Holy Hill Hermitage

06/08/2024

There are still a few places left for our Friends of Carmel Day
It's next Saturday 10th August 2024 from 10am to 4pm
All are welcome
Booking via email [email protected]
Drinks provided, please bring packed lunch!
There is no charge for day, donations welcome!
Programme for the day:
10am Coffee
10.30 Welcome and Introduction.
10.45 ‘My Vocation is Love.’ Therese of Lisieux.
11.30 Adoration.
12md Mass.
1pm lunch.
2.30pm ‘A Joyful Child of God.’ Edith Stein.
3.15pm Sharing in groups
3.45pm Gathering and closing prayer.

05/07/2024

Concert of Inspirational Music at Holy Hill on Sunday 21st July at 3pm

Stephan Urfer, a friend, will be at Holy Hill on July 21 with Petra Slagman, another friend, who has been leading singing workshops at Holy Hill for many years. Everyone is invited to come to hear them sing the songs that inspire them.

Stephan Urfer trained as an opera singer and is now a pastor of the Reformed Church in Switzerland. He spent eight months with us at Holy Hill in 2018, and we loved his singing so much that we got a piano and hauled it up a narrow staircase to our Elijah Chapel so we could hear more of it.

Concert is free. Donations are welcome.

We look forward to seeing you on July 21st.

04/07/2024

Our next Friends of Carmel gathering at Holy Hill is on Saturday 10th August 2024, 10am to 4pm.
We will be spending time with two of the great Carmelite Saints, Therese of Lisieux and Edith Stein.
If you would like more information or to register for the day (no charge) please email [email protected]
All are welcome.

03/06/2024

A few photos from our Chorpus Christi Celebration yesterday. We had our procession through the gardens followed by a lovely brunch.

03/06/2024

Thank you to all the volunteers who attended our work day last Saturday. We had a great crew and thankfully the weather was on our side! Here are a few photos from the day.

06/05/2024

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We are looking for volunteers for a workday at Holy Hill on SATURDAY MAY 25th. We will be cutting up trees that came down in the winter gales, and moving and stacking the wood. We’ll also have garden jobs. We’ll work from 9 am to 4 pm and serve lunch around 12:30 pm. We’ll be grateful for all help, skilled and unskilled.
If you can come, email us at [email protected].

31/03/2024

Thank you to all who attended our Easter Ceremonies and especially Fr Brendan who celebrated them.
Here are some photos from Holy Thursday (where we washed feet) to Good Friday (where we did our traditional stations in the woods at the back of our property) to Dawn Mass (starting with the fire in our courtyard progressing to Easter mass in our chapel) followed by breakfast in the library.
Wishing you and all your loved ones a very Happy Easter.
"The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies." Kate McGahan

08/03/2024

GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES AT HOLY HILL

GOOD FRIDAY
On Good Friday, March 29, our service will begin with outdoor stations at 3 p.m.

EASTER SUNDAY
On Easter Sunday, March 31, the vigil will begin at 6 am (daylight time) in the back courtyard. Everyone is invited to join us for the service and then for coffee in the library afterward.

02/02/2024

Our next Friends of Carmel Gathering at Holy Hill is on Saturday 24th February 2024.
Our theme is 'Sons and Daughters of your Father in Heaven'.
We will begin at 10.30 with coffee and finish at 4pm, a soup lunch will be provided by the community. (Donations invited on the day).
To help with planning please let us know if you would like to join us on this email [email protected].
All are very welcome, feel free to share and invite!

06/01/2024

Wishing you all a very happy Epiphany! Here are some photos from our annual epiphany gathering earlier.We look forward to seeing old and new faces throughout 2024.

25/12/2023

Wishing you all a very peaceful and joyful Christmas. Thank you for all your support throughout 2023.

20/12/2023

Please feel free to join us for Mass at 7pm on Christmas Eve. We will have a gathering in the library afterwards. All are welcome.

13/12/2023

We recently sent out our annual advent newsletter. If anyone did not receive it and would like a copy please email [email protected].

05/12/2023

Everyone is welcome to join us for Mass at 7:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve. We will have a gathering in the library afterwards.

