The Ulster Regional Retreat for Autumn 2024 will be held
at St Patrick’s Sanctuary, Lough Derg
on September 27th-29th.
Register now for a weekend of adoration, talks, prayer, and time together!
Stay and eat on site as part of the retreat, just bring a sleeping bag and some warm clothes as well as the usual necessities for an overnight, and everything else will be provided. Please register in advance to help us prepare for your arrival – it only takes a few minutes and even less if you have been with us before!
This weekend WILL be a typical Youth 2000 Retreat taking place on Lough Derg. It WILL NOT be a typical ‘Lough Derg Pilgrimage’.
Registration opens at 19:30 on Friday the 27th of September.
See the retreat schedule in full below!
Schedule for Lough Derg retreat September 2024
For more information about our retreats and what the weekend will be like, including a sample schedule, please visit our FAQ page, or email office@youth2000.ie.
Youth 2000 retreats are for anyone aged 16-35, but everyone is welcome to join us for the Closing Mass on Sunday!
DIRECTIONS
Please follow eircode F94 K725, or the map directions HERE
If you put The Sanctuary Car Park, Lough Derg into Google maps it will come up also. This is important, rather than a general search for ‘Lough Derg’ , so you will be directed to the correct part of the lake for boarding the boats.
BOAT TIMES
The boats will travel to the island on the Friday evening at 19:20, 20:00, 20:30, and 21:00.
On Saturday, boats travel on the hour every hour from 09:00 to 21:00.
On Sunday, boats will travel on the hour every hour again from 09:00 to 15:00.
COST
In general, Youth 2000 is completely Donation Only so that financial circumstances might not be an obstacle for anyone who wishes to attend!
However, in this particular case there is a charge for use of the overnight accommodation of €40/£35 on the island for the weekend. This charge is only for those staying onsite and goes directly, in-full, from Youth 2000 to Lough Derg for the accommodation.
If you are paying in advance you can do so by bank transfer:
- Account Name: Youth 2000
- Bank: AIB
- Account No.: 07777058
- Bank Sort Code: 931136
- IBAN: IE75AIBK93113607777058
- BIC: AIBKIE2D
Please include your name on the reference line and email the office to let us know when you have paid. You can also pay on arrival, cash would be ideal but we will have a card machine onsite.
All other parts of the retreat are, as always, donation only! If the cost of staying on site for this particular retreat is prohibitive, we will please God have four more retreats around the country before the end of this year where the whole event will donation only as usual.
If you would like to make a donation, separate to costs for staying on-site, you can do so HERE.
PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS
We are always so delighted to have so many wonderful priests and religious at our events! You are entirely welcome! Please click HERE for more information about your registration and attendance.
REMINDERS!
Everyone must check in at the registration desk on arrival, where you will be asked to present you photo ID.
If you are under 18 years of age, you MUST also remember to bring your signed parental
Registration remains open for O.18s throughout the weekend. Please note that on-site accommodation is not available for anyone outside of the age group 16-35 and anyone u.16 must be accompanied by an adult to attend. Please email us for more details.