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  • Advent Reflections

    Advent Reflections

    This is the irrational season When love blooms bright and wild. Had Mary been filled with reason There’d have been no room for the child.

  • Remembering our Loved Ones

    Remembering our Loved Ones

    The focus for this session will be on remembering our loved ones who have died.

  • On the Road to Emmaus – Praying our Questions

    On the Road to Emmaus – Praying our Questions

    The Christian Brothers Spirituality Group has organised a series of Zoom meetings over the coming months. The title of the series is ‘On the Road to Emmaus – Praying our Questions’. The meetings will be held on Monday nights from 7.00pm to 8.30pm as follows: October 5 th: Season of Creation (incorporating a celebration of the…

  • Summer Solstice Celebration

    Summer Solstice Celebration

      You are invited to a Zoom meeting celebrating the Summer Solstice. The meeting will last not more than an hour.   Topic: SOLSTICE CELEBRATION Time: Jun 21, 2020 12:00 noon Dublin   Link: https://zoom.us/j/97504237459?pwd=MmYwVzNLeEdpSTJCMGIzUHRISklUZz09 Password: 199243   You can join the meeting by clicking on the link above. Note that you will need to type…

  • Edmund Rice Triduum

    Edmund Rice Triduum

    In preparation for the feast day of Blessed Edmund Rice on 5th May you might like to participate in this Triduum of Prayer and Reflection. Please feel free to download the booklet here: LEAF May 5 Triduum Booklet SM

  • Celebrating Eucharist in the context of the New Story – Diarmuid Ó Murchú

    Celebrating Eucharist in the context of the New Story – Diarmuid Ó Murchú

    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH 2020 – EMMAUS CENTRE, SWORDS, CO. DUBLIN   Diarmuid will be exploring our theology of Eucharist within the context of Creation’s story. Registration with tea, coffee at 6:30 pm onwards and talk beginning at 7.15 pm. Concludes at 9.00pm.   Booking essential, as places are limited.   BOOKING at Emmaus Centre:   EMAIL:                    …

  • Perpetual Profession

    Perpetual Profession

      We pray for and send best wishes to Brothers Chrispinus Munialo, Stephen Wandabusi and Sunday Otieno of the East Africa District of the Africa Province on the occasion of their Perpetual Profession in Mary Mother of God parish, Embulbul, Kenya this Saturday, 15th February. “Glory be to God, whose power working in us can do infinitely…

  • Advent Reflection Retreat

    Advent Reflection Retreat

    Sr. Sheila Curran and Br Declan Power are holding an Advent Retreat on December 8th in Emmaus Retreat and Conference Centre. The topic for the retreat will be the Amazon Synod and its challenges. It is a wonderful time to come away and to prepare for Christmas while at the same time reflecting on the…

  • Samhain, Autumn – The Harvest of our Lives

    Samhain, Autumn – The Harvest of our Lives

    Timiri will hold its annual gathering on Saturday, 16th November, in Emmaus Retreat and Conference Centre, Lissenhall, Swords, Co. Dublin. The theme for the day is “Samhain, Autumn – The Harvest of our Lives”. Registration and welcome cuppa will be at 2pm and the ritual will begin at 2.30pm. The day will conclude with a…

  • A Cosmology of Connection- Conversation with Drew Dellinger

    A Cosmology of Connection- Conversation with Drew Dellinger

    Drew Dellinger, Ph.D., is an internationally sought-after speaker, poet, writer, and teacher who has inspired minds and hearts around the world, performing poetry and keynoting on justice, ecology, cosmology, and compassion. He is also a consultant, publisher, and founder of Planetize the Movement. He will speaking in Marino Institute of Education, Griffith Avenue, Dublin D09R232 on Wednesday, 31…

  • Edmund Rice Alive Today

    Edmund Rice Alive Today

    May is the month in which we celebrate, in a special way, the life, work, spirit and charism of Blessed Edmund Rice. To mark this Timirí will hold an event in the birthplace of Blessed Edmund Rice in Westcourt, Callan, Co. Kilkenny on Saturday, 18th May from 2pm to 5pm. The theme for the afternoon…

  • Feast Day of Blessed Edmund Rice

    Feast Day of Blessed Edmund Rice

    Tomorrow, 5th May, marks the feast day of Blessed Edmund Rice. This will be marked by the Edmund Rice communities, schools and groups in Ireland and around the world. As usual, the Cork Life Centre, has a very full, diverse and stimulating programme of events to mark the occasion. Edmund Rice Week will be celebrated…

  • Remembering the dead is a true celebration of life.

    Remembering the dead is a true celebration of life.

    During the month of November we remember our loved ones who have passed from this life. Each of us has very personal memories of our loved ones and we remember them in our own way. We visit their graves and bring flowers. We mark their anniversaries with memorial Masses, dinners or celebrations.

  • Time to Reflect

    Time to Reflect

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