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Preached Retreat Programme 2015
We are very pleased to be able to keep the costs for 2015 retreats unchanged.
The retreat offering is; Single en-suite £400 and single standard £380.
Celebrate the Joy of the
Paschal Mystery
29 March—5 April,
Fr Mike Serrage, MSC
Encountering the
Risen Christ
7—14 April,
Fr Adrian Porter, SJ
The tapestry of Aging
27 April—1 May,
Sr Annie Lunney, SMG
Preached Retreat
3-8 May,
Fr Daniel O’Leary
A creative journey through Holy Fr. Mike Serrage, MSC is a priest with
Week. Including ritual, reflective the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
input, quiet time and celebration and lives in Dublin, Ireland.
of the Easter Ceremonies.
This retreat will focus on the
resurrection narrative of the
gospels, using Ignatian methods
of prayer and reflection to enter
more deeply into a relationship
with the Spirit of the Risen
Christ. There will be talks
focusing on texts and images,
and opportunities for one-toone sessions.
Fr Adrian Porter is a Jesuit priest and
has worked in Jesuit schools for the
past 28 years, including as Head Master
of St Aloysius College in Glasgow and
latterly of Wimbledon College. He
studied at London, Oxford, and
Liverpool Hope universities. He is
currently Delegate for Education,
assisting the Jesuit Provincial in matters
relating to education, and Director of
the Jesuit Institute, working with Jesuit
and other schools, in the UK and across
Europe, on identity and mission and
generating resources to support their
development.
An opportunity to spend time in
quiet exploring some of the
themes that are relevant to
growing older, and especially
how this time of our lives can
deepen and expand our
relationships with God.
Sr. Annie Lunney, SMG is a sister of the
Poor Servants of the Mother of God
(SMG). She is an experienced Spiritual
Director and Prayer Guide.
Fr Daniel O’Leary, a priest of the
Diocese of Leeds, is an author and
teacher. He has worked in parishes for
almost thirty years. He taught theology
and religious education and became
Chair of the Religious Studies Dept.
before being appointed Episcopal Vicar
for Christian Formation in Leeds.
Award-winning author of twelve books,
he is a regular contributor to The Tablet
People go on retreat
to listen to God
18-25 May,
Fr Peter burns, CSsR
“People go on retreat to listen to Fr Peter Burns, CSsR was ordained in
God”
1968, currently a member of the
[R. Benson]
Redemptorist Community at St
Joseph’s, Dundalk Co. Louth. Fr Peter
What word does God want to
ministered for over twenty years in
speak to me?
Belfast, mainly at Clonard Monastery in
West Belfast. He was Director of
Formation at Novitiate for eight years.
He has been preaching retreats for
many years, and has an extensive
ministry of spiritual direction/pastoral
listening with priest, religious, and lay
people.
Celebrating “The loving
kindness of God,
who visits us like the
Dawn from on High”
01-08 June,
Fr Mike Serrage, MSC
Living the joy of the
Gospel:
St Francis of Assisi and
Pope Francis
14-21 June, Fr Paul Rout,
OFM
12-19 July, Fr Paul Rout,
OFM
This retreat will explore and
reflect upon the relevance of the
spiritual tradition that originated
with St Francis for the life of the
church under the leadership of
Pope Francis as it seeks to
respond to the challenges of our
present age. It will use as its
inspiration the profound
spiritual experiences of three
great saints, Francis of Assisi, his
spiritual companion, Clare of
Assisi, and one of Francis’ early
followers, the great spiritual
writer St Bonaventure. Through
relating these to the teaching
and writings of Pope Francis, the
retreat aims to enable us to see
how the insights offered by
these saints can help us to
experience what the Pope calls
“the delightful and comforting
joy of evangelizing”.
Paul Rout OFM is a priest of the
Franciscan Province of the Holy Spirit.
He lectures in Franciscan Theology and
Spirituality at Heythrop College,
University of London, and at the Yarra
Theological Union, Melbourne. He is
also engaged in pastoral parish ministry
in the Catholic parish of Heston in
London and gives Retreats and Days of
Prayer to Religious and Parish groups in
various places in England and Australia.
Individually Guided
Retreat
22-29 June,
Fr Robin Burgess & SMG
Team
“Remain in my love”
John 15:9
02-09 July,
Fr Nick Harnan, MSC
O Comfort my
people:
An IGR is tailored specifically to
provide personal direction that
addresses the concerns of your
own life. In an IGR there are no
group talks or lectures. Instead
you meet the retreat director
privately to talk about your faith
journey. Guidance, often
through selected passages of
scripture or other spiritual
readings, usually is offered to
guide your prayer and reflection.
