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Getting Involved

The Day of Private Reflection provides a voluntary opportunity for everyone in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain to reflect upon the conflict in and about Northern Ireland and the future that is before us.

The Day of Private Reflection on 21 June 2007 is offered as a day for personal, private and individual reflection, for example, at home or at work, within a family, group or organisation.

While the emphasis is not upon events for the Day of Private Reflection, all groups can be involved by raising awareness among their members and/or offering a place where reflection could take place, facilitate reflection, or assist in developing materials which would aid and enable meaningful reflection.

If you or your organisation is interested in or planning to engage with and participate in the Day of Private Reflection please let us know. You can either email info@dayofreflection.com details of your planned activity or complete the form below.

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Ways of Reflecting

While the Day of Private Reflection is not intended to be prescriptive the following are some suggestions, made by groups and individuals, of ways of reflecting that you may like to consider:

Endorsements

The following organisations, groups and individuals have welcomed the Day of Private Reflection:

Organisations and Groups

Advice NI	Aisling Centre
St. Anthony's Retreat Centre, Donegal	Belfast Central Mission
Columba Community of Prayer and Reconciliation	Community Relations Council
Cornerstone community	Corrymeela
Eastern Health and Social Services Board	EHSSB Trauma Advisory Panel
St. Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace	Fermanagh Churches Forum
Firinne	Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation
Iontas Centre, Castleblayney	IOSAS Centre
Mill Strand Integrated School	Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Northern Ireland Policing Board	Northern Ireland Retired Police Officers Association
Oak House Ecumenical Fellowship	Old Library Trust, Healthy Living Centre
One Small Step	Peace Factory
Priory Integrated College	White Oaks Centre for Rehabilitation from Drugs and Alcohol

Individuals

Marie Breen Smyth*	Fr. Neal Carlin	Jeanette Chapman**
Sean Coll*	Fergus Cooper	Kevin Cooper**
Neil Coyle	Michael Culbert**	Anna Doherty
Grace Doone	Larry Dunne	Harold Good**
Claire Hackett*	Kate Heaney	Seamas Heaney
Linda Hogan	Tony Kennedy**	Donald Ker
Maura Kiely**	Alastair Kilgore**	Heather Kilgore**
Alan McBride*	Frances McCandless**	Tommy McCay**
Roy McClelland*	Ann McCay	Marie McCormack
Jackie McMullan*	Michaela Mackin**	Sr. Lucina Montague
Kevin Mullan**	Martin Murphy**	Gareth Porter
Dawn Purvis*	Andrew Rawding**	Jayme Reaves
Sr. Marie Redmond	Trevor Ringland**	Glyn Roberts
Hugh Rowan	Geraldine Smyth*	Martin Snoddon*
Sheila Strange	Jackie Stretch	Bernice Swift**
Lorraine Toland	Oliver Wilkinson*

*Member of Healing Through Remembering Board.
**Member of HTR Day of Reflection Sub Group.

If you would like to welcome the Day of Private Reflection and have you or your organisation's name added to the list above please complete the form below:

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Activities

Below are details of some activities happening on the Day of Private Reflection on 21 June 2007:

