by Michael Gilroy | Mar 1, 2020 | News & Events
The Meaning of Lent The English word ‘Lent’ comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Lencten, meaning ‘Spring’. In other languages the word comes from the Latin, Quadragesima – a period of 40 days. In the Christian tradition the forty days is understood to...
by Michael Gilroy | Feb 25, 2020 | News & Events
Repent and believe the Good News!! Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 26th. The season of Lent provides us with another opportunity to draw closer to God. Sometimes we only associate the word ‘repent’ with being sorry, but from a faith perspective, to...
by Michael Gilroy | Jan 22, 2020 | News & Events
Fr. Benny McHale returns to the Newman Institute, Ballina to deliver Part 1 of the Enneagram Programme. Dates: Wednesday, March 25th and Thursday, March 26th, Wednesday, April 1st and Thursday, April 2nd. Time: 8.00pm to 10.30pm Cost: €60. Booking essential....
by Michael Gilroy | Jan 22, 2020 | News & Events
Sr. Patricia Lynott and Ms. Anne Sheeran will take Pope Francis’s Laudato Si: Care for our Common Home to speak about our relationship with the God of the earth in these challenging times. Dates: Wednesdays, 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th March, 2020 at the Newman...
by Michael Gilroy | Jan 22, 2020 | News & Events
Professor Salvador Ryan will return to the Newman Institute, Ballina for the fourth series of lectures on Church History. Dates: Mondays, February 10th, 17th and 24th from 7.30pm to 10.00pm. Cost: €80. Booking essential. Ring 096-72066 or email reception@newman.ie...