Fr Robin Burgess was an Anglican in
parish ministry and hospital chaplaincy
before becoming a married priest of
the Westminster diocese in 1996. He
has training in spiritual direction
following the Exercises of St Ignatius
and regularly leads retreats and quiet
days. Fr Robin is a member of the
parish team at Ealing Abbey, where he
teaches contemplative mediation in the
way of John Main, former monk of
Ealing.
This retreat will help us to slow
down and become more
PRESENT to God within us and to
God in the world around us.
Nick Harnan is an Irish Missionary of
the Sacred Heart. He is a clinical
psychologist and trained
psychotherapist who has insights into
human growth and healing in the
service of promoting an authentic
spirituality of the Heart (Incarnational
Spirituality). At present, he is a
member of an international spirituality
centre based in France.
Reflections on the writing of
Pope Francis and Walter Kasper
Fr Derek Laverty is Provincial of the
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of
Jesus and Mary. Having served in parish
work in the UK and missionary work in
Mozambique, he has spent the last six
years in full-time retreat work.
A scriptural retreat based on the
Gospel of Mark
Ciaran O’Callaghan is a Redemptorist
living in Dublin. He studied at the
Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome and
Trinity College Dublin. He has taught
scripture for 25 years. Fr Ciaran is also a
member of the Redemptorist national
Mission Team in Ireland.
Rediscovering the joy of
the Gospel mission
20-27 July,
Fr Derek Laverty, MSC
Who do you say I
am? (MK 8:29)
06-13 August,
16-23 August,
Fr Ciaran O’Callaghan, CSsR
Fr Michael Beattie is a Jesuit priest of
the British Province – a parish priest for
most of his active life, facilitating
regular retreats and days of reflection.
Currently, Fr Michael is National
Secretary of the Apostleship of Prayer
Finding God in All
things
24-31 August,
Fr Michael Beattie SJ
Michael Cunningham is a Salesian priest
who taught religious Education in
Liverpool for fourteen years, after
which he was involved in Provincial
leadership. Fr Michael works with
asylum seekers on Merseyside and has
written four books on spirituality with a
specific focus on contemplation and
action
Contemplation in
action
03-10 September,
Fr Michael Cunningham, SDB
Swimming in a river
of God’s Grace
13-20 September,
Bishop Brendan Comisky,
SSCC
The two younger fish were
eavesdropping on the adults of
the family and heard them
talking about the great ocean. As
soon as they got their mother
alone next morning they asked
her when she was going to bring
them to see the ocean. “Don’t
be silly,” she told them. "That's
what you have been swimming
in since you were born". One
little fish looked at the other and
marveled, “But I thought it was
just water!" Some of us are like
those little fish, endlessly
searching for a cup of water,
unaware that we are swimming
in a river of God's grace.
Awareness of what God
accomplishes in our lives, not
what we accomplish, is the key
to the kingdom.
Brendan Comiskey, is the Bishop
Emeritus of the Diocese of Ferns. He is
originally from county Monaghan,
Ireland. He was ordained a priest of
the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts
of Jesus and Mary on 25 June 1961, and
appointed Bishop of Ferns on 4 April
1984. He had served as Auxiliary Bishop
of Dublin from 1979.
“Create in me a clean
heart,
O God, and put a
new and right
spirit within me” Ps.
50 v:10 (NRSV)
Wholeness of life in the joy of
the Gospel
Fr Ian Kelly was chaplain at
Manchester university for over 27
years.
Three days of prayer and
reflection in preparation for
Christmas.
Fr Michael Beattie is a Jesuit priest of
the British Province – a parish priest for
most of his active life, facilitating
regular retreats and days of reflection.
Currently, Fr Michael is National
Secretary of the Apostleship of Prayer
For those who may otherwise
spend Christmas alone
Christmas at Kairos
03-10 October, Fr Ian Kelly
Advent Triduum's
03-07 December, Fr
Michael Beattie, SJ
10-14 December, T.B.C.
Retreat Offering: En-suite
£240 Standard £220
Christmas at Kairos
24-27 December, The Kairos
Team
24-27 December, The Kairos Team
Offering: En-suite £285 Standard £265