This is ideal for youth groups, with accommodation for about 70 people, and plenty of open space. Schools come here all through the school year for retreats.
School Retreats/Reflection Days, for Secondary School Students, Junior and Senior, from all over Ireland.
Pre- or Post-Confirmation Retreats for Students in Sixth Class in Primary Schools.
Our facilities are also available for other Youth Group Events.
The Youth Village has two dormitories with bunk beds; each dormitory can sleep about 35. There are also separate sleeping facilities in each, for adult leaders.
Among the facilities we have available on site are an 18 hole Pitch & Putt course and a variety of wooded walks.
In our retreats, we take time to celebrate the humanity of each young person, affirming their dignity and worth, hearing their questions and struggles, and seeking to show them who they truly are, through the face and eyes of Jesus Christ, as made in the image and likeness of their Creator. We work so that they will experience themselves and others with truth and real joy, by the time they leave us for home. We place before them food for the journey of Life. When possible, we end each retreat with a celebration of Eucharist with the students.
We offer One-Day Retreats/Reflection Days, and also Residential Retreats.
The beauty of the spacious grounds is another part of the experience for all who come to Esker, as is the beauty and simplicity of the Youth Village itself – an old converted farmyard.
In Esker, once a Dominican Foundation, now a Redemptorist Community, “Welcome” is our middle name! Everyone who comes is a V.I.P.
School Groups come to Esker from places as far away as Donegal, Dublin and countries in the South and West.
For further information email info@redemptoristsesker.ie or phone Gearoid Mulrooney, Esker Project Manager for details, dates and costs at 091 850 361.
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