• Larne Museum - A space will be made available in the museum for reflection and a book to record individual's contributions, such as memories and hopes for the future, will be provided.
• Corrymeela - The Linen Memorial installation will be open to the public to view in the Croi Building, Corrymeela, Ballycastle.
• St. Anthony's Retreat Centre, Donegal - Quiet garden overlooking the border and a space for reflection will be available on 21 June 2007.
• Fermanagh Churches Forum - A quiet space for private reflection will be available in the Clinton Peace Centre, Enniskillen on 21 June 2007.
• Columba Community - The Columba Community Oratory will be available in Queen Street in Derry/Londonderry city centre for quiet reflection from 9:30am to 7:30pm on Thursday 21 June 2007.
• IOSAS Centre - The Garden and Oratory at IOSAS Centre will be available for quiet reflection at Lenamore Road, Derryvane, Muff, Co Donegal from 9:00am to 5:00pm on Thursday 21 June 2007.
• Cornerstone Community - The Cornerstone Community House in West Belfast will be open for quiet reflection between 10am and 12 noon and again between 7pm and 9pm on Thursday 21 June 2007.
• Hamilton Road Methodist Church, Bangor - The Hamilton Road Methodist Church in Bangor will be open for quiet reflection from 9:30am to 5:00pm on Thursday 21 June.
• Iontas Centre, Castleblayney - Iontas Centre, Castleblayney will have cards available for people to record their thoughts, comments and memories on. The cards will then be added to a collective art piece to form a gorse/whin bush. Groups, organisations and individuals are all welcome to contribute. Contact Teresa McCabe at Iontas for more details.
• Lisburn City Council - Lisburn City Council will have a room available for quiet reflection in the Lagan Valley Island Conference Centre on Thursday 21 June 2007 between 10:00am and 4:00pm.
• Omagh Community Arts - Omagh Community Arts have organised a labyrinth walk at the Tara Centre, Omagh on Thursday 21 June 2007 from 7pm to 9pm. All are welcome to participate.
• Oakgrove Integrated College, Derry/Londonderry - Oakgrove Integrated College will be dedicating their Peace Garden on 21 June to mark the Day of Private Reflection.
• St. Botolph's-without-Bishopsgate - St. Botolph's-without-Bishopsgate, beside Liverpool St Station (London), will be open for silent reflection and prayer on Thursday 21 June between 8am and 6pm.
• Corpus Christi Youth Centre - Corpus Christi Youth Centre will hold an event that will celebrate the Summer Solstice and hold a "minutes silence". They will also have a session of reflection that enables the young people to acknowledge the hurt and pain suffered by everyone and to openly discuss the future. The young people will make a poster of statements of their suggestions about preventing it from ever happening again.
• City Church, Belfast - City Church, Belfast invite you to join them for the Day of Private Reflection, on Thursday, 21st June, from 6 to 9 pm. They will be using puppets as a tool to help reflection. There will be space for everyone to contribute and share in the reflection.
• WAVE - A remembrance event for the families of the Disappeared and those whose bodies have been recovered will be held on Thursday, 21 June 2007.
• WAVE Centre, Belfast - WAVE, Belfast will have a tree planting event for all those who died in the 'Troubles' at WAVE House, Belfast at 2pm on Thursday 21 June. The event will be facilitated by Fr Aidan Troy and Rev Norman Hamilton.
• WAVE Centre, Armagh - WAVE Trauma Centre, Dobbin Street, Armagh has set aside a special room for private reflection on Thursday 21 June for people from the area. Those who drop-in are invited to record their thoughts and hopes for the future in a book of reflection which will be available on the day. A short walk around the sensory gardens in the Palace Demesne will also be facilitated. 10am to 12 noon.
• Irish School of Ecumenics, Belfast - On the morning of Thursday 21 June, from 10:00am, the Irish School of Ecumenics (ISE) on Antrim Road, Belfast is making its garden and a quiet room available as spaces for private reflection. Resources for reflection will be available and there will be tea and coffee throughout the morning. In the afternoon there will be a walk up Cave Hill leaving from ISE at 2:00pm.
• Joymount Presbyterian Church, Carrickfergus - Joymount Presbyterian Church will be open for quiet reflection on Thursday, 21 June from 8:00am - 1:00pm and from 7:00pm - 9:30pm. There will also be specific prayer times led by members of staff from 11:45am - 12:15pm and again between 8:30pm and 9:00pm.
• Peace Factory, Dungannon - Peace Factory is offering a space at its premises at 32a Coalisland Road, Dungannon where reflection can take place on the hurt and loss of the conflict. There will also be an opportunity for people to hear about the work the Peace Factory is involved in. The building will be open 10:00am to 4:00pm and in the evening by request.
