This quiet week will be an opportunity to relax in the peace of Dorset coastal landscape and enjoy poetry, walks, meditations and community together. We are delighted to welcome back our leaders for this week, partners Jane Pearse and Catherine Bond. Jane and Catherine have an eclectic taste for poems including many by Mary Oliver, …
Step away from the noise and haste of your everyday life and into the quiet beauty of the Franciscan Centre Ladywell in the heart of Surrey. Each day you will be accompanied by a trained spiritual director.
Based at Letton Hall
Leader: Andy Swinford Come and explore the theme of journeying through the life God has given us, drawing inspiration from the Bible and from the stories of C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien. We shall look at such themes as leave-taking and home-coming, pilgrimage, companions on the way, the things that sustain us, God`s …
Learning to See with the Eyes of the Heart - A retreat exploring photography and prayer. Tutor: Rev’d Susan Blagden Come and explore contemplative photography and spirituality within the beautiful setting of Rydal Hall.
We often think that mysticism is a thing of the past, that the great mystics like Francis of Assisi, Julian of Norwich or Teresa of Avila are resigned to times long gone, and that mysticism died in the Reformations, the Enlightenment, or the Quietist Controversy. However, there are important mystical elements of all major world …
