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Youth Ministry Team, Esker
Here is a photo of the Esker Youth Ministry Team, taken at a recent gathering of all the Redemptorist Youth Ministry Teams, held in late February, in Dublin. Also a photo of the entire group – teams from Clonard Monastery Belfast, from SCALA in Cork, from St. Joseph’s Dundalk,…
Galway Cathedral Novena, Monday Feb.13th to Tuesday Feb.21st:Times
The Annual Galway Cathedral Novena takes place this year from Monday Feb. 13th to Tuesday Feb. 21st.
SESSION TIMES: Weekdays: 7.45am, 11.00am, 1.10pm, 3.30pm,…
MBSR – MindfulnessBased Stress Reduction: Tuesdays. CANCELLED
THIS COURSE IS CANCELLED FOR THE TIME BEING: FEBRUARY 2017
MBSR stands for Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and is an 8 session course, each Tuesday morning from February 7th from 10am to 12.30pm, and a one-day retreat (Saturday March 11) run by Dr. Sue Redmond PhD.
‘Salve Mater – A New Hymn’
The original plain-chant hymn, ‘Salve Mater’, dates from about the 12th century, and is attributed to a Carmelite. ‘Salve Mater – A New Hymn’ uses the beautiful melody, but with new words, not a translation of the original. They were written by Séamus Devitt C.Ss.R.. The first three verses…
BLESSING OF ST. DOMINIC’S WELL: Thurs. Jan.5th, Fri. Jan. 6th, after 11am Mass.
The annual Blessing of St….
Esker Brochure for 2017
Click here to see the brochure for events in 2017, in Esker.
Christmas Raffle Results:
Results Esker Christmas Raffle
draw was held in Esker on 8th December 2016
(All proceeds towards the upkeep of Esker Retreat Centre & Youth Village)
1st Prize Large Food Hamper Catherine Mc Grath, Clostoken
2nd Prize Large Christmas Cake …
Death of Fr. Tommy Byrne, C.Ss.R, Esker
Yesterday, October 26th, we buried for tommy Byrne, in our Esker Community Cemetery. There was a great turnout of local Esker folk, of Redemptorists, of local priests and religious, and Bishop John Kirby presided at the funeral Mass.As…
Heroic Dominican ‘Outlaws’, 1716: – 300 years ago, this month of September.
Heroic Dominican Outlaws: a Time to Remember
From Esker: as ‘culled’ (by Séamus Devitt C.Ss.R.) from the Athenry Holy Rosary Confraternity Chronicles of late 1600’s and early 1700’s:
Latest News: Esker, September 1716:
This month, we Dominicans, hiding in the Esker area, and sheltered by the people, have almost completed…
Death of Fr. Brian Foley, C.Ss.R., September 11.
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of one of our Esker Redemptorist Community, Fr. Brian Foley. He died at noon today, Sunday September 11, in University College Hospital Galway….
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