Canisius CIS - Pymble NSW

Contact us

Des Purcell SJ,
Director PO Box 136 (102 Mona Vale Road)
Pymble NSW 2073
Tel: 02 9488 4524
Email: canisius@cis.jesuit.org.au

Facilities

Our Centre is located within the extensive grounds of Canisius College on Sydney’s leafy North Shore, 30 minutes from the CBD by public transport, 45 minutes from the Airport. We offer 12 well-appointed retreat bedrooms, shared bathroom amenities, a conference hall and small meeting rooms.

Canisius Team Members

Des Purcell SJ (Director) has given retreats and direction for most of his priestly life and is particularly interested in the Spiritual Exercises as a way of living the Christian life and being companions and co-workers with God in encouraging others on the journey. Des enjoys adapting the Exercises to the person’s lived circumstances.

Peter Beer SJ a Lonergan scholar, has taught theology for many years and has a special interest in giving retreats and spiritual direction to priests. He is a regular giver of directed, eight day retreats and the 30 day Spiritual Exercises.

Mary Flynn RSJ a sister of St Joseph was trained in the CRD model of spiritual direction and retreat work in Australia, has several years experience in the field and graduated in Ignatian Spirituality and retreat work at Toronto University Guelph, in Canada, and as a supervisor of spiritual directors and retreat teams at Burlingame, California.

Sally Longley has worked in Chaplaincy at several universities in South Africa; was Missions Director of the Student Cross-Cultural Missions Program for Southern Africa; and has been a lecturer at Rhodes University and the Australian Catholic University. She now does spiritual direction; is an Honorary Associate Minister (part-time); and speaks at conferences and leads retreats.

Guy Yeomans completed the residential associate program in spiritual direction at the Jesuit Centre for Spiritual Growth at Wernersville, Penns. He is pastor of a small Baptist Church at St Ives and recently completed his Master’s degree in Christian Spirituality. He is married to Sandra and is father of twin children.