• Old Library Trust, Healthy Living Centre - The Old Library Trust in Creggan will set aside a room in Lis Linn Healthy Living Centre for people to use for private reflection on Thursday, 21 June 2007.
• Gilnahirk Presbyterian Church, Castlereagh, Belfast - Gilnahirk Presbyterian Church will be open for quiet reflection and prayer on Thursday 21 June from 12 noon - 2:00pm and again from 7:00pm - 8:00pm.
• Restoration Ministries - An interdenominational service at Restoration House, 4 Thornhill Road, Dunmurry on Thursday June 21st at 8.00pm, entitled 'A New Beginning'. This will be a time to remember the past, celebrate the present and pray for the future.
• The Junction, Bishop Street, Derry/Londonderry - From 10am - 4pm, The Junction will be open as a space for reflection. All are welcome to drop in throughout the day for a moment of quiet, of stillness.
• Priory Integrated College - Priory Integrated College is holding an afternoon of reflection, where the students are bringing in photos of positive events that have happened to them and they will be presenting/recording them in a creative manner. As an integrated school they are trying to look at the positive events and move forward from there. Through learning to share together, understand each other better we can develop meaningful relationships.
• Barnardos - Barnardos will make a room available for their staff for quiet reflection and will also be providing opportunities for their staff to engage in reflection through art and music.
• Eastern Health and Social Services Board - The Eastern Health and Social Services Board will mark the Day of Private Reflection with a minute's silence. They have invited all staff to pause for a short time in the busy working day to reflect on all hurts, bereavement and injury arising from the "Troubles" and to commit themselves to a different future.
• Victims and Survivors Trust - Victims and Survivors Trust members will be gathering together, opening with poem "Words of Comfort". Its okay to laugh, remembering the good times, and the happiness we once shared. "Story Telling", remembering all who were affected by the conflict, through silence and meditation, followed by lunch and a bit of craic.
• Irish School of Ecumenics, Dublin - The Irish School of Ecumenics in Dublin will have a room available for staff and students for quiet reflection on Thursday, 21 June from 12noon to 2:30pm.
• St. Ethelburga's Centre for Peace and Reconciliation - St Ethelburga's (Bishopsgate, London) will be open for the Day of Reflection on Thursday 21 June from 3:00pm to 5:00pm.
• Hillsborough Presbyterian Church - Hillsborough Presbyterian Church will be open for quiet reflection from 9:00am to 9:00pm on Thursday, 21 June 2007.
• Healing Through Remembering - Healing Through Remembering will have a space available for quiet reflection in their office from 9:00am to 5:30pm on Thursday 21 June 2007. Light refreshments will be available. All welcome.
• Aisling Centre, Enniskillen - The Aisling Centre, Enniskillen will mark the Day of Private Reflection on the 21st June by providing a candle lit space for reflection with the opportunity for personal expression using creative writing and art materials. Jackie Stretch is the appointed member of the Counselling team who supports people who have experienced Trauma related to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. She will be available all day offering staff support and will respond to members of the local community who are seeking support or information on the day. Outside of this time people can refer themselves to the service by ringing the centre reception staff directly between 9.00am to 5.00pm daily (mon - fri) and requesting a referral form.
• Saver Naver - Saver Naver's peace garden in Markethill will be open for private reflection on Thursday, 21 June from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
• Portstewart Presbyterian Church - Portstewart Presbyterian Church, Centenary Room available for private reflection from 7:00pm to 8:00pm On Thursday, 21 June 2007.

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The Day of Private Reflection is offered as an inclusive and positive experience that emphasises a commitment to a peaceful new society.

The Day of Private Reflection is offered as a day for personal, private and individual reflection, for example, at home or at work, within a family, group or organisation.

Public events will not be a feature of the Day.

It is hoped that this initial Day of Private Reflection on 21 June 2007 could lead to an annual Day of Reflection, and continue to make a contribution to addressing the hurts of the past and moving forward as a society.