Bishop John Crowley

‘Bidden or not bidden, God is present’  Finding God in everyday life.

Bishop John Crowley

“Rest, and you will see, See and you will love, Love and you will praise”  (St Augustine)

Fr Chris Thomas

The Gospels – Fountains of Mercy The chance to explore mercy as foundational within the early Church and therefore for us today.  Using music, story, images and contemporary scripture scholarship we will pick up that joyful call to mercy.

Finding our way home to God amid the sorrows and joys of life

The Briery Retreat Centre

6 day preached retreat from May 8th—14th, led by Bishop John Crowley   “The whole of our spiritual journey revolves around these two things: we are troubled when we contemplate ourselves, and our troubles bring us to salvation; when we contemplate God we are restored by the joy of the Holy Spirit” (St Bernard of Clairvaux […]

£642

Re-Discovering the Disturbing Freshness of Jesus

6 day preached retreat from July 10th—16th, led by Fr  Eamonn Mulcahy, CSSp Allowing ourselves to be challenged by the newness and originality of Jesus’ Mission and Ministry as refracted through the Prism of his Parables and Storytelling.  

£642

ADVENT PREACHED RETREAT

Weekend retreat from Dec 13th—15th, led by Fr  Chris Thomas  

‘Time to meet the God of Surprises’

The Briery Retreat Centre

led by Fr Chris Thomas. Father Chris Thomas has been a full-time youth chaplain, a university chaplain, a parish priest and is now the director of the Irenaeus Project in Liverpool, which offers opportunities to pray,  explore the Scriptures, reflect on what it means to be human and alive and to know the truth that […]

Women of Hope

An Advent weekend retreat led by The Briery Retreat Team, the culmination of the Jubilee year retreats entitled 'Pilgrims of Hope'