In line with the current Public Health & Safety recommendations regarding Covid19 from the HSE, the Dominican Retreat Centre (Tallaght) will remain closed until further notice.

You are invited to remain in touch through our website www.goodnews.ie

You can also follow the online Lenten Retreat: https://prioryinstitute.com/events/2020-lent-retreat

You can follow Liturgical events in the St Mary's Priory church: https://www.churchservices.tv/tallaght

Sunday
SRF Dublin Meditation Circle Room 7 (087 273 3438/ 087 804 9007)
9.45am—12.30pm (every Sunday)
9.45am—4.00pm (first Sunday of each month)

Monday
‘Grow’ Mental Health Organisation
7.00pm—9.30pm Room 2 (Contact: Grow info line: 1890 474 474)

Men’s Yoga Room 8 : Kevin O’Loughlin (087-2853647)
kevin@thehealthyway.ie
7.30-9pm

Circle Dancing
(Joanne, 086 897 2191) 7.15pm—9.00pm Room 7
CA Meeting 7-8pm Eckhart Room

CA Meeting 7-8pm Eckhart Room

 

Tuesday

Zen Meditation (Anita 01-4048189)
8-9.30pm Room 8

Wednesday                           
John Main Christian Meditation (Niall, 085 760 9500)      
8.00pm—9.00pm

SRF Dublin Meditation Circle (087 273 3438) 
6.30pm—9.30pm Room 7

Thursday
Drop in Yoga Tallaght Cancer Support for all affected by Cancer
All Welcome. Further info ctallaght@yahoo.ieht@yahoo.ie
10.30-12.30

Shine Yoga Mixed classes suitable for beginners and intermediate levels
Booking Enquiries: yogashinebright@gmail.com)
Mobile: 0874128498
7pm-8pm

Christian Mystics made simple (Donagh, 087 6968354)  
8.00pm—9.30pm start back date for 2020 to be confirmed

Fri 6th - 7th: Marie Keating Training Peer to Peer

Private

Room 8 Lumen Group

Private Group

Mon 9th – Wed 11th: Irish Catholic Nurses (residential)

Private Booking

Resilience and Wellbeing with Teresa Larkin Week 5

(10.30-12.30)

Secondary School Retreat

Tallaght Retreat Centre

Women’s Journalling Workshop

Private booking

Fri 20th – 22nd: Kriya Yoga Weekend – A Bliss Filled Heart (Residential)

Booking: kriyaireland1@gmail.com

SRF Weekend

Private Booking

Fri 27th - 29th: Zen Spirit Christian Spirit Weekend

Miriam Healy Sensei & Donagh O’Shea OP
Cost: Residential €190 non res €110.

A weekend of Zen meditation and practice. There will also be periods of teaching. Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Confirmation Retreat

Sun 5th - 8th: Provincial Chapter: Religious of Jesus and Mary

Marie O'Halloran [marieohalloran68@gmail.com]

Wed 8th - Sat 11/12th: Holy Week Retreat

the Self-emptying of Christ April 8(Wed.)—11/12 April (Sat/Sun) /Sun12th
Donagh O'Shea

“He emptied himself, taking the form of a servant” (Phil. 2:7).
Cost: Residential €300 (evening of 8th to 2.00pm on 11th).

Stay overnight on April 12th at no extra cost. Non-res. €55 per day (Thursday or Friday) incl. lunch. Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Wood You Believe – Fr. Jim Cogley one day workshop 10am – 4pm

Getting the past out of the present; finding freedom from personal and ancestral issues; moving beyond loss, trauma, and victimhood.

Fr Jim is a psychotherapist whose special interest is exploring how the past that is unacknowledged can still influence both the present.

Cost: €60 inc lunch Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Go down to the Potter’s House – 10am – 4.30pm Donagh O’Shea OPl)

Working with clay as a different path to meditation. No previous experience required. Cost €55 incl. lunch. Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Fri 24 - 25th: Zen Overnight

Arrive for 8-9pm sitting; 4 sessions during the day, each of the two 25 min periods with 10 min kinhin in between; two periods of teaching.

