We welcome people who wish to take time out to find meaning in their lives through the adventure of the spiritual search. This is facilitated through various forms of dialogue, experiential programmes, workshops, conferences and retreats.
At Emmaus Centre we welcome you to a beautiful location supporting peace and harmony. The gardens and river walks help to enrapture our hearts with a sense of serenity and tranquility. In keeping with our natural surroundings, where we are fortunate to find ourselves, the Centre has been designed to bring that natural tranquility inside allowing a special atmosphere in which to create the appropriate setting for your retreat, meeting or conference.
We invite you to enter into a conversation with all that is happening within you and around you at this time of so much unknowing and uncertainty. In this series you will reflect with a variety of people from all over the globe as we travel this road together.
Our e-newsletters are a great way of staying in touch with everything that’s going on at the Emmaus Centre, including forthcoming events, news stories and special offers.
Our area is defined by the diversity of its landscape; it is rural, urban and suburban. We are close to three protected estuaries, salt marsh habitats and thirteen major beaches. Emmaus is located ten minutes by car north of Dublin Airport on the N1/132 and two minutes from exit 4 of the M1 with fast access to Dublin Port, rail, and Dublin city centre.
Every request we receive is treated with respect, confidentiality, love and compassion.
LinkedIn want to thank Emmaus for participating in the LinkedIn Dublin Sleep Fair. We so appreciate you sharing your expertise and providing LinkedIn employees with information and resources to support their sleep, health, and wellbeing. We’re getting great feedback from those who attended.
“Excellent and interesting workshops and very good value.”
Emmaus Centre’s location is ideal and accessible for participants travelling from different parts of Ireland but also close to the airport for overseas participants with good parking. All evaluation forms from my training events have all responded very positively to the Emmaus Centre in their feedback. I would strongly recommend the Emmaus Centre as a venue for training / room hire.
“It was a wonderful workshop. Fr Jim is an incredibly special man. The venue was perfect!”
2into3 would like to thank Emmaus Centre for providing a great place to hold our Fundraising Strategy Development Workshop Series. The team have been efficient, professional and very helpful at all times; the workshop rooms met our requirements; the food that the Centre provided offered a great variety and suited everyone’s taste. Emmaus Centre is located in a beautiful surroundings with great facilities to serve various types of events.
I really enjoy teaching in the Emmaus Retreat Centre. Thank you all for coming to the Pilates classes on Monday and for the lovely staff that always deliver a great service. The place is so PEACEFUL. It is like a sanctuary.
It was an extremely peaceful stay at an extremely peaceful price.
“It was really fantastic and as it said “on the tin” life changing!”
“Every aspect of the experience felt very considered, the centre, the staff and the course itself. Maeve is exemplary in her delivery of a delicate course. An amazing experience. I feel very grateful that I got the opportunity to attend. I really appreciate that you have made these courses available price wise. I commend you. Thank you.”
“Br Denis was outstanding and the staff in the Emmaus centre were brilliant. Couldn’t be happier.”
“Maria Lynch is excellent. I’ve been to many of her courses in Emmaus and would go to more.”
Quiet location so near to airport. Nice walking trails on the property.
With the colorful balloons outside on the road, the welcome at the gate, the fantastic fun outdoor activities, the warm welcome inside, the many wonderful indoor activities, presentations and friendly staff serving lovely food, tea and coffee in the beautiful Emmaus Centre – all combining to produce great energy and excitement. The wonderful weather for the afternoon was a blessing and a bonus.
“I have been at Emmaus for two weeks of yoga and the grounds are simply breathtaking especially the Autumnal colours. The restaurant staff couldn’t be more helpful and every mealtime has been a feast. Thank you for your hospitality.
I’d just like to thank you for the wonderful job you did in organising the Family Day! Our little daughter and we had a terrific day exploring your beautiful grounds and we’d love to visit again soon.
The Trustees, in consultation with the Board of the Emmaus Centre at Lissenhall, Swords, Co. Dublin, have decided to close the Centre. The Centre has provided facilities for programmes of human, spiritual and religious development for over forty years to school children, religious and laity.
This difficult decision, which has been taken with great regret, reflects the collapse of current and forward bookings as a result of Covid-19. Ongoing uncertainty regarding the pandemic restrictions together with mounting maintenance costs have made the decision inevitable and necessary.
Province Leader of the Christian Brothers, Brother Edmund Garvey said: “I wish to pay tribute at this difficult time to our incredible team of hard-working staff for their commitment and dedication over many years. We are deeply grateful to our friends and clients in Ireland and overseas who supported and befriended the Centre and who provided spiritual and personal development support to countless individuals and organisations.”