Aisling Community

All are welcome at His table

A Christ-centered, early Celtic Tradition orientated, non residential community located in Auckland, New Zealand

Services are held either in the outdoor chapel pictured above or at Anawhata

Being a semi-eremitical (semi-hermit) community, most of our worship takes place within our own cells (homes). To help with this, we send out two daily e-mails. The first titled "Celtic Saints for the Day" contains the names and information regarding the particular Saints for any given day. The second is a "Daily Celtic Reading" which contains a theme for the day, Bible readings and a Meditation along with a closing prayer.

Community Services normally take place on the last Friday of each month and are held either at the outdoor Birdwood Chapel or at Anawhata in the midst of the beautiful Waitakere native bush. The Seasons are also celebrated with special Services. Just above is a Javascript scroller which announces upcoming events such as Service times and locations, Seasonal celebrations, etc - but Javascript must be enabled in your browser to view it!

Locally, we follow the Johannine Tradition of "listening for the heartbeat of God" in all things. The Liturgies we use in our Services hopefully reflect that in the mixture of Celtic and Orthodox material.

Liturgies we use:

Divine Liturgy of Saint Fillan

Disert Missal

Divine Liturgy of Saint Joseph of Arimathea

Divine Liturgy of Saint Aristobulos

Kiloran Missal

The Gallic Rite

Celtic Evening Eucharist

The above Liturgies have been published by our mother community (Community of St. Ita & St. Fillan) and are available here.

Note: There are churches which deny people the Sacraments because their Church is not in Communion with another or because the person is not baptised or for whatever other reasons.

We believe we are called to

a) treat all as if they were Christ himself and respond accordingly,

b) respond to need as Christ himself would respond.

and therefore we offer the Sacrament of Holy Communion to all who reverently desire it and are prompted by the Holy Spirit so to seek God.

Other Services Available

Priests On Call: Reverend Mother Alys, Fr. James

Service of Baptism

Naming Ceremonies

Service of Marriage

Hand Fasting

Relationship Blessings

Animal Blessings (blessing of our 'wilder' brethren)