Logos Scripture Summer School 2026

The Logos Scripture Summer School will again

offer two separate course options in 2026.

Course 1 - Meeting the Old Testament Heroes

Friday evening 3rd July to Tuesday evening 7th July 2026

Course Description:

This course aims to take a good look at some of the major figures of the Old Testament and how their lives and works allowed God to enter the world more and more. Adam and Eve began the story of us all, first in paradise and then in a land of their own making, but still under the loving hand of God.

Abraham was in charge, but was he really? How did God guide him to be a real rock on which to build the people of Israel? Moses built Israel's love for God upon his own friendship with God. What can we say of Jacob the trickster? Of Joseph? David? Elijah and young Elisha? Jeremiah?

And then the women too, Hanna and Ruth, Deborah and Judith, who took the history of our salvation into their hands and built it up while being tossed about on the waves of fortune.

Their biblical stories are shining examples of an artist's work under God's guiding hand, and so this course hopes to bring out the best of these works and to make them guides along our own path to appreciating the coming of Jesus into the world and how all things point to him.

• Click 'BOOK' at the top or bottom of this page for Course One Booking Form
• Click HERE for the booking page for Course 2 "St John the Evangelist & His Gospel"

Time for discussion, prayer and social activities are included.

Come and join us for Course 1 "Meeting the Old Testament Heroes", from Friday 3rd July to Tuesday 7th July 2026, in the beautiful surroundings of the Cistercian Abbey Roscrea. (This will be one of the last opportunities to stay in the beautiful setting of Mt St Joseph's Cistercian Abbey before the monks leave Roscrea and move to Mellifont in the coming months.)

Reduced rate for students.

 If you play a musical instrument, please bring it along!  

No previous learning required • Limited places available • You must be over 18 to attend 

Click here to download the Logos Scripture Summer School 2026 Flyer

 Costs and Other Details

• Course 1 (Meeting the Old Testament Heroes) will run from Friday evening 3rd July to Tuesday evening 7th July 2026.
• Student/concession rate available: email us for details.

Venue:

• The Summer School will be held again at the Cistercian Abbey Guesthouse, Roscrea, Co Tipperary, Ireland, one of the final opportunities to spend time in this beautiful setting before the Cistercians leave Roscrea and move to Mellifont in the coming months.

"The guesthouse is a quiet place, set in the beautiful grounds of the Cistercian monastery at Roscrea. There are fine walks around the grounds, giving the visitor time and space to enjoy the peaceful landscape."

• You can find more information about the accommodation and facilities, as well as directions, at the Mt St Joseph's Monastery website here:

Mount St Joseph Abbey Guesthouse

Accommodation at the Guesthouse

Directions to the Guesthouse

• NOTE: the Summer School lectures, events and meals are held in the Guesthouse itself; bedrooms are split between the Guesthouse, and Clairvaux House, also in the grounds of Mount St Joseph Abbey, near the gate. Rooms are allocated by booking date.

Rates and Payment

Total Cost:

• €400 per person sharing (€360 with Early Bird Offer up to Friday 22nd May 2026 for Course 1). 
• €465 single room (or €418 with Early Bird Offer up to Friday 22nd May 2026 for Course 1)
• Bank transfer payment details are on the booking form.
• A deposit of €100 is required to confirm your acceptance of the place.
• The balance of the fee is due by Tuesday 23rd June 2026 for Course 1.
• Remember to include your name as a reference so we can identify the payment.

Cost includes: 

Accommodation: 

• • Bed and Breakfast for four nights (Friday - Monday)
  • Meals over the five days (Friday evening - Tuesday evening). The course concludes after 6pm Dinner on Tuesday evening.
  • Tea / Coffee 
  • All rooms are en suite 
  • Single Room Supplement: €65 (limited single rooms available)

Four Day Summer School:

• Four days of talks and discussion guided by an expert in guiding people to discover Christ in His Scripture.
• Course materials including course book.
• And of course, time for chats, socialising, walks, prayer, laughter and fun.

Presenter: Fr Terence Crotty O.P.

Fr Terence Crotty (BDS, BA, LSS, STD) is a scripture scholar and priest of the Dominican Order, based at St Saviour’s Priory, Dublin. He studied at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, and at Blackfriars, Oxford, and holds a doctorate in Sacred Scripture from the University of Fribourg. His doctoral thesis, “Why is it that you ask my name?”, explores the translation of names in the Septuagint version of the Book of Genesis.

He is Regent of Studies for the Irish Dominican Province and lectures in Scripture, Latin and Greek at the Dominican House of Studies in Dublin, and in Scripture at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome. He is author of The Irish Dominicans: 800 years, 1224–2024 (2025).

Feedback from previous years: 

"What a wonderful week, never wanted it to end but the desire for scripture and all that is divine never will end!"

 "The location was beautiful, food and accommodation very good... The material provided for the course was of the highest quality and Fr Terence's delivery, good humour, knowledge and patience was exceptional...The Scripture instruction was both affirming and illuminating for our faith."

"Thanks for organising the Logos Scripture Summer School - it was a great success and a healing experience in many ways for me.” 

"What a wonderful few days we had in Mt St Joseph’s…It was a great course in every way."

Looking forward to meeting you there!