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The Emmaus Retreat Centre, Swords, Co Dublin

Start date: 9/9/2010
End date: 12/9/2010
Time: 7pm on Thurs 9th Sept - 2.30pm on 12th September
Price: €260.00 Residential or €165 Non Residential

This retreat explores a line from Thomas Merton which says that wisdom, "...is at once my own being, my own nature and the gift of the Creator's Thought and Art within me...".

“There is in all visible things an invisible fecundity, a dimmed light, a meek namelessness, a hidden wholeness… a silence that is a fount of action and joy… This is at once my own being, my own nature and the gift of my Creator’s Thought and Art within me, speaking as Hagia Sophia, speaking as my sister, Wisdom.” (Thomas Merton)
How can I achieve greater awareness and consciousness? How can I explore the hidden wholeness within and give expression to my true self? How can I be free and love and live in Christ?
Drawing upon the writings of Thomas Merton and others, these are the questions addressed by this retreat. It is a retreat for anyone who is prepared to look within themselves as they search for an authentic spiritual approach to life.

PRESENTER: Denis is a Christian Brother in St. Mary’s Province of the Christian Brothers in Ireland. He has qualifications in education, theology, spirituality, counseling and spiritual direction. He has long been interested in dreamwork and in the Enneagram as tools that can be used for spiritual growth. He trained as a presenter of the Enneagram with Patrick O’Leary, who is regarded as one of the foremost experts in the theory. Denis has been interested in adult education generally for almost thirty years and over that period has given talks and workshops on a wide variety of personal development and spiritual development topics.  For Bookings contact Emmaus o 01-8700050 or email reservations@emmauscentre.ie