No. 4 March 2004
This is the new name for the National Co-ordinators' meeting and at present it includes co-ordinators from Kerry, Cork, Offaly, Dublin & N. Ireland (2), & others with particular roles eg secretary & treasurer.
Monsignor Tom Fehily is chairperson.
Note: Some areas in Ireland sadly have no co-ordinator at present.
The group meets twice a year. At its most recent meeting on March 13th, the group paid a most interesting visit to the Mosque in Clonskeagh.
A Feminist Spirituality
for Women & Men
Sr Joan Chittister
Sr Joan is a Benedictine sister from Erie Pennsylvania. She is a powerful & prophetic voice and advocate of peace and justice rooted in the spiritual tradition. See the International Newsletter for more details.
Further info: Dennis McAuliffe - Email djm2 @georgetown.edu
Kindly send news of new meditation groups to Monsignor Tom Fehily,
4 Eblana Ave., Dun Laoghaire
so that these can be included on the Irish web site. www.wccmireland.org
Also inform him if a group has stopped meeting or if groups have merged. Thank you.
Email maranatha @wccmireland.org
The international web site is
www.wccm.org
Meditators from around the country came together on Dec. 16 in St Michael's Church, Dun Laoghaire for a mass for Yvonne. Fr Laurence Freeman OSB leader of the World Community for Christian Meditation was the main celebrant. He was joined by Fr Louis Hughes, and Mons. Tom Fehily. It was a special opportunity to give thanks for the life & work of Yvonne, especially the work of meditation, which was the passion of her life.
Later there was the opportunity to meet friends, old and new and to enjoy a light lunch.
A special word of thanks to the Meditation Centre in Dun Laoghaire for our very warm welcome.
Prayer is loving attentiveness to the mystery within us.
John Main - Word Into Silence
The soul of one who loves God always swims in joy,
always keeps holiday
and is always in the mind for singing.
St John of the Cross
Ros Muire, Rosscarbery, Co. Cork
Sat 17th April: Day for Meditators
10.30am - 5pm with Mass. Fr Pat Murray SCA
Sun 30th May - Fri 4th June: Retreat
Life, Death & Resurrection Fr. Pat Murray SCA
Contact: Sr Brigid O'Flanagan, Convent of Mercy
Ross Rosscarbery
Tel 023-48116
Email rbk @eircom.net
St. Clements Retreat House,
722Antrim Rd.
Newtownabbey, Co Antrim
Tel 028.907.76500
Dec. 3rd - 5th A Course: Sensuous Asceticism
Fr. Sean Moore C. Ss.R
An invitation to awaken the senses. Participants will be helped to integrate Zen meditation into Christian Meditation.
Full residential weekend rate £85.00 daily rate also available, but residential is best option. Early booking advisable O beauty ever ancient ever new.
Too late have I loved you.
I was outside and you were within me.
And I never found you until I found
You within myself.
St. Augustine
Meditation in Ballinskelligs
2nd May - 23rd June
The 2004 John Main Seminar
July 29th - August 1st, 2004
St Michael's College
Colchester, Vermont, USA
The Lord is in his holy temple;
let all the earth keep silence before him.
Habakkuk 2: 20
St. Dominic's Retreat House, Ennismore, Cork
4th - 6th June Christian Meditation Retreat
with Fr. Laurence Freeman OSB
20th - 25th June "The Presence Within" A silent Retreat of Christian Meditation & Contemplation with Fr Pat Murray SCA
22nd - 27th Aug "Wisdom that goes beyond: before & after into the timeless reality" Retreat with Fr Pat Murray
Tel 021.450.2520 Email ennismore @eircom.net
Killarney, Co Kerry
13th June
Margaret Rizza will be in Killarney for a music workshop for the Kerry Diocese on Sat June 12th. However on Sunday 13th June Margaret will lead a meditation event, probably outdoors. Exact details are still being worked out.
For information on the Meditation event only contact: Sylvia Thompson, Knockavinane, Ballymacelligott, Tralee.
Tel 066.713.7484
Email sthompson @wccmireland.org
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