Cost €65 overnight or €25 Sat only. Bring Packed Lunch (tea/coffee/soup provided). Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Rediscover your playful self – A workshop for Adults. Maria King & Mary Mc Carthy 10am -4.30pm

 
Immerse yourself in a day of games, art, drama and story time.  Adults of all agilities welcome. A commitment to allow you to play is all that is required.  Max number of participants 12.  
                                          
Advance booking essential – materials provided. Cost: €60 incl. lunch

Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Room 8 Lumen Group

Private booking

Secondary School Retreat

Tallaght Retreat Centre

Sat 9th -Fri 15th: A Heart’s Journey, A Sacred Journey – with Monica Brown and Hilary Musgrave

Six day Retreat Sat 5pm-Fri 2pm
Residential €500.00 Non res €360

This retreat is an opportunity for participants to listen and attend to the stirring and longing of their hearts that will lead them, as happened for the two on the road to Emmaus (Lk 24: 32), to the recognition of God with them on their journey.

Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Fri 15th - Sun17th Lay Dominican AGM Residential Weekend

Private Booking

Fri 22nd-23rd: Zen Overnight

Arrive for 8-9pm sitting; 4 sessions during the day, each of the two 25 min periods with 10 min kinhin in between; two periods of teaching.

Cost €65 overnight or €25 Sat only.

Bring Packed Lunch (tea/coffee/soup provided). Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Mindfulness- Resilience and Wellbeing with Teresa Larkin

10am-3.30pm. Cost €55 incl. lunch

Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Fri 29th May – 3 June Korko Moses

Five-day Vipassana meditation Sat 29th May ( 5pm)—Wed 3 June (Sun. 2pm)

A Meditation retreat by Swami Sharanananda Korko Moses, SJ, an Indian Jesuit priest, and founder of Dhyanavanam, an Ashram inspired by Christian and Eastern spiritual traditions.

Cost: Residential €450; non-res. €55 daily rate incl. lunch

Korko Moses SJ Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Provincial Dominican Chapter

private residential booking Monday 8th - Tuesday 30th

Sat 4th to Fri 10th Mary: Mother of the Church – six day retreat

Dwelling on our Lady’s role in salvation history, as revealed in scripture and Christian reflection through the centuries. Dwelling also on the spirituality of Marian devotion, particularly the rosary. Colm Mannion OP

Cost: Residential €490; non-residential €300
Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Wed 15th to Tues 21st Zen Spirit Christian spirit (sesshin) early booking advised

Robert Kennedy S.J. Roshi Residential

cost: €550 Non Residential: €330

The author of Zen spirit, Christian Spirit, and Zen Gifts to Christians will lead us to a practical understanding of Zen and its significance for today.

Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com.

Robert Kennedy Is a Jesuit priest and Zen Master (Roshi). He has doctorates in Christian theology and in psychology. He is a practicing psychoanalyst in New York City, and a representative at the United Nations of the Institute for Spiritual Consciousness in Politics.

Sat 25th to Fri 31st – Heart speaks to heart. Six day retreat - Fr John Harris OP

St. John Henry Newman speaks to us of the call to the Christian life. In this retreat we will look at some of his insights for our following of Christ today.

Cost: Residential €490; non-residential €300 Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Sat 1st to Fri 7th: Buen Camino! A reflection on life’s journey. Six day retreat – Peter O’Kane OP

For more than 1000 years people have walked the Camino de Santiago. This retreat, while not involving walking, is a relfection on the Camino as a parable of our life: walking the road with others, resting at times, sharing & praying.

Cost: Residential €490; non-residential €300 Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Sat 8th to Fri 14th Jesus the Healer. Six day retreat – Donagh O’Shea OP

‘Saviour’ also means ‘Healer’. Jesus is our Healer; he does not promise to cure all of our ills, but he heals us in every way that we can be healed. We in turn, by his grace, have the power to help heal our tormented world.

Cost: Residential €490; non-residential €300 Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Sat 15th to Fri 21st Setting God Free. Six day retreat – Bishop Eamonn Walsh

Allowing God the freedom to advance God’s presence in the world through us.

