Calendar Of Events

Celebrating Culture Night and the Autumn Equinox. Our Celtic ancestors, being an agricultural people, were very attuned to the rhythm of the seasons. In our celebration this evening we will give thanks for the abundance of autumn and honour the wisdom of our ancestors and our culture and celebrate with music, poetry and ritual. The […]

The Season of Creation is the annual ecumenical celebration of prayer and action for our common home. The theme chosen for 2022 is “Listen to the Voice of Creation”.

“The entire material universe speaks of God’s love, God’s boundless affection for us. Soil, mountains everything is, as it were, a caress of God” LS 84 The Season of Creation is the annual ecumenical celebration of prayer and action for our common home. The theme chosen for 2022 is “Listen to the Voice of Creation”. […]

“Sacred dance is an expression of prayer through the language of the body” – Gabrielle Wosien. Sacred dance helps bring about harmony between body, mind and spirit and creates a real sense of belonging and a feeling of togetherness. Terry and Betty will guide us gently and mindfully through sacred movement that allows us to […]

“At this time of year when nature sleeps, we pause and consider our own humanity as temporal and as eternal beings” Book of Kells. Samhain is traditionally the beginning of the Celtic year- marking the end of the old and the beginning of a whole new cycle. Samhain was that time of year when our […]

“Grief is in two parts, the first is loss. The second is remaking of life.” Anne Roipe We invite you to join with us for first of our three evenings of reflection, meditation, and practice on the themes of: Personal Loss and Grief: This evening we will take time to remember our loved ones who […]

Week 2: Communal Loss and Suffering We invite you to join with us for the second of our In November we Remember evenings of reflection, meditation, and practice. The Theme for this evening’s reflection is on grieving the loss of identity and sense of home. Communal Loss and Grief : This evening we remember collective […]

“Sacred dance is an expression of prayer through the language of the body” – Gabrielle Wosien. Sacred dance helps bring about harmony between body, mind and spirit and creates a real sense of belonging and a feeling of togetherness. Terry and Betty will guide us gently and mindfully through sacred movement that allows us to […]

Week 2: Communal Loss and Suffering We invite you to join with us for the last of our In November we Remember series of reflection, meditation, and practice on the themes of: Grief of our Planet Earth: where we remember the loss of biodiversity and the extinction and threatened extinction of many life-forms. Each session […]

Week 1; Advent: A Time of Awakening Advent is an invitation to a place of possibility, a place of depth where transformation can take place. We invite you to Three evenings of reflection and meditation on Advent: Week 1; Advent: A Time of Awakening Week 2: Advent: A Time of Hope Week 3: Advent: A […]

“Sacred dance is an expression of prayer through the language of the body” – Gabrielle Wosien. Sacred dance helps bring about harmony between body, mind and spirit and creates a real sense of belonging and a feeling of togetherness. Terry and Betty will guide us gently and mindfully through sacred movement that allows us to […]

Week 1; Advent: A Time of Hope Advent is an invitation to a place of possibility, a place of depth where transformation can take place. Venue:  Solas Bhride Centre Time:     7.30 p.m. – 8.15 p.m. In person and online event Book here: For those of you joining online the link will be sent out on […]

Week 3; Advent: A Time of Joy Advent is an invitation to a place of possibility, a place of depth where transformation can take place. Venue:  Solas Bhride Centre Time:     7.30 p.m. – 8.15 p.m. In person and online event Book here: For those of you joining online the link will be sent out on […]

Our Celtic Ancestors on Winter solstice welcomed and celebrated the re-birth of the sun. It was at this season that the Christian community choose to celebrate the birth of Jesus. In times of darkness we are invited to turn towards the Light, to seek the Light, to welcome the Light. Venue:  Solas Bhride Centre Time:  […]

Join us as we celebrate May and the coming of Summer through dance and reflection on Wednesday, 24th May. Venue: Solas Bhride Centre Time: 7.30pm – 9.00pm Cost: €15.00 Facilitated by: Terry Hennessy & Betty White “In a society that worships love, freedom and beauty, Dance is sacred. It is a prayer for the future, […]

Without the sun (at its precise distance from us) there would be no life on earth. Without the tilt of our axis, there would be no seasons. These are the cosmic truths within which we have our life, our breath, our being. All that occurs within the course of a year is but an outworking of this relationship with […]

Drawing wisdom from ancestral wellsprings. On this pilgrim journey we invite you to spend time in reflection, to visit sites associated with St. Brigid with a long spiritual heritage, to slow the pace and feed the spirit. Date:  Saturday, July 1st Time:  10.30 a.m. – 3.00 p.m. Assemble at Solas Bhride Centre, Tully Road Cost:  […]

Thursday, September 14th Season of Creation Meditation Series “Let justice and peace flow…” “We need to move from a spirituality of alienation from the natural world to a spirituality of intimacy with the natural world.” Thomas Berry Suggested donation:  €5.00 (to support the work of the Centre) In person and online event.. We invite you […]

Wednesday September 20th Sacred Circle Dance “If people stand in a circle long enough, they’ll eventually begin to dance.”  George Carlin Facilitators:  Terry Hennessy, Betty White  Join Terry and Betty for an enriching experience of circle dance.  They will lead you in simple dance steps to beautiful music. It is a type of dance where […]

Thursday, September 21st Meditation during Season of Creation The divine communicates to us primarily through the language of the natural world.  Not to hear the natural world is not to hear the divine.  Thomas Berry Suggested donation:  €5.00 (to support the work of the Centre) In person and online event.. We invite you to join […]

September 22nd Culture Night: Celebrating the Autumn Equinox, a time of Balance Winter is an etching, Spring a watercolour, Summer an oil painting, and Autumn a mosaic of them all.” – Stanley Horowitz Admission free: The Autumn Equinox heralds a season filled with change, celebrates the harvest and ushers in the brilliant beauty of letting […]

Thursday, September 28th Meditation during the Season of Creation The natural world is the larger sacred community to which we belong.  To be alienated from this community is to become destitute in all that makes us human.  To damage this community is to diminish our own existence.  Thomas Berry Suggested donation:  €5.00 (to support the […]

Wednesday October 18th Sacred Circle Dance “If people stand in a circle long enough, they’ll eventually begin to dance.”  George Carlin Facilitators:  Terry Hennessy, Betty White  Join Terry and Betty for an enriching experience of circle dance.  They will lead you in simple dance steps to beautiful music. It is a type of dance where […]

“At this time of year when nature sleeps, we pause and consider our own humanity as temporal and as eternal beings” Book of Kells.

Thursday November 9th:  In November we Remember. “Everything is stored within your soul within the temple of your memory… John O Donohue Suggested donation:  €5.00 (to support the work of the Centre)     November is the month for remembering. Memories can evoke feeling of comfort and joy, but they can also fill us with […]

Join us for a meditative reflection on how grief can be a bridge between our human inheritance and our legacy.

“If people stand in a circle long enough, they’ll eventually begin to dance.” George Carlin

Join us for a meditative reflection on creation and how we can not only respond but try to deeply understand what loss and grief in nature is saying to us.

Thursday, November 30th – Advent Meditation Series “The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon the likes of which we have never seen before… So stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder. There will be time enough for running.” —Jan L. Richardson, artist   Suggested donation:  €5.00 (to support the work of the […]