Prof. Mark Burrows, Bochum University, Germany, and former President of the international Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality, will speak on the topic “The Ripening: Imagining a truer God (and self) with the poet Rainer Maria Rilke”. Places are limited and booking is required. Please contact Michael O'Sullivan SJ at [email protected] if you wish to attend. This […]
The popular Movies that Matter series continues with a new selection of films this Autumn. Each evening begins at 7:30 pm and involves watching a film and participating in reflective discussion guided by Eileen O’Brien during which there will be an opportunity to reflect both personally and as a group on the issues and values […]
A building which, in 250 years of occupancy, has been known variously as Granby Hill, Baymount Castle and Manresa House will be the subject of a lecture, The many lives of Baymount Castle: the history of a Dollymount house, by local historian Bernardine Ruddy at 7:30 p.m. The castle has been home to a diverse […]
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 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 Catholic […]
The text for this season will be Listening to the Music of the Spirit – The Art of Discernment by David Lonsdale. There will be six group meetings (11:00 am to 12:30 pm) led by Brendan Comerford SJ on Monday 21 September, Monday 5 October, Monday 19 October, Monday 2 November, Monday 16 November & Monday 30 November. The weeks between the meetings […]
Pope Francis’ s second encyclical, Laudato Si’: On the care for our common home is inspired by the vision and life of Saint Francis of Assisi. The Pope calls for a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet: will we hand on a degraded planet to our children or can […]
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 […]
As part of the Dublin Festival of History, Damien Burke, Assistant Archivist of the Irish Jesuit Archives, is giving a talk on Irish Jesuit Fr Michael Morrison and the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Booking is required. Please contact Cabra library at 01 8691414 or email [email protected] Damien Burke, a native of Cork, works in the Jesuit […]
We rely a lot on words but sometimes they are not enough: our inner lives, our feelings, our consciousness often need other forms of expression. These six evenings (Tuesday 29 September; Tuesday 6 October; Tuesday 13 October; Tuesday 20 October; Tuesday 27 October; Tuesday 3 November) directed by Colm Brophy present an opportunity to free our […]
The first in a series of three workshops which 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, these meetings will bring light to autumn evenings. The […]
