International Day For The Eradication Of Poverty, 17-Oct-25
2025 marks 25 years of commemorating October 17 in Dublin – the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Throughout the world and in local communities throughout Ireland, this day is marked through different events and initiatives highlighting the daily, lived reality of poverty.
A special commemoration to mark 25 years of this event in Ireland will take place at the Human Rights and Poverty Stone, Custom House Quays, Dublin 1, on the October 17 this year. It will include testimonies from those with lived experience of poverty, speeches, songs and a creative common gesture. We will have refreshments and a moment to gather afterwards at Sheriff Street Youth Hall. Everyone is welcome.
Upcoming Retreats/Courses within the Archdiocese
Manresa Jesuit Centre of Spirituality
BALALLY – JOHN MAIN SEMINAR
This November, The World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM) hosts the John Main Seminar 2025 at Balally Parish in Dublin, with the theme Integral Christianity: The Vision of Celtic Christianity for the Crisis of the 21st Century. The event will also be available live online, with access to recordings
This year’s Seminar will be enriched by contributions from the key speakers but also from the participants. We want it to be like an immersion in a stream of hope and the remembrance of a living legacy—recovering an inspirational form of Christian faith but for our very present needs today. This will come together as we conclude with a ‘synodal’ experience, sharing in small groups and as a whole what the Spirit has taught us and seeing more clearly where it is leading us.
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