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- SPRING
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30 mar
(details will be posted later)
Anne Courtney
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6 apr
Booking: Mona Brady, 086- 8534765 mona.m.brady@gmail.com
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17 apr
April 17 (Wed.)—20/21 April (Sat./Sun.)
“He emptied himself, taking the form of
a servant” (Phil. 2:7).
Cost: Residential €300 (evening of 17th to
2.00pm on 20th). Non-res. €55 per day, incl. lunch. Stay overnight on April 20th at no extra cost.
Donagh O'Shea OP
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22 apr
April 22—27 (residential; private booking)
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11 may
May 11 Contact: Peter 087 6485720
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17 may
May 17—19 Contact: 086 0877379
- SUMMER
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18 may
May 18 (Sat. 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. Maximum number of participants: 12. Advance booking essential. Materials provided.
Maria King
Mary McCarthy
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4 june
Towards higher consciousness
June 4 (Tues. 4pm)—11 (Tues. 2pm)
Cost: Residential €595; non-res. €55 per day, incl. lunch
Korko Moses SJ
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18 june
June 18 (Tues. 5pm)—23 (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
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29 june
June 29 (Sat. 5pm)—July 5 (Fri. 2pm)
The world needs people who manifest the fruits of the Holy Spirit. As Christians we must rejoice to live these fruits and show forth the true face of the Church.
Cost: Residential €475; non-res €300
John Harris OP
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6 july
July 6(Sat. 5pm)—12 (Fri. 2pm)
We Christians profess that the Trinity is a foundational reality of our life, but in practice there may be little evidence of it. One writer even describes this central reality as MIA (Missing in Action). In this retreat I will be suggesting how we might make the Trinity central to our lives as disciples of Christ.
Cost: Residential €475; non-res €300
+ Brendan Comiskey
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17 july
July 17 (Wed. 4pm)—23 (Tues. 2pm)
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 €500; non-res. €300
Robert Kennedy SJ Roshi
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.
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3 aug
August 3 (Sat. 5pm)—9 (Fri. 2pm)
Through Input, Meditation, Music, Scripture, Poetry, and Film, we will journey into the Mystery.
Cost: Residential €495; non-res €300
Martina Lehane Sheehan
Patrick Sheehan
Martina is a retreat facilitator, psychotherapist, author and spiritual director
Patrick is a musician, psychotherapist, clinical supervisor and retreat facilitator
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10 aug
August 10 (Sat. 5pm)—16 (Fri. 2pm)
Hope and humour in a wobbly Church
Cost: Residential €475; non-res €300
Joe Kavanagh OP
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17 aug
August 17 (Sat. 5pm)—23 (Fri. 2pm)
In many languages (including New Testament Greek) the word for ‘saviour’ also means ‘healer’. Jesus is our Healer; he does not promise to cure all 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 €475; non-res. €300
Donagh O'Shea OP
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24 aug
August 24(Sat. 5pm)—30 (Fri. 2pm)
No external remedy can save us from fear, because fear lies within. In this retreat we will look as deeply as we can into our own particular knots of fear, in the presence of Jesus who “stood among them” when the disciples were terrified. He stood inside the circle of their fear and said, ‘Peace be with you.’
Cost: Residential €475; non-res. €300
Donagh O'Shea OP
- AUTUMN
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6 sept
September 6/7; October (see October 18—20); November 1/2
Arriving on the Friday for 8—9pm sitting; 4 sessions during day, each of two 25-minute periods, with 10-minute kinhin between; two periods of teaching.
Cost €65 overnighters. Bring packed lunch; tea/coffee/soup provided.
Option of day sitting only: 10am—4pm on the Saturday. Cost: €25
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28 sept
September 28 (Sat. 10am—3pm)
Sample some of our programmes: Zen, Circle Dancing, Pottery, Mindfulness, etc. Guided tour of 14th-century tower and 18th-century walled garden.
Cost: €20, incl. tea/scones
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12 oct
October 12 (Sat. 10am—4.30pm)
Working with clay as a different path to meditation. No previous experience of pottery or meditation required. (Optional Eucharist 4.30pm)
Cost: €55. Booking essential
Donagh O'Shea OP
Cost: €20, incl. tea/scones
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18 oct
October 18—20
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 €230; Sat. only: €85, incl. lunch and supper
Robert Kennedy SJ Roshi
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8 nov
November 8 (Fri 5pm)—10 (Sun. 2pm)
We will read, study and pray passages from Julian of Norwich’s writing. This great 14th-century mystic was described by Thomas Merton as “one of the greatest of all Christian voices.”
Cost: Residential €190; non-res. €110
Donagh O'Shea OP
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6 dec
December 6 (Fri. 5pm)—8 (Sun. 2pm)
A weekend of Zen meditation and practice. There will also be periods of teaching.
Cost: Residential €190; non-res. €55 per day, lunch incl.
Miriam Healy and
Donagh O'Shea OP
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12 dec
December 12 (Thurs, 5pm)―15 (Sun. 2pm)
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.”
Cost: Residential €260; non-res. €55 per day, including lunch Donagh O'Shea OP