07/11/2023

Our Friends of Carmel Gathering Dates for 2024 are
Saturday 24th February
Saturday 10th August
Saturday 9th November
We will post more details nearer the date.

27/10/2023

Br Thomas gave a talk on St Teresa of Avila at our recent Friends of Carmel gathering. Click on link below to listen.

Brother Thomas welcomes a woman who is a risk-taker who is soft-hearted and hard-headed.  She broke new ground as a woman.

27/10/2023

Tony, one of our lay members of Friends of Carmel, gave a talk at our recent gathering on St Teresa of Avila. Click on link below to listen.

Both Tony Delaney and Brother Thomas Crutcher speak to this topic in their inimitable ways.  Tony was smitten when he found her “Let Nothing Disturb You” prayer, and has since lami…

27/10/2023

Fr. Martin Connolly, our resident priest from Donegal, gave a talk at our recent Friends of Carmel gathering. Click on link below to listen.

Fr. Martin Connolly, our celebrant from Donegal, penetrates the theme of our day: Living Water and Divine Intoxication.  Don’t miss the practical clue he presents toward the end: what ma…

27/10/2023

One of the talks, given by Gillian Coxhead, from our recent Friends of Carmel gathering. Click on link below to listen.

Today in honor of St. Teresa’s feast day Gillian focuses on  the “holy” woman at the well from the Gospel as one of Teresa’s favorite characters.  Teresa says she …

01/10/2023

We had a wonderful day celebrating feast day of St Therese of Liseux. Mass in Chapel by our resident priest Fr Martin followed by lunch and music in the library. A x2 pics below

12/09/2023

Our next Friends of Carmel Meeting is on 14th October.
Since we have the rare occasion of gathering on the eve of St. Teresa of Avila's feast day we want to wholeheartedly celebrate her so our theme for the day is 'Living Water and Divine Intoxication'.
For further details please see poster attached.
To register for this day please email [email protected]
We don't charge for the day as we don't want anyone to stay away on account of money. However, the community is self supporting ,this is part of our work and we would be grateful for your generous support and donations where possible.
Look forward to seeing you on 14th October.

29/08/2023

Was lovely to meet new and old retreatants this summer. A photo from our Brunch last Sunday

02/07/2023

In this final talk Sr Ceil gives us a wonderful introduction and insight into Thérèse of Lisieux

Despite a strange childhood, and entering Carmel at only 15, Therese wasted no time the more she dwelt with Jesus.  Once she believed that her novice mistress was not her final judge and that …

02/07/2023

In this talk Gillian Coxhead persuades us through St. Teresa’s teaching on the 4th mansion, that God is drawing us more and more to Himself and all we need to do is let God captivate us.

The widow gave all she had.  Gillian persuades us through St. Teresa’s teaching on the 4th mansion that God is drawing us more and more to Himself and all we need do is let God captivate…

02/07/2023

Here are some links to the audio of the talks from our recent Friends of Carmel gathering on the 27th June.
In this first talk Brother Thomas sets the stage for our Friends of Carmel Gathering on the Friday evening by challenging us to put on the spirit of adventure, to make the break from ordinary, conventional goodness to enlightened consciousness or divinization

Brother Thomas sets the stage for our Friends of Carmel Gathering on Friday evening by challenging us to put on the spirit of adventure, to make the break from ordinary, conventional goodness to en…

21/06/2023

Everyone is welcome to an Open Sunday at Holy Hill Hermitage on Sunday 2nd July. Bishop John Fleming will celebrate Mass at noon, and there will be tea and tours afterward. We look forward to seeing you.

16/06/2023

A few photos from the Corpus Christi procession at Holy Hill last Sunday. Thank you to Fr Slingo from the Liverpool Diocese who joyfully led us.

13/06/2023

It was lovely to see old and new faces at Our Friends of Carmel day last Saturday. Thank you to all who attended and were involved in organising and leading the day. We look forward to seeing you again at our next Friend's of Carmel day in October. Here are a few photos from the day.

16/05/2023

Our next Friends of Carmel gathering is on Saturday 10th June at Holy Hill (10.30 to 4pm).
The theme of the day is 'Serve the Lord in Possible Things'.
To book please email Tony at [email protected]

09/04/2023

Wishing you all a blessed, peaceful and joyful Easter.