This year’s theme is Hands up for #HIVPREVENTION: Leaving no-one behind, which incorporates the 2016 World AIDS Day focus on #HIVPREVENTION, as well as the aim of ensuring that prevention is inclusive for all. Father Michael will give a pre-recorded video introductory address from Lusaka, Zambia, followed by guest lectures from two very special invited […]
Movies that Matter's Autumn Series presents He Named Me Malala. After the Taliban tries to kill her for speaking out on behalf of girl’s education, Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai emerges as a human rights advocate and youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The evening begins at 7:30 pm and involves watching the film and participating in […]
An Oasis Day presents an opportunity to take some time apart - a little time to catch up with yourself, to meet with God. You can decide which of the elements on offer are most helpful to you, choosing from reflections, guided prayer, silence and an opportunity to meet with a spiritual director. Mass is […]
Monthly Mass in thanksgiving for life of Venerable Fr John Sullivan SJ, and in prayer for his canonisation. Special homily and blessing with crucifix of Fr John Sullivan after Mass. Servant of God, Venerable John Sullivan SJ (1861-1933) was a Jesuit priest with a reputation for sanctity. He was formed in both the Protestant and […]
This afternoon is an opportunity for adults and children together to enjoy an afternoon of carol singing, storytelling and reflection on the meaning of Christmas.
This evening will involve prayer, silence and sharing. Participants will have opportunities to consider favourite poems and music and to reflect on them prayerfully. Guided by the insights of Ignatian spirituality in an atmosphere of attention to what inspires, this meeting will bring light to autumn evenings.
This retreat offers space to reflect on the time gone by and to ask for God’s grace on the year to come. These days give ample opportunity to engage in prayer, personal reflection, celebrations of Eucharist and to meet individually with a trained spiritual guide.
The first of several workshops involving prayer, silence and sharing. Participants will have opportunities to consider favourite poems and music and to reflect on them prayerfully.
“Uncovering Stories of Hope: Narrative Approaches to Spiritual Care” - Lecture by Dr David Crawley At first glance, indigenous cultural traditions, postmodern therapies, and practices of spiritual care may seem to have little in common. However, drawing on his New Zealand cultural context, his training in narrative therapy and his work as a spiritual director, […]
A selection of Colm Brophy’s art work from 2013–2016 will be on display in the Arrupe room in Milltown Park. Brophy, a trained art psychotherapist and former Jesuit priest, will be presenting his work in an exhibition entitled Up Close and After.
