Retreat at Ennismore

Before our reception of the habits, the postulants and novices were taken to a week-long retreat at Ennismore Retreat Centre in Montenotte, Cork.

The place was absolutely beautiful with lots of landscape and a well manicured garden. The facilities were also pretty top of the line (not to mention the food) and it was actually not too far from our Priory in Pope's Quay so we walked (although the walk took almost an hour)

We had the privilege of having Fr Paul Murray OP as our retreat director and he focused the week around the theme of "Realizing what you are". His talks were very deep, moving and even hilarious at times and always seemed to be exactly what we needed. 

Now it was supposed to be a silent retreat, which it was for the most part although the silence kinda began to dwindle in the last few days as the novices began to bond.

Really good retreat preached by a very holy Dominican priest, I could not think of a better way to begin the Noviciate year.