Niland Centre Events

NEW NILAND CONFERENCE CENTRE WEBSITE

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Our new website is now live.

Address: nilandconferencecentre.co.uk

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N.B. Email address is:
bookings-finance@nilandcentre.co.uk

DATES OF FUTURE EVENTS

2010

November 9

Reflections with Scripture, music and images

November 27

Advent Readings and songs

December 8

Advent Day of Reflection

December 11

Memories of Christmas Past

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"In quietness and confidence shall be your strength."

Isaiah 30:15

Reflections with Scripture,

music and images

Sr. Regina McGarry OP

Tuesday 9th November 2010

10.00 am - 1.00 pm

Tea/Coffee at 10.00 am

Donation £5

Email: bookings-finance@nilandcentre.co.uk

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FRIENDS OF THE CONGREGATION

Saturday, 2nd October 2010

Reflection on Matisse's Chapel of the Rosary in Vence

Sr. Marie-Henry OP

Join us for our Annual Friends' Gathering

in the Niland Conference Centre

Rosary Priory

2.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Afternoon Tea followed by

Evening Prayer in the Priory Chapel

If you are attending please send an email to

bookings-finance@nilandcentre.co.uk

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N.B. Email address is: bookings-finance@nilandcentre.co.uk

"Blessed are you...."

"Christians are challenged by a set of values that the world thinks are mad."

A day reflecting on our values for life.

Led by Sr. Laurentia Carroll OP

Saturday 10 July

10.00 am - 3.00 pm

Tea/Coffee 10.00 am

Please bring Packed Lunch

Donation £10 (Concessions £8)

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"If you want peace, protect creation."

Benedict xv1

CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE JUSTICE

Speaker: Kevin McCullough

CAFOD Head of Campaigns

Saturday 10th April

11.00 am - 3.00 pm

Please bring packed lunch. Tea/Coffee provided

Donation £10 (Concessions £8)

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MARC CHAGALL

The man and his art: 97 years of artistry

Illustrated Talk

Lecturer: Mitch Wax

Wednesday 14th April 2009

7.00 pm - 9.30 pm

Donation £5
Refreshments on arrival

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"God raised Jesus from the dead, and for many days he was seen

by those who had travelled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem."

STATIONS OF LIGHT

Reflection on the way of Light beyond the Cross

14 gospel-based stations - Easter to Pentecost

Led by Sr. Regina McGarry OP

Tuesday, 20th April 2010

10.30 am - 1.30 pm

Donation £5

Tea/Coffee will be served

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An Evening of Light Musical Entertainment

at the Niland Conference Centre, Rosary Priory

93 Elstree Road, Bushey Heath, Herts WD23 4EE

In aid of the Denis Hurley Centre

Dedicated to the memory of Archbishop Hurley OMI, the centre helps

those who are hungry, ill, homeless or disorientated in the Durban area,

South Africa. Refugees in other parts of Africa also look to the Centre

for help and support.

Thursday, 22nd April 2010

7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Donation £6

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ONE RACE THE HUMAN RACE

Welcoming the Outsider

Exploring issues re:

Migrants and Sanctuary Seekers

Trafficking of Women

Supporting Gypsies, Roma and Travellers

The day will be led by the

Catholic Agency for Racial Justice (CARJ)

Saturday, 8th May 2010

11.00 am - 3.45 pm

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"The Spirit too comes to help us in our weakness. For when we cannot choose words in order to pray properly, the Spirit expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words. Romans 8:26

RECOGNISING THE SPIRIT

Day of Reflection

Led by Fr. John Ball MHM and Sr. Marie-Henry Keane OP

Saturday 22 May 2010

10.00 am - 3.30 pm

Sunday Mass 2.45 pm

Bring: Your Bible and Packed Lunch

Tea/coffee provided

Donation £10 (Concessions £8)

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A DAY FOR RELIGIOUS

Guest Speaker: Sr. Camilla Burns SND

The Prophetic Dimension of Religious Life
"How we live together?"

