The Sacrament of the Sick will be gaiven during the 9.30 a.m. Mass on Saturday 22nd June.
All welcome
Feast of Corpus Christi
On 2nd June, feast of Corpus Christi, the Bray Youth Choir joined us for Sunday Mass and provided a beautiful liturgy for this special feast.
A large number of First Communicants from our local schools came to lead our Procession around the monastery grounds. Thank God the morning was bright and sunny and everyone came for a “cuppa” to the St Therese room after Mass.
The Sisters enjoyed meeting the members of the Youth Choir, the First Communicants and their parents.
Monastic Vocations Weekend
Next Monastic Vocations Weekend
16th August – 18th August 2013
This is an opportunity for single women who are interested in finding out more about the Carmelite monastic life to join the community in prayer, liturgy, and work for the weekend. Participants will experience the rhythm of the monastic day, focused on seeking God in worship, prayer, work, silence, and community life. There will be some input from the sisters on aspects of our life and spirituality, there will also be an opportunity to speak privately to a sister.
If you would like to know more about our way of life, please feel free to contact us. We are always happy to hear from you and we hope that you will feel free to take things at your own pace, and never feel under any obligation or pressure.
contact@carmelitemonasterydelgany.ie
Phone: 0858601794
WHO IS IT FOR?
- This might be for you: if you feel attracted to monastic life and wonder whether it might be for you; if you have sometimes thought that God might be calling you to religious life, but have hesitated to take the first step; if you are searching for that extra “something” in life, but are not sure what it is; if your heart urges you to learn more about this radical way of gospel living; or if you would like the support of a small group as you enquire about monastic vocation
- It is not for you if: you simply want a weekend of quiet and prayer – for this, you will be welcome to our retreat house at some other time; you want to research monastic life from an academic or historical point of view; you intend to write a newspaper article or other media feature about the experience.
Preference will be given to women in the 22-45 age range.
DATE AND TIME: The monastic experience weekend runs from the afternoon on Friday. Participants will be expected to arrive at 3.00pm. on Friday. This will probably mean taking some time off work that day. Departures on Sunday afternoon after lunch.
If you are interested in the weekend but these dates do not suit, please contact us and mention this. We will keep you informed of future weekends, or you may be able to come and stay in our retreat centre at some other time.
Year of Faith
“Faith grows when it is lived as an experience of love received and when it is communicated as an experience of grace and joy.”
Pope Bededict XVI
The Year will begin on 11 October 2012 – the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council – and end on 24th November 2013.
One of the emphases of the Year of Faith is to come to know and deepen our understanding of our greatest treasure – our Faith. Everyone is invited to participate, mindful that faith is not meant to be private, but professed and shared.
I Believe: Catholicism
April 17th to 15th May 2013
From 2.oop.m. to 3.30p.m.
Venue: St Therese Room
April 17th: The Mystical Union of Christ and the Church.
April 24th: The Mystery of the Liturgy and the Eucharist.
May 1st: The Communion of Saints.
May 8th: Prayer and the Life of the Spirit.
May 15th: The Last Things.
A journey deep into our Faith, exploring under different themes, what Catholics believe and why.
A documentary film series where viewers will witness a vision of the Catholic Faith that has never before been seen. From the lands of the Bible to the great shrines of Europe, from the heartland of America to the mysteries of Asia and the beating heart of Africa, see the passion and glory of the Faith that claims over 1.1 billion of the earth’s people.
Episodes Six to Ten after Easter.
Come along to all or any and join in this experience. Chat and discuss about the content over a cup of tea afterwards.
No commitment required, you are free to come along and sample.
The logo is composed of a square, bordered field on which a boat, symbolizing the Church is represented as sailing on a graphically minimal representation of waves. The main mast of the boat is a cross from which sails are displayed in the form of dynamic signs which compose the trigram of Christ(IHS). The background to the sails is a sun which, associated with the trigram refers also to the Eucharist.
