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27Sep2024
3:00 pm September 27, 2024 - 1:00 pm September 29, 2024
I Give You My Word: Encountering God in Lectio Divina
Lectio divina is sacred reading. It is a way or prayer whereby we allow the Word of God to touch our hearts and change our lives. It is a dialogue of love between the person and God as heart speaks to heart through the Word. This weekend retreat focusses on the process of lectio divina by engaging participants […]
5Oct2024
9:00 am October 5, 2024 - 4:00 pm October 5, 2024
Benedictine Values: Fertile soil for an integral ecology
Time is moving on and the cry of the earth and the poor is intensifying. The appeal of Pope Francis in “Laudato Si” and “Laudato Deum” is now an imperative. There is a wisdom in the Rule of St Benedict that can provide fertile soil for an integral ecology for our time. Come, let us […]
2Nov2024
10:15 am November 2, 2024 - 3:30 pm November 2, 2024
Praying with Julian of Norwich
Today’s retreat explores the world and prayer of Julian of Norwich, the 14th century mystic whose life and times speak so much to our own. We will contemplate some of Julians’ Revelations and through meditation, pray them into our heart and being.
22Nov2024
3:00 pm November 22, 2024 - 1:00 pm November 24, 2024
Reclaiming Humility: Living life to the full
This weekend explores the question: what is humility? It is not an action or a habit – but an habitual quality which manifests in being and flavours behaviour (RB Ch 7). Sharing surprising roots with humour, humanity, and humus we explore humility in all its aspects and discover how it grows us in fullness of […]
7Dec2024
10:15 am December 7, 2024 - 3:30 pm December 7, 2024
A Day Retreat for Advent – Hope
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all. Emily Dickinson. Today we explore how the hope of the coming of the Lord continues to sing in the deepest places of our soul. What tune does hope sing for […]