Cost: Residential €490; non-residential €300 Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Sat 22nd to Fri 28th ‘The love of Christ that surpasses all knowledge.’ Six day retreat – Donagh O’Shea OP

“The spirit comes to help us in our weakness. For when we cannot choose words in order to pray properly, the Spirit expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words” (Rom 8:26). In this retreat we will explore the mystery of prayer through the words of St Paul and other Christian mystics.

Cost: Residential €490; non-residential €300 Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Fri 18th-19th Zen Overnight

Arrive for 8-9pm sitting; 4 sessions during the day, each of the two 25 min periods with 10 min kinhin in between; two periods of teaching.

Cost €65 overnight or €25 Sat only. Bring Packed Lunch. Tea/Coffee/Soup provided. Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Thursday 24th-27h Private Booking

Beverley Lanzetta (Residential and Non residential) details to follow

Sat 26th Invitation Day: 10am – 3pm

Sample some of our programmes; Zen, Circle Dancing, Yoga, Pottery, Mindfulness, etc. Guided tour of 14th Century tower and 18th century walled garden, come see what we offer here in the Retreat House

Cost: €20 includes tea/coffee/scones. Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Sat 3rd: Loss and Recovery – Fr. Jim Cogley one day workshop

A one day seminar on exploring loss in its many facets, both personal and ancestral; and how it is an invitation to wholeness.

Cost: €60 inc lunch Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Sat 3rd: Go down to the Potter’s House – 10am – 4.30pm

Working with clay as a different path to meditation. No previous experience required. Donagh O’Shea OP

Cost €55 incl. lunch (optional Eucharist 4.30pm). Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Thursday 15th - Sunday 18th: Zen Christian Spirit Robert Kennedy S.J. Roshi

The author of Zen spirit, Christian Spirit, and Zen Gifts to Christians will lead us to a practical understanding of Zen and its significance for today.

Cost; Residential €335 Fri or Sat only €85 inc. Lunch & supper Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

October 23rd - Monday 26th Private Residential Booking

Sat 7th: Meister Eckhart: ‘the man from whom God hid nothing’ with Donagh O’Shea

We will use some key passages from the Meister as a practical guide to meditation. Each session will end with a period of meditation.

Cost: €55 incl. lunch. Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Fri 13th-14th Zen Overnight

Arrive for 8-9pm sitting; 4 sessions during the day, each of the two 25 min periods with 10 min kinhin in between; two periods of teaching.

Cost €65 overnight or €25 Sat only. Bring Packed Lunch. Tea/Coffee/Soup provided. Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

The Spirituality of Ageing – with Una Agnew Cost: €55 incl. lunch. 10am-3pm.

The happiness and spiritual well-being of later life is a potential that can be explored, even before it occurs. During this reflective day we will discover together the rich season of grace which we call ageing.

Booking/Enquiry 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Rediscover your playful self – Maria King & Mary Mc Carthy 10am -4.30pm

Immerse yourself in a day of games, art, drama and story time. Adults of all agilities welcome. A commitment to allow yourself to play is all that is required. Max number of participants 12. Advance booking essential – materials provided.

Cost €60 incl. lunch Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Saturday 5th Mindfulness for Christmas with Teresa Larkin

10am-3.30pm. Cost €55 incl. lunch Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Fri 4th -5 th Zen Overnight

Arrive for 8-9pm sitting; 4 sessions during the day, each of the two 25 min periods with 10 min kinhin in between; two periods of teaching.

Cost €65 overnight or €25 Sat only. Bring Packed Lunch. Tea/Coffee/Soup provided. Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

Thurs 10th – Sun 13th: Extended Advent Weekend

Donagh O’Shea OP Residential €260 non res €55 per day inc lunch (Friday or Saturday)

Finding the alternative to the commercialisation and activism of the Christmas season. We will enter silence and stillness, and learn once again to hear the ‘tidings of great joy’; “A Child is born for us, a Son is given to us”.

Booking 01-4048189 or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com

For details of directions to our House & Gardens, Please contact us by email or use our Eircode D24KA40.