Spend Time in Glendalough to Pray, Relax
or Take Time Out in a Serene Environment.

Published: 9th December 2019

Chapter 1 THE WICKLOW GAP A CROSSING PLACE

In the Wicklow Mountains, the main road from east to west passes through a dip between two hills called the Wicklow Gap.  Beside the road and a car park there is a remnant of an old road known as ...

Published: 1st November 2019

A Way for the Pilgrim in Glendalough –...

I have been a pilgrim priest in Glendalough for the past twenty six years.
To be a pilgrim is to be a constant seeker, asking questions about the
deeper meaning of life here and hereaft...

Published: 31st October 2019

New Book by Michael Rodgers

Recently I had a new booklet published. It is called “A Way for the Pilgrim in Glendalough”.  It contains fourteen Station reflections.  These can be applied to every person’s e...

Published: 15th October 2019

Coming Soon

Soon we will be serialising Michael Rodgers New Book “A Way for the Pilgrim in Glendalough”.  Watch this space.

Published: 30th March 2019

SUMMERTIME

Summertime officially begins this weekend as the darkness continues to give way to the light side of the year.  A week ago we had equal day and night and that threshold moment when the two came to...

Published: 6th March 2019

A NEW BEGINNING

Our musings have been lying dormant for a long time.  Now that spring has come it is a good time to begin again. Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent in Christian churches a...

Published: 1st January 2019

Welcome Blessing

May the grace of new beginnings enliven your soul with possibility and promise.

May the valley sing to welcome you and the grace of home be yours.

May a river of delight rush through ...

Published: 26th June 2018

HOLY ISLAND

Lough Derg on the river Shannon is one of Ireland’s great lakes.  There are many islands in the lake but one in particular is well known.  It is called Inis Cealtra which means church islan...

Published: 11th June 2018

ORDINARY TIME

Today, the church’s liturgical calendar goes back into ordinary time.  There is a feeling of getting back down to earth after celebrating some of the great feasts of the Christian faith.  I...

Published: 4th June 2018

A LOCAL SAINT

Today the 3rd of June marks the fourteen hundreth anniversary of the death of Kevin who died in Glendalough in 618. He was a hermit who lived all his life on the shore of the upper lake deep within...