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Highly Recommended
"As the song says, it may well be a long way to Tipperary but if you're headed to the Rosminian House of Prayer, the journey is worth it." 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 house which is ideal for private retreats, groups and workshops. The small community here gives everyone a big welcome. It is a place where you feel immediately at home, and relaxing and 'letting go' does not take long. There is a daily Mass and a Medjugorje evening with Mass once a month. 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. As to the food, it is good, hearty and nutritious.
Receives: Men, women, groups and religious. |