812 456 Mr Jeff Fielding, Abbey View, Fionnphort Tel: 01681 700723 Secretary: Mrs Sue Blockey, The Steadings, Tiroran, Isle of Mull PA69 6ES Tel: 01681 705217 |
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| History In 1862 The Reverend Mr Rawlinson of Moidart came to Mull to consider the possibility of a monthly visit to Mull to take Episcopalian services, but it was not until 1864 or 1865 that the first service was held. This was in the Industrial Female School at Salen and was conducted by The Reverend Hugh McColl, the incumbent of Strontian and Kinlochmoidart. Thereafter services were held in Glenforsa House, Kilfinichen (where Roman Catholics and Presbyterians also attended), Glengorm, Drumlang, Killiechronan, Killiemore, but mostly at Glenforsa House (now Gruline House). |
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| The building of St Columba's at Gruline was begun in June 1873. The cost was divided between Captain Parr of Killiechronan and Colonel Greenhill-Gardyne of Glenforsa House. The church was completed in December 1873 and the first service held there in June 1874, with 26 people present for the English service in the morning and 47 for the Gaelic service in the evening. The church and its adjacent burial ground were consecrated on Sunday, 4 th July,1875 by Bishop George Mackarness. It was the first church to be consecrated in Mull for some centuries. The church has several attractive stained glass windows, one of which is by Charles Kempe, of Charity and two children. Installed in 1912, it is said to be a fine example of his work. |
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Mull, Lochbuie - St Kilda Lochbuie, Isle of Mull. The church is on the shore of Loch Buie on the south coast of Mull For more information about the Church and its services, contact: Mr Jim Corbett of Lochbuie, Lochbuie House, Lochbuie, Isle of Mull, Argyll PA62 6AA Tel: 01680 814214 | |
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History The church was built and paid for by MacLaine of Lochbuie for the people of the south end of Mull, it having been found to be impossible for the whole of Mull to be looked after by one priest. The church was consecrated and opened in 1876, and in 1881 The Reverend G M Williams was instituted as Rector. The parsonage was built in 1888 and sold in the 1980's. |
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| Although there is, nowadays, some doubt about the authenticity of St Kilda, to whom the church is dedicated, there is, nevertheless, a portrayal of him in one of the windows in the church.
The church is now used four times a year with joint services for Episcopalians and the Church of Scotland. The church was sold in 1997 to the late John Corbett on condition that it remained open for Christian worship at all times. If any group wishes to hold a service there, as a matter of courtesy, they should approach Mr Jim Corbett of Loch Buie but anyone may enter the church for private prayer. There is a large cross in the Church which was once carried as part of the Passion Play at Oberammergau. In the porch wall is an ancient Celtic cross which was found when digging the foundations of the church. | ||