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Programme 2008

Please note that re- building work at Drumalis will continue until late spring 2008. As a result, facilities will be limited to those located in the heritage house until then.

A fitting new building in sympathy with the Heritage Building is due for completion in 2008. The building has been designed to meet modern expectations and requirements, to respect the environment and to ensure a sustainable future.

April

Sat, 12           Re-inhabiting the Earth Conference:  “Well-Being”
                        Behind the concerns today about waste, climate change, global warming, resource depletion 
                    and poverty lies a fundamental desire for planetary well-being. How can we look beyond these 
                    concerns and use our creativity and imagination to bring about a state of planetary well-being? 
                    A one-day conference from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm with a panel of different speakers.
                    For further information and booking form, please click here

Fri, 25         Beginning Experience Weekend
– Sun, 27     This is a specially designed weekend programme which helps separated, divorced and 
                    widowed people work their way through the pain and distress of their loss and make a new start 
                    in life.

Sat, 26        Pathways Small Group Facilitation Training (10 am – 4 pm)

Sun, 27       Pathways Small Group Facilitation Training (10 am – 12 noon)

May

Sat, 3         Pathways Year II

Sat, 10       Pathways Year I

Mon, 26     Dromore Diocesan Retreat
– Fri, 30

June

Mon, 16     Passionist Provincial Chapter
- Fri, 20

Fri, 20        Midsummer Music:                    
                  There will be a series of themed musical evenings at Drumalis in 2008. The format of the         
      evening will be dinner served at 7:30 pm followed by an evening of music in the newly
      appointed conference room which opens out onto the spacious grounds. The evening will 
      feature a performance by the chamber choir “Voices”, singing a selection of popular choral         
                      music, from Bach to Beatles. (for further information, please click here)  
                  Supported by Awards for All  

Sat, 21        Drumalis Arts: “Unsung Songs of Jesus”

                    In this retreat, we investigate sides of Jesus’ character seldom mentioned in the Church’s song, 
      and the songs he sang, which may relevant to our growth and faith today with John Bell, 
      Iona Community. (10 am – 4:30 pm) (for further information, please click here)
      Supported by Awards for All

Sun, 22      Circle Dancing Workshop (10 am - 4 pm) with Sr Breda Ahearn CP (for further             
                     information please  click here)   Breda Ahearn, an experienced circle dance teacher, invites you     
     to dance at Drumalis.  You don't have to be an experienced dancer; the dances are generally     
     easy, restful and the dance provides an opportunity to get in touch with your inner self.
                  Supported by Awards for All

Mon, 30     “Praying Psalm 139: An Invitation to Wholeness”
- Sun, 6      How often have we prayed this Psalm? Yet how often have we harvested its profound wisdom and 
                  grace? This retreat will invite us to an exploration of Psalm 139, its origins, its rich imagery and 
                  its connection to our own journey. Joann Heinritz CSJ.    
                   For further information and booking form, please click here 

Mon, 30     “The Breath of Life: Spirituality in an Evolving Universe”
- Fri, 4        a creation centred retreat with Anne Harnett CP and Margaret Rose McSparran CP
                  For further information and booking form, please click here

August

Sun, 3        Mount Oliver Summer School
- Fri, 8

Mon, 11     Irish Friends of Foyers of Charity
- Sun, 17

Wed, 20     Directed Retreat: Choice of either a 6-day or an 8-day Directed Retreat 
- Fri, 29      - Alan McGuckian SJ & Drumalis Team - for further information please click here

Sun, 24     Down & Connor Clergy Directed Retreat
-Fri, 29     Alan McGuckian SJ & Drumalis Team

September

Sat, 27       Pathways - Years I & II

October

Sat, 4          A Day on Patrick Kavanagh with Una Agnew SSL (full details to be confirmed)

Fri, 10         The Breath in Meditation
– Sun, 12     (WCCM Event ) with Louis Hughes OP

Fri, 17         “Learning to Meditate” - De Mello Weekend
– Sun, 19     with John Callanan SJ - for further information please click here

Sat, 25       Pathways - Years I & II

November

Sat, 8         Choice – a weekend for single adults between ages of
– Sun, 9     20 – 45 who want to learn more about God and about
                  living in relationship with family, friends and Church.

Fri, 14 -     Slow is Beautiful   Sun, 16     A weekend conference on the Slow Movement as it affects pace of                      life, travel, urban living, food, etc                  ...STOP PRESS...                 Guest speakers already confirmed for the event include: Jules Pretty OBE, Professor of Environment and Society at the University of Essex, and Chief Editor  of the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. He is also the author of Agri-culture and recently published,  "The Earth Only Endures."   Graeme Kidd, coordinator Slow City movement in England Simon O'Rafferty, Researcher & Education Liaison Officer, Ecodesign Centre, Wales

Fri, 14 -        Beginning Experience Weekend
Sun, 16        This is a specially designed weekend programme which helps separated, divorced and 
                    widowed people work their way through the pain and distress of their loss and make a new start 
                    in life.

Sat, 22       Pathways - Years I & II

December

Sat, 6         Pathways - Years I & II

Fri, 12         Advent Retreat:  "A New Way of Being" 
– Sun, 14    with Thomas Moore, author of "Care of the Soul" and "Dark Nights of the Soul"– 
                   further details will be posted on the website soon.