Friends, a big hello from Fr La in our Lough Derg office in Pettigo. It is three months since we launched our Annual Draw fundraiser and we send a heartfelt thanks to all of you who have bought, sold and returned tickets up until now. Watch Fr La’s video here:   Tickets available here: www.loughderg.live/shop […]

Fr La’s weekly ‘Pause and Ponder’ from along the Pilgrim Path at Lough Derg. This week’s reflection – ‘Path and Shore’  Path and Shore “The Lough Shore Pilgrim Path” we sometimes name it because a dialogue, a kind of conversation between the water and the pilgrim-walker unfolds unbidden, view by changing view.   The lough […]

Fr La’s weekly ‘Pause and Ponder’ from along the Pilgrim Path at Lough Derg. This week’s reflection – ‘Standing on the Seat’ Standing on the Seat The sign at the bottom of the track invites me up to Davog’s Seat in bright autumn sunlight. Alone today, I stand to gaze at what I see. Ten […]

Fr La’s weekly ‘Pause and Ponder’ from along the Pilgrim Path at Lough Derg. This week’s reflection – ‘What’s in a Name?’ What’s in a Name? Pilgrimage and place are always near aligned. On the medieval maps, Ireland sat at the edge of the world, and St Patrick’s Purgatory, that sacred cave, was named upon […]

The second of the Friends of Lough Derg Annual Membership Early Bird Draws has taken place in the Lough Derg offices in Pettigo, Co Donegal. Watch Fr La in the video below to find out: In the absence of pilgrims to the Island this year again, once more the Annual Draw is our only fundraiser […]

Fr La’s weekly ‘Pause and Ponder’ from along the Pilgrim Path at Lough Derg. This week’s reflection – ‘Brought to the Light’. Brought to the Light Yet another lovely autumn evening finds me once more here at the quarry. Such a golden light illumines the rough face of the higher rocks above the boulder with […]

Fully booked this September Update September 2021 We have been delighted to welcome pilgrims back to the Lakeshore this Summer on the Lough Derg Pilgrim Path. Please note: the dates on offer for our guided walks in September along the Pilgrim Path are now fully booked.  However, we wish to remind you that the Lough […]

Fr La’s weekly ‘Pause and Ponder’ from along the Pilgrim Path at Lough Derg. This week’s reflection – ‘Discarded Beauty’. Discarded Beauty Back at the quarry again I survey the boulders and rocks that lie scattered around.   The quarry delivered rough, suitable stone for the forest roads when they were laid down.   These […]

Fr La’s weekly ‘Pause and Ponder’ from along the Pilgrim Path at Lough Derg. This week’s reflection – ‘Written in Stone’. Written in Stone Out on the Path, this autumn afternoon, late sunshine lights the wooden cross on the boulder at the quarry behind the rock that we sometimes use for Mass. In the days […]

August ‘Early Bird’ Sellers Draw 2021  The first of the Friends of Lough Derg Early Bird Draw 2021 took place on 3 September in the Lough Derg offices in Pettigo, Co Donegal. Watch Fr La in the video below to find out the first of this year’s winners: In the absence of pilgrims to the […]