Esker has been a monastic site since the sixteenth century. It was first inhabited by the Dominicans, who escaped from the Abbey in Athenry during a time of persecution. They left here in the eighteen sixties, and it became for some time the diocesan seminary for Clonfert diocese. We Redemptorists came here in 1901, and since then we have served not only the people of the locality, but also through our missions and novenas, the whole of the west of Ireland. Because of this long history and tradition Esker is a special place; people constantly comment on the aura they sense here, the feeling of peace and tranquillity.
Sundays:
8.00am and 11.00am
Weekdays:
8.00am and 10.00am
The Irish Redemptorist Missionaries are hosting a Vocations ‘Come & See’ Weekend, from Friday 17 February to Sun. 19 February, 2012, at the Redemptorist Community, ‘Marianella’, 75 Orwell Rd., Rathgar, Dublin.
It is a time for information, prayer, questioning, relaxation.
Contact Tony Rice, C.Ss.R. at (Dublin) 01-4067221, or email to vocations@redemptorists.ie.
Further information at www.redemptorists.ie
The annual Solemn Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help begins on Monday 6 February 2012, and runs until Tuesday 14 February. The theme of this year’s novena is Eucharist, food for life.
Every year in the month of June, Redemptorists gather in Belfast, Esker, Athenry, Ballinalsoe and Limerick to celebrate the solemn novena (nine days of prayer) in honour of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. It is the major occasion for us in our proclamation of God’s Word in Ireland.
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