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PROGRAMME OF EVENTS


	Special Events: A Place of Prayer Peace Discovery and Celebration Winter/Spring / Summer/ Programme 2004
	October
	2nd-3rd	TRES DIAS TRAINING WEEKEND
	7th - 10th	ANAM CAIRDE
	14th - 17th	CURSILLO FOR MEN
	21st - 24th	CURSILLO FOR WOMEN
	29th - 31st	ENGAGED COUPLES
	29th - 31st	MARNATHA RETREAT
	31st	ST. PATRICK’S CYMS RETREAT STARTS 9.30AM
October	November
	Thur 4th - 7th	TRES DIAS, (MEN)
	Sun 7th	ACCORD
	Frid 12th - 14th	BEGINNING EXPERIENCE WEEKEND `BEGINNING EXPERIENCE’ IS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WIDOWED, SEPARATED OR DIVORCED, OPEN TO PEOPLE OF ALL DENOMINATIONS AND FAITHS, OR NONE.
	Sat 13th - 14th	CHOICE WEEKEND `CHOICE’ IS FOR AND ABOUT YOUNG SINGLE ADULTS (NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED) AGED ABOUT 20-35 YEARS WHO WANT TO KNOW THEMSELVES BETTER AND DISCOVER MORE ABOUT THEIR CAPACITY TO FORM FRIENDSHIPS, TO LOVE AND BE LOVED. `CHOICE’ SEEKS TO GIVE A SENSE OF BELONGING, MEANING AND PURPOSE TO LIFE.
	Fri 19th - 21st	SEARCH WEEKEND `SEARCH’ IS A GROUP OF YOUNG ADULTS WHO ENABLE OTHER YOUNG ADULTS TO EXPLORE, EXPERIENCE AND SHARE THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAITH IN NEW WAYS. AT THE HEART OF `SEARCH’ IS THE YOUNG PERSON, THE PERSON OF JESUS, TEAM, LOVE, FRIENDSHIPS, FAITH-SHARING AND EXPLORING SOCIAL ISSUES, FORGIVENESS AND COMMUNITY. WE VALUE EACH PERSON’S UNIQUENESS AND SEEK TO BRING YOUNG PEOPLE TO GOD, TO THEIR FAITH AND TO THE SACRAMENTS.
	Fri 26th - 28th	DOWN AND CONNOR FOLK GROUPS
	Tue 30th	ADVENT SERIES - JESUS CHRIST IN CINEMA II 4 Tuesdays in Advent starting on Tuesday 30th November to Tuesday 21st December, each session begins at 7.30pm
	December	For the six Tuesdays of Lent we will look at portrayals of Jesus and Christ figures in film March: 2^nd, 9^th, 16^th 23^rd, 30^th & April 6^th 7pm – 10pm
	Fri 3rd - 5th	SENSUOUS ASCETICISM. AN INVITATION TO AWAKEN THE SENSES. “EVERY SENSUOUS EXPERIENCE IS AT HEART A SPIRTITUAL ONE. “ (STEINDL-RAST). OUR FIRST TASK IN THE COURSE WILL BE TO HIGHTEN AWARENESS OF THE FIVE SENSES. PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO THROUGH INPUT AND PRACTICE, BE HELPED TO INTEGRATE ZAZEN OR ZEN MEDITATION INTO THE LIFE OF CHRISTIAN MANTRA MEDITATION AS EXPOUNDED BY JOHN MAIN AND ABBOT KEATING. DIRECTOR FR. SEAN MOORE C.SS.R
	Sat 4th - 5th	YOUTH MINISTRY STUDIES (Module 7)
	Tue 7th	ADVENT SERIES 7.30pm: JESUS CHRIST IN CINEMA II
	Fri 10th - 12th	ADVENT RETREAT (Fr. Stan Mellett C.Ss.R.) BEGINS 7.30PM (FRI. TO SUNDAY LUNCH).
	Sun 12th	DOWN & CONNOR VOCATIONAL COMMISSION RETREAT
	12th	Accord
	Tue 14th	ADVENT SERIES - JESUS CHRIST IN CINEMA II begins 7.30pm
	Tue 21st	ADVENT SERIES - JESUS CHRIST IN CINEMA II begins 7.30pm
	January - 2005
	Sat 22nd - 23rd	FAITH, FILM AND YOUNG PEOPLE. Fr. Michael Kelleher C.Ss.R.
	Sun 23rd	ACCORD
	Fri 28th - 30th	MEDITATION WEEKEND: DIRECTOR Fr Sean Moore C.Ss.R.
	Sat 29th - 30th	CCORD TEAM TRAINING WEEKEND
	February -2005
	Thur 3rd - 6th	ANAM-CAIRDE
	Thur 10th - 13th	ANAM-CAIRDE
	Tue 15th	LENTEN SERIES – WOMEN MYSTICS. REFLECTIONS, BY DIFFERENT SPEAKERS, ON THE LIFE AND SPIRITUALIATY OF JULIAN OF NORWICH, CATHERINE OF SIENNA, TERESA OF AVILA, THERESE OF LISIEUX, MARIE CELESTE CROSTOROSA. BEGINNING FEBRUARY 15 – MARCH 15 INCLUSIVE. EACH SESSION BEINS AT 7.30PM.
	Thur 17th - 20th	CURSILLO WEEKEND FOR MEN
	Thur 24th - 27th	CURSILLO WEEKEND FOR WOMEN

