Our original logo
The Methodist Retreat and Spirituality Network
was formed in 1979 as the
Methodist Retreat Group
and the scallop shell
was quickly adopted as its logo.
The scallop shell is not only a symbol of Methodism
taken from the Wesley coat of arms
but, more anciently, a symbol of pilrimage
in particular of pilgrimage to the shrine
of St. James at Santiago de Compostela.
The latter is the origin of Sir Walter Raleigh's reference:
"Give me my scallop shell of quiet"
