Dublin (Fides Service) - The Irish Missionary Union publishes a IMU Directory of Retreats and Courses which is a special edition of the IMU Report compiled each year to facilitate missionaries in planning their home or sabbatical leave. It is sent free of charge to over 2,600 Irish missionaries in 90 countries throughout the developing world. for further information contact communications@irishmissionaryunion.com.
The IMU Report gives details of retreats and spirituality courses in Ireland, elsewhere in Europe and on other continents Africa, Asia, North America, Middle East. Among the numerous opportunities signalled we mention just a few: Missionary Institute London, Mill Hill Missionaries www.the-mil.org.uk which offers personalised sabbaticals, Diploma in Missiology; Centre for Biblical Formation, Jerusalem, Israel, Biblical Renewal Centre phone: 972-2-277 293; AMECEA Pastoral Institute, Gaba, Renewal Course PO Box 908, Eldoret Kenya phone: 0321-33286; Boston College Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry, courses in social work, counselling, spirituality, collaborative leadership or Liturgy Concentration, see www.bc.edu/irepm.html. Lumen Vitae, Pastoral and Catechetical renewal, Brussels, Belgium www.catho.be/lumen . (Fides Service 21/1/2003)