Mary’s Well

Tomorrow morning I’ll travel to our Monastery at Crossgar, County Down for a “Passionist Religious Life Weekend”, spending a few days with a group of young men who want to look more closely at the Passionist vocation. This is the third in a series of retreats at Tobar Mhuire (which means “Mary’s Well”, called after the ancient holy well in the grounds). This time we will be reading some early texts of Saint Paul of the Cross, particularly the “Preface to the First Rule”, written by Paul when he was 26 years old. I’m hoping for mild weather, but there are some good photographs of the Monastery and grounds in the snow at the Crossgar Women’s Institute site here.