Saturday, 29th May 2010

10.00 am - 3.30 pm

Please bring a packed lunch.
Tea/Coffee provided

Donation £10

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DAY OF REFLECTION ON ST. JOHN'S GOSPEL
Led by

Fr. John Farrell OP and Sr. Marie Henry Keane OP
Light, Life and Love
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God....all that came to be had life in him and that life was the life of all people."
(John 1:1,4)

Saturday 27th March 2010

10.00 am - 3.30 pm

Please bring packed lunch. Tea/Coffee provided

Donation £10

Email: bookings-finance@nilandcentre.co.uk

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DAY ON PREACHING FOR PRIESTS

led by Fr. John Farrell OP

Thursday, 11th March 2010

11.00 am -3.00 pm

Donation £25 (includes Lunch)
For catering purposes please let us know if you are coming by 4th March 2010

Email: bookings-finance@nilandcentre.co.uk

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'The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.' (John 6:63)

LENTEN DAY OF REFLECTION AND PRAYER

Led by Sr. Regina McGarry OP

Tuesday 23rd February 2010

Refreshments at 10.00 am
10.30 am - ending with Mass at 2.45 pm
Celebrant: Fr. Piers Linley OP

Please bring packed lunch. Tea/Coffee provided.

Donation £10 (Concessions £8)

Email: bookings-finance@nilandcentre.co.uk

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Prepare a way for the Lord,
make his paths straight.
And all mankind shall see
the salvation God.
Lk 3:3-5

ADVENT DAY OF REFLECTION AND PRAYER

Led by Sr. Regina McGarry OP

Monday, 7th December 2009

Refreshments at 10.00 am
10.30 am - ending with Mass at 3.00 pm
Celebrant: Fr. Piers Linley OP

Please bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee provided.

Donation £10 (Concessions £8)

Email: bookings-finance@nilandcentre.co.uk

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Day of Reflection, 27th October 2009

"Mary kept all these things in her heart."
Luke 2:51

A day reflecting together on Our Lady's unique power to
help us to be attentive to God's word in our lives.

Led by Sr. Regina McGarry OP

Tuesday, 27th October 2009

10.00 am - 3.00 pm

Donation £10 (Concessions £8)

Please bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee will be served.

Day of Reflection on St. John's Gospel

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Led by Fr. John Farrell OP and Sr. Marie-Henry Keane OP

In the gospel of John the words and actions of Jesus cross the centuries and generations and speak directly to us in our own time, our own situation. We hear our Good Shepherd calling us by name. The Day of Reflection is a chance to grow in our sensitivity to this special gospel in which we are called to "abide" in Christ, "testify" to his "works", "listen to this voice" and be fruitful as branches of the one Vine.

19th September 2009

10.00 am - 3.30 pm
Mass at 2.45 pm

Please bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee will be served.

Donation £10

Day for Religious, 12th September 2009

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"We had hoped that he was the one
to redeem Israel." Luke 24:21

What will Religious do with their newly found smallness?

Builders of community of hope

Led by Sr. Raymunda Jordan OP

10.00 am - 3.30 pm

Please bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee provided

Donation £10

A Garden Retreat, 21st June 2009

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"Consider the lilies, how they grow; they
neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these. Luke 12:27

'Everything can be an occasion of God.' John O'Donohue

This day of quiet reflection in the gardens of the Priory offers
an opportunity to "stop and stare" so that our senses can be
awakened to the Divine Presence in the place where we are
standing.

Leader: Sr. Laurentia Carroll OP

10.00 am - 3.30 pm

Mass at 10.15 am
Celebrant: Fr. John Boll MHM

Please bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee provided.
Also bring suitable clothing in case of rain!

Donation £10 (Concessions £8)

A Day Course in Spirituality, 13th May 2009

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What it means to cultivate an authentic personal spiritual life and be inspired by such Christians Visionaries as Augustine, Therese of Lisieux and others.

This course was planned with Religious Educators,
Parish Leaders, Catechists, Clergy and Religious in mind.

But it is open to anyone who wishes to come!

10.00 am (Tea/Coffee)
3.30 pm (Closure)

Leader: Sr. Marie-Henry Keane OP

Donation £10

Please bring packed lunch. Tea and coffee provided.

Contact Bookings and Finance Co-Ordinator by the 1st May if you wish to attend.

Statistics for 2009

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The Niland Conference Centre has continued to be a popular venue in the first quarter of 2009. Despite February snow, which brought some cancellation of courses, approximately 1500 people used the Centre.

