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.
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Life Writing Thu 18 Sep — Sun 21 Sep 2025 How do you write the story of your life? A creative retreat
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Joining The Pieces Creative Team 10.15am-3.30pm £15 Bring packed lunch |
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Knitting Retreat – Meeting God in our creativity Led by Sr Cathy Edge This is an opportunity to spend time knitting together and praying together, along with times for quiet reflection and prayer while exploring how our creativity can help us connect with God who created each one of us in love. This retreat is […] Beginners Retreat Launde Abbey East Norton, Leicestershire, United Kingdom The aim of this semi-silent retreat weekend is to help you enter the world of silent retreats gently and with plenty of support. There will be guidance on how to use the time; periods on your own and with the other retreatants, and the opportunity to share […] This special retreat on Holy Island is timed for spring migration and breeding birds. The all-inclusive price is 495 pounds per person (plus 75 single room supplement) for 3 nights full board, accommodation and retreat fees at Marygate House Retreat Centre on the island. The retreat runs from 4pm on Friday afternoon on 6 June […] A Retreat with Amy Boucher Pye St Katharine's Retreat House, Parmoor. RG9 6NN £248
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9am – 3pm Our relationships with God, others and ourself. How do you see God and respond to his longing for us? Reflection Series A series of days to explore the journey within – all welcome, those of any faith or none. Join us for one, some or all. The days will start with morning […] |
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Meditation in the Christian tradition is an ancient and simple way of prayer. Our purpose is to teach meditation as a simple path to peace, community and oneness. Our vision is to help people establish peace in themselves and become places of peace in the world. Each session includes a short talk, a period of […]
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Brian Draper: 'Real and Colourful, Fruitful and Whole' 20th September 2025, 10:15 - 16:00 Through a mix of guided reflections, teaching and contemplative practice, we'll explore how one of the most soulfully evocative of all the seasons can help us to encounter the Creator afresh, within its 'hidden wholeness' - in the leaf-fall and the […] |
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Prayer Shawl Workshop Leader: Vicki Cottingham Come together to either crochet or knit a prayer shawl, which will be created prayerfully, spending time praying for those who will receive them. Whilst the prayer shawl is our gift to someone else, we will also experience blessing as we take time out to create, pray and spend the […]
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Spiritual Photography – Zooming into the scriptures - Quiet Day A day of exploring the joy of nature by taking photographs and looking at the words that come from slowing down for a while. Day of Reflection The Franciscan Centre Ashstead Lane, Godalming, United Kingdom Come away and rest awhile on a Day of Reflection at the Franciscan Centre Ladywell! Our next gatherings will be held on the 2nd Saturday and 4th Tuesday of each month from 9.30am to 4.00pm. |
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Heartfulness Meditation Every Wednesday 07:15pm to 08:00pm We’re delighted to host a weekly Heartfulness Meditation session in our beautiful Library. These sessions are always free of charge and you can also continue at home with support. Available now in 160 countries worldwide supported by volunteers. Heartfulness meditation is based on ancient Raj Yoga but simplified for […] |
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Mountain Mindfulness Retreat Escape Thursday 25th September - Monday 29th September 2025 4 nights Suitable for all levels, limited spaces Shared & private rooms available All meals included Reconnect with nature and yourself Find peace within during the daily life.
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Quiet Garden Day Leader: Jay Ashworth Step aside from the busyness of life and into the peace and beauty of this place for a day of reflection and refreshment. The day will be mostly self-guided but will start and end with a reflective prayer time. You will be able to use the art room, summer houses […]
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We are pleased to be associated with the Quiet Garden Movement which: nurtures access to outdoor space for prayer, reflection and rest in a variety of settings, such as private homes, churches, schools and hospitals, and creates opportunities for people to experience silence, restfulness and contemplative practices… Find out more Our garden is usually open […] |
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26th – 28th Sep: Honouring the Spaces– A Quiet Weekend facilitated by Alison Paris. We all experience losses; some day by day – what we might call small losses – and also more life -changing losses, perhaps through a bereavement. In both cases, we can tend, for all kinds of reasons, to push these losses […] Yoga Retreat with Debs Albon Fri 26 Sep — Sun 28 Sep 2025 Fun and fruitful experience, deepening your yoga practice in community £270 residential retreat for two nights, all food provided£60 day rate includes a two-course home cooked meal Free to Write. Suitable for writers of all ages and stages, this interactive weekend will encourage us to release our imagination and engage with Godly inspiration to express what's on our heart and mind. Jane Walters's teaching style […] |
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Meditation in the Christian tradition is an ancient and simple way of prayer. Our purpose is to teach meditation as a simple path to peace, community and oneness. Our vision is to help people establish peace in themselves and become places of peace in the world. Each session includes a short talk, a period of […]
