View of the Skelligs from the mainland. Find out more at our Skellig Michael page. Image courtesy of Patsy Lynch [@patsylynch]
Online Courses
Some courses are available year-round. Others take place on specific dates. Be aware that courses often book up very fast.
We will be adding to this page as more online courses become available. All listed courses are online.
Some courses are available year-round. Others take place on specific dates. Be aware that courses often book up very fast.
We will be adding to this page as more online courses become available. All listed courses are online.
At the approach of Advent, Dr Paolo Beltrame - Italian astrophysicist and Jesuit priest, presents a three-part online series of talks offering insights from the world of physics. Having worked at CERN in Geneva, in Los Angeles and in Israel, he was researching dark matter and teaching at the University of Edinburgh when he felt called to the priesthood. The course, Physics, An Exciting Journey into the Unknown, will look at Physics and its Paradoxes, Determinism and Indeterminism, and Beauty in Physics. Participation does not require any advance knowledge of physics. There is a suggested donation of £15 for each talk.
Click here for more information.
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For nearly three thousand years, men and women from diverse lands and cultures have been lifting their hearts to God by praying and singing the psalms. The Psalms: 150 Ways of Praying is an online course from the English Jesuits. It explores why these beautiful and timeless songs have such universal appeal and shows how the psalms can set us on a pathway to deeper prayer.
Online Talks - available year-round. No charge.
According to the American mystic, Thomas Merton, the more we try to analyse life, the more we involve ourselves in sadness. “But it does not matter much because no despair of ours can alter the reality of things, or stain the joy of the cosmic dance which is always there. Indeed, we are in the midst of it, and it is in the midst of us, for it beats in our very blood, whether we want it to or not”. James Finley spent six years at the monastery of Gethsemane, where Thomas Merton was director of novices. He has given a series of insightful online talks and retreats on Merton’s spiritual writings.
Access the talks here. Note: the talks are in reverse chronological order, so scroll down to reach the first one.
According to the American mystic, Thomas Merton, the more we try to analyse life, the more we involve ourselves in sadness. “But it does not matter much because no despair of ours can alter the reality of things, or stain the joy of the cosmic dance which is always there. Indeed, we are in the midst of it, and it is in the midst of us, for it beats in our very blood, whether we want it to or not”. James Finley spent six years at the monastery of Gethsemane, where Thomas Merton was director of novices. He has given a series of insightful online talks and retreats on Merton’s spiritual writings.
Access the talks here. Note: the talks are in reverse chronological order, so scroll down to reach the first one.