‘ARE WE THERE YET?, ARE WE THERE YET? ARE WE THERE YET?’- so says the young Goat to the Camel and to the Cow, in the Bothar advertisement. (See ‘Are we there yet? on You Tube!)
On the Feast of…


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.
‘ARE WE THERE YET?, ARE WE THERE YET? ARE WE THERE YET?’- so says the young Goat to the Camel and to the Cow, in the Bothar advertisement. (See ‘Are we there yet? on You Tube!)
On the Feast of…
| June 19, 2012 to June 27, 2012 |
The 2012 Solemn Novena to the Mother of Perpetual Help begins in ESKER, BALLINASLOE, and ATHENRY on TUESDAY JUNE 19th, and continues until WEDNESDAY JUNE 27th.
(Please note that it begins on
Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year B, -May 13th 2012.
Gospel of the Day, – St. John, Chapter 15, verses 9 – 17.
Giving a retreat one day to a Confirmation Class, in Antrim, I put a leading question…