Lenten Retreat Day, 25th March 2009

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As Christ came into the world, he said:
'Behold! I have come to do your will, O God.'
(Heb 10:5,7)

Lenten Day of Reflection
on the
Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord

Leader: Sr. Regina McGarry OP

10.30 am - ending with Mass at 3.00 pm
Celebrant: Fr. Fergus Kelly CM

Please bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee provided

Donation £8

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Niland Conference Centre 2008

Throughout the year between 5000 and 6000 people
attended events at the Niland Conference Centre.
In September Mrs. Caroline McNiff joined the staff
as Bookings and Finance Co-Ordinator.

Advent Reflection Day

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"Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad
at the presence of the Lord for he comes,
he comes to rule the earth." Ps. 95:11,13

Day of reflection and prayer

Led by Sr. Regina McGarry OP

Tuesday, 9th December 2008

10.30 am - ending with Mass at 3 00 pm

Celebrant: Fr. Michael Platts OP

Please bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee provided.

Donation £6

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Friends of the Congregation
As always, our Friends' Day was great for all of us who were there. On these days it is heartening to see cars looking for places to park, and that is what happened! Even greater to see friends we have not met since our last gathering.

After a warm welcome from Sr. Raymunda and some up-to-date news, Fr. Dermot took us on an explorative journey of the self-portrait of Rembrandt in his latter years and his portrait of his son Titus.

It was a meditative contemplation
of compassion, vulnerability,
suffering and strength.

Afternoon tea gave us plenty of time to catch up on each others' news. And we
Sisters OP greatly appreciated our Friends praying Evening Prayer with us in
the Priory chapel.

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Friends of the Congregation

18th October 2008

Guest Speaker: Fr. Dermot Morrin OP

"For God so loved the world that her gave his only Son." John 3:16
Rembrandt and Titus

Annual Friends' Gathering in the
Niland Conference Centre, Rosary Priory

2.30 pm - 5.30 pm

We welcome you to join us in the Niland Centre,
followed by Evening Prayer in the Priory Chapel.

Afternoon Reflection

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"Be Still and Know that I am God" Ps. 46:10

An afternoon of quiet, prayer and reflection

Led by Sr. Regina McGarry OP

Tuesday, 14th October

1.30 pm - 4.30 pm

Donation £3

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St. Brigid, a Celtic Saint for our Times

"It is she who cures diseases
it is she who mitigates anger
and calms the stormy seas."

Talk and Reflection

led by

Sr. Marie-Henry Keane OP
and Sr. Regina McGarry OP

Tuesday, 23rd September 2008
7.00 pm - 9.00 pm

Donation £3

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ART AND CRAFT EXHIBITION

Saturday, 20th Setember

10.am - 4.00 pm

All Welcome.

Admission Free (Donations welcome)

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Dates of Events

20th September
Art and Craft Exhibition

23rd September
St. Brigid, a Celtic Saint for our Times

14th October
Afternoon Reflection

18th October
Friends of the Congregation

9th December
Advent Reflection Day

2009

17th October
Friends of the Congregation

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Another Statistic

In the months April to June over 1900 attended courses at the Niland Conference Centre.

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Family Day
of the Dominican Association
for Britain and Ireland

Theme
"Releasing the Fullness of Preaching"

GUEST SPEAKERS

Father Ellert Dahl OP
"Painting as a form of Visual Contemplation"
(Fra Angelico)

Brother Lawrence Lew OP
"Preaching through Music"

The day will include celebration of the Eucharist
and Solemn Evening Prayer, with homily given by Sr. Jadwiga OP

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Community Use of the the Niland Conference Centre

As well as the advertised Open Events, the Centre continues to be a much sought after venue by the community. To date this year over 1500 people have been here from Church and other faith groups, the Health and Educations Services.

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"I will give a new spirit within you, says the Lord."
Ezek. 36:26

A Lenten Reflection Day

Led by

Sr. Regina McGarry OP

Tuesday 26th February 2008

11.10 am - 3.00 pm (coffee from 10.30 am)

Please bring a packed lunch.
Tea and coffee served.
Donation for the day £6.00

About the Niland Centre

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The Niland Centre was built in 1996 and named after Mother Rose Niland OP who founded the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St Catherine of Siena.

Set in the picturesque and tranquil grounds of the Rosary Priory in Bushey near Watford, the Niland Centre is administered by the Dominican 'Bushey Sisters' as a resource for the Church and the wider community.

With its commanding views of the Hertfordshire countryside and excellent modern facilities in purpose-built premises, the Niland Centre is ideal for a range of activities and events from parish retreats to corporate training days.

For directions to the Niland Centre, click here.