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The House of Prayer sits at the foot of the Comeragh Mountains looking out over the valley of the River Suir. This splendid 19th century house has new and attractive rooms, tastefully decorated like a small, elegant country hotel with pretty wallpaper and curtains. The bathrooms are sparkling clean and generously equipped. The community went for professional advice on the decorating and it is a great success. With such outstanding attention to comfort and detail (even down to writing stationary in the desks) plus central heating, large dining room, library, church, hall, spacious gardens, ornamental ponds and streams, Rosminian House must be one of the best retreat houses in Europe. For exercise, there is a variety of forest walks, countryside rambles and mountain hills, all easily available. In addition to the main house, there is Glen Lodge, a separate modern and well furnished self-catering house which is ideal for private retreats, groups and workshops. The small community of five makes everyone feel at home. There is a daily Mass with a Taize Mass on the last Saturday of each month and both a Medjugorje evening as well as a Maranatha Rosary group each week. This neat-as-a-pin place is just the base for a spirituality and retreat programme that combines deep religious traditions and retreats with new thinking for example, the Eucharist may be celebrated outdoors by a waterfall in the hills and there are Creation Retreats using animals such as horses, and riding. As to the food, it is honest and plain with home-made pies and other good dishes. As the song says, it may well be a long, long way to Tipperary but if you're headed to the Rosminian House of Prayer, the journey is worth it. Highly Recommended.
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