RUAH Programme 2011

A spirituality experience in Ireland inspired by the Nano Nagle and Edmund Rice traditions

Welcome to RUAH 2011 Participants!

The RUAH 2011 Team is delighted to welcome you to our summer programme. You have submitted your application and by now you will have received confirmation of your acceptance on the programme. You will be joining 34 other men and women on this exciting spiritual adventure. During your two weeks with us we hope to get to know you and have the pleasure of introducing you to the land, people and spirituality of Ireland, whose history, culture and landscape shaped the stories of Nano and Edmund.

We are delighted that the gathering will represent so many of you from India, Pakistan, Ireland, Australia, the USA, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, England and South America.

From now on the focus of this website and of our Facebook page will be to keep you informed, to take on board your comments and shape the programme as far as possible in light of your wishes. We, the team, have been fully engaged these last few months in building the programme. Almost all elements of the programme are now in place, presenters, guides, venues, options, accommodation.

We know that you will be excited by what is offered and you may find the programme a unique personal and spiritual challenge. We are particularly proud of the pilgrimage options that we ahve developed for you. We invite out you to check them out now by clicking on Options in the menu items at the top of your screen. You will receive an email inviting you to select from among these options.

If you have any questions to put to the Team, please click the Contact the Team menu item at the top of this and every page of the website."

Photo: Donal Leader

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"I am really excited by this programme. I love the contemplative aspect of it and feel attracted to a pilgrimage experience in the company of others." Jim O'Hagan, Ireland

"Well done on the new Ruah Programme. It is attractive and inviting offering both contemplative and active dimensions to the pilgrimage. I would love to be able to do it!! Well done to you all." Frances Crowe, Ireland

"RUAH 2011 captures our interest down here in the International Spirituality Centre in Lusaka, Zambia, a Centre which is jointly sponsored by Christian Brothers and Presentation Sisters. The influence of our founders has had and is continuing to have a significant impact on the lives of African people, not just within the Religious Congregations, but through our wider networks as well. The RUAH program, based as it is in the heartland of our two founders, is ideally placed to exemplify how two inspired people were captured by the radical life and values of Jesus. We readily endorse the program and trust that many from Africa will have an opportunity to participate." Michael Godfrey, Zambia

"The RUAH Programme awakens in me a sense of mystery – a journey/ a pilgrimage into the mystery of God and the Universe.

The RUAH Experience is offering the group time to immerse themselves in a profound and intimate relationship with God in the Sacred Universe Story.
The RUAH Journey through the stories of Nano and Edmund will offer the participants the opportunity to encounter sacred places of Ireland, Celtic Spirituality, and explore some traditional and new experiences with the Centre Team and other well known professional facilitators." Rita Cusack, Ireland.