2025 Retreat Programme
For over 300 hundred years the Benedictine community of the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception expressed its outreach of hospitality primarily through the education of Catholic girls in Ypres and later, at Kylemore. The school’s closure of in 2010 provided an opportunity for the community to reexamine their mission. As a consequence, and with the construction of the new monastery, it is now possible to develop a more holistic style of hospitality for the future.
While a visit to Kylemore Abbey is more than an enjoyable outing, it also presents a unique opportunity for the visitor to relax and consciously attend to what can be experienced:
- a place of stunning natural beauty
- a warm welcome, catering in a simple yet excellent manner to the needs of the visitor;
- a history of the human stewardship of this estate – land-use, architecture, horticulture – balancing respect for the environment and the needs of human beings;
- a beautiful place, demonstrating what can be created and maintained by endeavour, resilience, and optimism of the estate’s owners of the estate and the local people through the vicissitudes of 200 years in Connemara;
- discovering that behind this experience is a faith community, living a life of prayer centred on God the Creator, and an invitation to experience their worship;
- If you have a special intention, or would like the nuns to remember you in their daily prayers, please email pray@kylemoreabbey.ie
2025 RETREATS AT A GLANCE
TO MAKE A RETREAT
For the 2025 Retreat Programme click here.
Guests wishing to make a spiritual retreat, alone or in a group, are welcome. Retreatants have full access to the grounds at all times, and can participate in the community’s liturgy gatherings. A member of the community is normally available, if needed, to guide retreatants through the day.
For more information on Retreats, contact info@kylemoreabbey.ie