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A view from the Presentation convent in Ballinskelligs
A view from Presentation Convent Ballinskelligs - Our Summer Retreat Centre

January 2012


To place your reservation for the below events please contact:
bookings@ christian-meditation.org
alternatively you can call William at 086 258.1093

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Greetings from all connected with the Ballinskelligs Centre, Co Kerry.
We hope you had a very peaceful Christmas and we would like to wish you all health and happiness in the new year.

Just to let you know of our planned events for 2012.
 
Once again you will be glad to know we have two weekends planned for this year in Mount St Joseph’s Abbey, Roscrea, one in March 2012 from Friday 9th March to Sunday 11th  March and one in October 2012 from Friday 26th October 26th to Sunday October 28th (over the Bank Holiday Week-end).
 
The Presentation Sisters have again agreed to make their summer house at Ballinskelligs available to us this year.  So the house will be open to us for residents and visitors between Thursday, 24th May and Thursday, 14th June 2012.
 
There will be three weekend events at Ballinskelligs:
 
(1)  We are very happy indeed to have Marie McManus with us again.  She will lead a Mind Body Meditation weekend from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th May 2012.
 
(2)  We are delighted to welcome Mairead McGrath who will be giving talks and leading us in meditation for the weekend of 1st to the 3rd June 2012.  The weekend is entitled “The Story of the Universe”.  Scientists reckon it has taken fifteen billion years to get from the initial Flaring Forth (Big Bang) to where we are today.  Recent technological advances in computers and giant telescopes have shown us the process of that evolution.  Mairead’s weekend will be about the eminent Scientist and Environmentalist, Fr Thomas Berry SJ, and Brian Swimme and their work.

(3)  We are very fortunate and delighted that Patricia Murphy will be with us again this year.  She will lead a Meditation and Yoga Retreat from Friday 8th June to Sunday 10th June 2012.  Also she will be at the Centre for the three weeks that we are open with Meditation and Yoga each morning for those who want to take part.
 
If you would like to attend any of these planned events or avail of the residential facilities at Ballinskelligs (full board €55 per day), please let us know as soon as possible.
 
Our renewed and special thanks to all who support the work of the Ballinskelligs Centre.

Beannacht,

William and James