A Retreat with Francis of Assisi – his life and message for today
The Franciscan Centre Ashstead Lane, Godalming, United KingdomA retreat with Sr Mary-Beth Ingham.
Come away to the beautiful surroundings of Ladywell, steeped in God’s creation, surrounded by awe-inspiring beauty and journey into greater depths with our Creator.
Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins captures his experience of the spiritual path when he claims ‘The world is charged with the grandeur of God.’ Throughout his poetry, Hopkins celebrates the wealth of beauty that surrounds us, forming a spiritual path of transformation. This retreat focuses on the centrality of Beauty as a pathway to God. In addition to Hopkins, important Franciscan saints will be our guides: Francis and Clare of Assisi, Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, and Blessed John Duns Scotus. As we experience the abundant power of God’s love, we enter into a transformative dynamic to become artists of beauty in our world.
