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Welcome To Drumalis

An Oasis On The Journey Of Life

Limited places are still available on “The Music of Leonard Cohen as a Window to the God of the Scriptures,”  retreat weekend with Sean Goan from 21-23 February 2025

Bookings are also open for “Who are we?”, a creation care workshop on Thursday, 6 March with Bertie Stirling, Regional Officer for the Christian Charity A Rocha UK

 

A number of events will take place during Lent including Conclave - Behind the Scenes at Vatican II, an evening with Brian McKee, Director at Drumalis, from 7 pm – 9 pm on Wednesday, 12 March.  Dr Gráinne Doherty will lead See, I’m doing something new, a Lenten renewing on Saturday, 22 March from 9:30 am – 4 pm and Fr Aidan Troy CP will lead a day of prayer and reflection entitled The Passion Story: “A Work of Infinite Love on Saturday, 12 April from 9:30 am - 4 pm)   As part of the Pathways Adult Faith Development course, Sean Goan will lead a day on the theme of “The Passion Story - “The Passion of Jesus is a work of infinite love” - St Paul of the Cross” on Saturday, 5 April from 9:30 am – 4 pm.  We are opening the day to anyone else who might be interested – the cost is £40 and includes refreshments and lunch. 

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A Pilgrimage of Hope is the theme of this year’s Holy Week Retreat from 17-20 April led by a joint team from Drumalis & Belfast Jesuit Centre, offered on a residential or non-residential basis. 

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Bookings are also open for retreats this summer including a Guided Retreat Walking Together… Communal Presence with Sr Joann Heinritz CSJ from 23-29 June and two sets of Directed Retreats in June-July and in August.


Further details about the above events can be found under “Events at Drumalis” below or by contacting Drumalis – 028 28272196/28276455 (during office hours, Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm or by emailing drumalis@btconnect.com

You may be eligible for grant funding towards your retreat through the Society of Retreat Conductors – retreats which they could support are the Holy Week Retreat, Directed Retreats
and Guided Retreat with Sr Joann Heinritz CSJ.  Please contact the SRC directly for further details – redingtonkathy@hotmail.com  or 07979157603.

Spirituality

Ecology

Ecumenism

About Drumalis

Drumalis is a retreat centre in Larne, County Antrim owned and managed by the Sisters of the Cross and Passion.  The ministry of the house is one of reconciliation and nurturing.  The resident Sisters offer an organised programme of retreats and workshops.  When not wholly used for retreat purposes, the facilities at Drumalis provide an excellent venue for groups to organise their own events.

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The Centre is owned and run by the Sisters of the Cross and Passion, a congregation of Religious Sisters founded in Manchester in 1852 by Elizabeth Prout who became known as Mother Mary Joseph.

A Pathways Participant Reflects

Events at Drumalis

Parish Leadership and self development courses at Drumalis Retreat Centre,
Larne, Northern Ireland

Take a Virtual Visit

Interact with the map to the right or view the virtual tour in your browser by clicking below.

Adult Faith Development

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Pathways

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Diploma in Pastoral Theology

Two-year, part-time, intensive course which begins in September 2021.

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Certificate in Christian Thought

Validated by St Mary's University College. Now enrolling for 2020-2022.

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Background Info on Presenters

Short biographies of some of the presenters who lecture at drumalis.

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