	March 2005
	Fri 4th -6th	ENGAGED ENCOUNTER.
	Sun 6th	ACCORD
	Fri 11th -13th	B.E. WEEKEND
	Tue 15th 7:30 pm	Maria Celeste Crostorosa (Foundress of Redemptoristines) . Speaker: Sr Gabriel (St Alphonsus Monastery Dublin)
	Fri 18th	CHOICE ALL NIGHT VIGIL
	Fri 18th - 20th	SEARCH WEEKEND
	Tue 22nd 7:30 pm	Catherine of Sienna Speaker : Sister Brighde Vallely, Dominican, Belfast.

	April 2005
	Sat 9th	A DAY WITH SAINT PADRE PIO. “HE HAD COMPASSION ON THE MULTITUDES” MARK 6. ST. PADRE PIO’S MINISTRY WAS VERY LIKE THE MINISTRY OF JESUS FULL OF COMPASSION FOR THE SINNER IN THE CONFESSIONAL AND FOR THE SICK, WITH THEIR PAIN AND ANXIETY. WE WILL CELEBRATE AND GIVE THANKS FOR ST. PADRE PIO’S BEAUTIFUL HEALING MINISTRY. DIRECTOR: Fr. Michael Duffy OFM, Cap.
	Sat 16th	PRAYING WITH ICONS 10AM – 5.15 PM (INCLUDING LUNCH) INPUT TECHNIQUE AND PRACTICE OF PRAYING WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST OF THE EASTERN ICONS OF JESUS AND MARY. DIRECTOR FR SEAN MOORE C.SS.R.
	Thu 14th - 17th	TRES DIAS
	Sat 23rd - 24th	SERENITY WEEKEND (SAT.5PM-SUN. 5PM) FOR FAMILIES OF PEOPLE WITH ALCOHOL ADDICTION.
	Sat 24th	ACCORD
	Sat 30th - 1st May	ERENITY WEEKEND (SAT.5PM-SUN. 5PM) FOR PEOPLE RECOVERING FROM ALCOHOLISM.

	May 2005
	Fri 6th - 8th	ENGAGED COUPLES WEEKEND
	Sat 7th	DOWN & CONNOR FOLK DAY 10AM – 5PM
	Thu 12th - 15th	TRES DIAS
	Sun 22nd	ACCORD



	June 2005
	Sat 4th - 5th	CHOICE WEEKEND.
	Thu 9th - 12th	CURSILLO WEEKEND FOR MEN
	Thu 16th - 19th	URSILLO WEEKEND FOR WOMEN
	Sun 26th	ACCORD
	Mon 27th - 3rd July	SIX-DAY PREACHED RETREAT: Fr. John Bermingham C.Ss.R.
	July 2005
	Mon 4th -8th	PRAYER FOR OUR LAND’ Led by Protestant and Catholic Groups, each night, Monday to Friday, beginning 7.30pm.

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