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An Tairseach Organic Farm & Ecology Centre presents a 1 Day Event celebrating the Season of Creation with Anne Curtis RSM and Colette Kane OP (6 days)

WHEN:      Friday 4th August 2023

TIME:        10am to 4pm

PRICE:        €60, includes lunch, tea & coffee

VENUE:     AN TAIRSEACH ORGANIC FARM & ECOLOGY CENTRE

ABOUT THIS COURSE

“A day of immersing ourselves and learning ways to celebrate the Season of Creation”

The Season of Creation is the annual Christian celebration to pray and respond together to the cry of Creation: the ecumenical family around the world unites to listen and care for our common home, the Oikos of God. The Season “Celebration” begins 1 September, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and ends on the 4^th  October. This year we will unite around the theme, “Let Justice and Peace Flow.”

This day long programme will include input, ritual and practical resources. It will be facilitated by Sr Colette Kane OP (An Tairseach) and Sr Anne Curtis RSM (Mercy by the Sea, USA). A light lunch will be provided and teas and coffee.

ABOUT ANNE CURTIS RSM

Anne Curtis, RSM is a member of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. She currently serves as Executive Director for Mercy by the Sea Retreat and Conference Center in Madison, CT. following four years as Executive Director of Mercy Ecology.

Anne completed two terms (2005-2017) as a member of the Institute Leadership Team of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.   Prior to leadership, Anne served as a lobbyist at NETWORK, a national Catholic social justice lobby in Washington, DC, and has served on the boards of various national social justice organizations. In previous ministry, she was the justice coordinator for the Sisters of Mercy Regional Community of Rochester, NY while also holding the position of Case Manager at Melita House for pregnant women in Rochester.  Prior to that she was a missionary in Santiago, Chile, and ministered as an educator and campus minister at Mercy High School, Rochester, NY.

Anne holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology from St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, a Master’s in Theology from St. Michael’s College, Vermont, a certificate in Spanish from the Instituto de Idiomas, Cochabamba, Bolivia and certificates from An Tairseach Dominican Farm and Ecology Centre, Wicklow, Ireland for the program on Spirituality in the context of an Evolving Universe, Endangered Earth, Christian Tradition and the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.

ABOUT COLETTE KANE OP

Colette Kane OP is a Cabra Dominican Sister and the Programme Director of An Tairseach, the Organic Farm and Ecology Centre in Wicklow. For the past nine years, Colette has overseen the bi-annual Sabbatical programme which An Tairseach facilitates; she is a course presenter, as well as workshop, and retreat facilitator. Colette has been active in various Dominican collaborative initiatives in Ireland, Europe, Latin America, and South Africa.  For over 15 years, Colette taught PE and Religion in Secondary Schools in the North and South of Ireland. A keen musician and singer, she has also been a volunteer leader at the Dominican camp-Knockadoon Music and Liturgy course for nearly 20 years. Colette holds a Bachelor of Education degree; a Masters in Ecology and Religion (DCU) and a Master’s in Biblical Studies (Dominican Biblical Institute, UL).

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Payments can be made online when registering, by direct deposit or credit card – telephone 0404 61833.