‘Reflect, Refresh & Renew’ “It has been an absolute gift to step out of my life for a short while & enter a completely new space of reflection & renewal, in the beautiful environment of Mt. St. Anne’s …” – quote from a participant at the 2017 Sabbatical Programme) This 4-week programme taking place from the 18th March to 13th April ...
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‘Soul Catching’
Good stories travel fast. I think that is still the case, because almost spontaneously when I hear something beautiful, inspiring or newsworthy I feel the inclination to want to share it immediately with someone else. There are of course some stories which are just written for the times we are in, and others transcend time and place and speak to ...
Read More »What is your heart’s response?
It takes time to begin to get to know someone. Often it happens bit by bit as you get close up to their life. You hear things they have said and done and you listen to stories retold and shared by those who know and love them. But often it is the case that you get to know and understand ...
Read More »The Evolution of a Charism
The tercentenary of Nano Nagle’s birth in 2018 will be an occasion for widespread celebration in all the places where Nano is known and loved, and where her life still speaks through the ministry of Presentation Sisters working and living at home and overseas. It will also be an opportunity for a great many people to ‘get to know’ who ...
Read More »Liturgy of the streets
We have arrived in May and the sun is beginning to cast its warm and bright rays over our landscape. Everything looks brighter and fresher under its invigorating rays. In a message for Vocations Sunday, the first Sunday in May, Pope Francis is inviting religious to reclaim the invigorating energy of the Gospels for the work of Vocation Promotion. In particular ...
Read More »Launch Invitation to ‘Nano Nagle: And An Evolving Charism’
The Presentation Sisters North East Province and Veritas invite you to this book launch: ‘Nano Nagle: And An Evolving Charism’ (details above). Please RSVP by Friday, 19th May to events@veritas.ie ShareTweet0 Shares
Read More »All of Life is there
I found this twelfth century icon depicting the resurrection and it struck me looking at it, that all of life is represented there. But then the Easter story is our whole life journey too. Very often, with totally unplanned and unforeseen journeys taken in the moment, one has to make decisions on directions, on staying with one path for now, or ...
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