Renovation and building work in Manresa Jesuit Centre of Spirituality, Dollymount, Dublin is expected to begin in July 2022. It will include a new dining facility and the refurbishment of both the retreat house, castle buildings and the former tertianship buildings. As a result, the retreat house will cease activities on-site by the end of June 2022. The comprehensive work will take over a year to complete, seeing the Centre reopen in later 2023.

The first phase will see the preparation of the ground where the chalet is currently located. This will become the site of the new kitchen and dining room which, parallel to the 1960s retreat house building, will complete a quadrangle creating in future a ‘plaza’ rather than parking.

All the windows in the retreat house building itself will be replaced and the bedrooms refurbished, the roof of the Montserrat (conference) Room repaired and other internal rearrangements to enhance the guest experience.

At the same time, work will begin in the former tertianship building to prepare it for community/retreat team occupancy. The community will relocate to this building once the accommodation is finished, allowing work to begin on the vacated castle building.

It is hoped that the new kitchen and dining room for the guests and community will be ready in the autumn of 2023.

External works will include the provision of parking in front of the castle building, landscaping and the addition of a swale at the top of the labyrinth meadow.