15/09/2021
2021 AUTUMN PROGRAMME OF EVENTS:
AT HOME WITH YOUR BIBLE
Every Tuesday morning from September 21st at 10.15am and repeated in the evening at 7.30 pm. Morning mass follows the course for those who wish to attend. Facilitator is Patsy Kelly MSC. Patsy set up Croi Nua in Galway in 2001. He has worked for many years in retreats and scripture courses in Croi Nua.
REFLECTION OF READINGS OF SUNDAY MASS.
Thursdays from September 23rd at 7.30pm.
Facilitator: Patsy Kelly MSC
A NEW HEART I WILL GIVE YOU…AND I WILL PUT A NEW SPIRIT IN YOU…
Saturday October 2nd @ 10am.
Facilitator: Deirdre Ni Chinneide. Deirdre will reflect on – “Being at home during this time of Corona Virus has brought both gifts and challenges to our doors. Together we will explore a deeper listening to the spirit of this experience and how we can creatively journey with integrity, hope and a sense of being held and guided during these times”.
Deirdre trained as a psychotherapist/ spiritual director and workshop facilitator. She has worked all over Ireland, the U.S.A, and Europe including Bosnia and Kosovo. The Aran Islands with their unique history, culture, and natural beauty provides a special setting for the retreat work and was the place of inspiration for Celtic Passage, a journey of the heart which she leads through music, reflection, and prayer. She divides her time between the Aran Islands and the mainland offering retreats, workshops, and performances of spiritual music and also works part-time with Partners in Faith, a catholic adult faith education program working in marginalized areas in Ireland.
FAITH LIFE/CHURCH LIFE AFTER COVID
Wednesday October 6th, 7.30pm.
Facilitator is Michael Screene MSC
LOOKING AT HOW OUR DIFFERENT PERSONALITY TYPES WERE REVEALED IN LOCKDOWN (Enneagram 1)
Sunday October 10th and 17th, 1.30pm.
The Enneagram Programme is an informative and entertaining way of introducing yourself to yourself! It aims to deepen your understanding of yourself and how you relate to others. The Enneagram is mainly a diagnostic tool of one’s emotional outlook on life. It is widely used as a guide to how other people see the world differently. It has become particularly popular within the self-help and personal growth movements, but other professions use it as well, including therapists, teachers, psychologists, managers, business people, and those involved in the pastoral care of people, such as priests and pastoral leaders.
Facilitator: Benny McHale MSC
COPING & HOPING - ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS IN A TIME OF CRISIS
Friday October 22nd @ 7.30 pm & Saturday October 23rd @ 10am.
Facilitator is Jim Cogley MSC. Jim uses his amazing wood carvings to explore core human questions. He is a psychotherapist whose special interest is exploring how the past that is unacknowledged can still influence the present both at the personal and ancestral levels.
HOLY SOULS
(Remembering, Loving, Praying & Forgiving our Dead)
Tuesday November 2nd, 7.30pm
Facilitator is Joe McGee MSC
HUMAN TRAFFICKING – International Dimension & Criminal Profit
Wednesday November 17th @ 7.30pm
Facilitator is Kevin Hyland. Kevin will deal with the effect of trafficking of people. Kevin is the UK’s first Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, and a founder member of Santa Marth Group launched by Pope Francis at the Vatican in April 2014 leading efforts to tackle slavery and human trafficking. He was formerly head of the London Metropolitan Police Service’s Human Trafficking Unit.
MAKING THE BEST OF OUR CURRENT REALITY
Saturday November 13th, 10.00am
Facilitator is John Lonergan. John will focus on the importance of accepting our reality irrespective of how difficult and challenging it is. Accepting our reality is always the starting point to changing and improving our lives. It is not what happens in our lives that is important, it is how we react to what has happened.
John Lonergan was Governor of Mountjoy Prison until his retirement in 2010. A native of Bansha, Co. Tipperary, John joined the Irish Prison Service in 1968. He also served as Governor of the high-security prison in Portlaoise from November 1988 until May 1992. John argues that there is a direct link between crime and social and economic deprivation and believes that the biggest challenge facing us today is not the economy but how we are going to create a just, inclusive and cohesive society based on the core values of justice, equality fairness, and compassion.
OPENING UP OF OUR EXPERIENCE OF THE PAST 6 MONTHS TO REFLECTION AND SAVOURING
Saturday November 27th, 10.00-1.00pm
Facilitator is Joe McGee MSC
CHRISTMAS RETREAT
December 15th, 16th, 17th 10.00am
Facilitator is Patsy Kelly MSC