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Angel Voices Led by Dr Antonia Lynn We shall celebrate the season of Michaelmas, and of the Autumn Equinox, by pausing from our busyness to create a “thin” place together where we can consider the balance of light and darkness, heaven and earth, by exploring together some of the angelic encounters in Scripture. A […] |
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6 Night Silent IGR Leaders: Maureen Stringer and Chris Doust Come and deepen your relationship with God on this silent individually guided retreat (IGR). You will have the time and opportunity to pay attention to God and be more aware of his work in your life, to pray and reflect on your life and to consider any decisions […] Arrive Monday afternoon from 3pm, depart Friday morning, after breakfast / before lunch The written word is no longer confined to the printed page. Now we can text and e-mail, tweet and blog and have become used to the availability of both instant and constant communication. Whether you find this a blessing or a curse, […] Kilmalieu in the Scottish Highlands is blessed with a remarkable range of birds. From tiny goldcrests, warblers and flycatchers to majestic golden and white-tailed eagles, there is a rich variety of mountain, moorland, woodland and shoreline birds to see, hear and enjoy. Reverend Dale Hanson will be leading this special Even Sparrows retreat at Kilmalieu […] |
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Seasonal Quiet Garden Days - meditation and reflective time, learning from and enjoying the garden with some practical activity too. Cost £65 To Book email info@bieldatblackruthven.org.uk
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(IN SITU) THE RAISING OF LAZARUS (John 11:1-44) | Journeying with John’s Gospel to the tomb and resurrection. We will explore this through a short theatre piece, theological and spiritual reflection, quiet and prayer etc. Come and dive deep into this wonderful Gospel text. Tuesday Sept 30th, 2025, 10.30am–4pm (10am Coffee) Cost £30 (Includes refreshments and lunch)
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Time for a prayer “MOT”? course Prayer can become predictable, tough, or even dry up. All of us struggle, at one time or another, to know how to pray, what to pray, and how to get the juices pumping again when things get dry, or we even stop praying completely. We will explore the brilliant […] |
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‘O all you works of the Lord’ - Retreat As Creationtide closes with the feast of St Francis, this retreat will explore how God’s sacrificial love is revealed to us in his gifts of Creation: earth, sky, water and living creatures;
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Icon Quiet Day Alison MacTier Jesus meeting the Samaritan Woman at the Well
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Journalling: Listening to the Soul course “A Spiritual Journal a tool for self-discovery, an aid to concentration, a mirror for the soul, a place to generate and capture ideas, a safety valve for the emotions, a training ground for the writer, and a good friend and confidant.” (Klug, 2002: p7). It is all these things […]
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Heartfulness Meditation Every Wednesday 07:15pm to 08:00pm We’re delighted to host a weekly Heartfulness Meditation session in our beautiful Library. These sessions are always free of charge and you can also continue at home with support. Available now in 160 countries worldwide supported by volunteers. Heartfulness meditation is based on ancient Raj Yoga but simplified for […] |
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Autumn Walkers' Break Thu 2 Oct — Sun 5 Oct 2025 3 nights in good company, with varied led walks in stunning surroundings
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Divorce Recovery A Day for those affected by divorce to share experience and move forward Led by: Rev'd Tim Robinson Cost: £30.00 including lunch and refreshments |
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Longing for God: Individually Guided Retreat Led by the House of Prayer Team A silent individually guided retreat for busy people, those who have not made a retreat before, or for anyone who needs time away to stop, breathe, and pray. A trained spiritual director will be available for daily individual meetings to […] Weekend for the Community Companions On the Saturday Adrian Scott will lead a Journey with Darkness and Light reflecting on the life of Vincent Van Gogh Join us as we focus on the life of St Francis and his Brothers and how he still inspires people centuries after his death. Over the weekend at Hilfield, we will be focusing on Francis’ life and use his example to help us enter more deeply into a pattern of loving attentiveness to God in […] Do you want to explore more of the place and poetry of George Herbert? Would you like to share your love of this poet in Salisbury Cathedral Close? Come and join us for a relaxed weekend of listening, reflecting and learning on the home soil where Herbert was parish priest. Helen Wilcox and others will […] Journeying with CS Lewis Chris and Ros are Directors/Trustees of Whitchester Christian Centre, Lay Readers in the Scottish Episcopal Church, retired university lecturers (but not in English Literature or Philosophy!) - and great lovers of CS Lewis' writings. They look forward to exploring, along with other lovers of CS Lewis' work, the theme of journeying […]
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(ONLINE) THE RAISING OF LAZARUS (John 11:1-44) | Journeying with John’s Gospel to the tomb and resurrection. We will explore this through a short theatre piece, theological and spiritual reflection, quiet and prayer etc. Come and dive deep into this wonderful Gospel text. Friday 3rd October 7-9.30pm |
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Meditation in the Christian tradition is an ancient and simple way of prayer. Our purpose is to teach meditation as a simple path to peace, community and oneness. Our vision is to help people establish peace in themselves and become places of peace in the world. Each session includes a short talk, a period of […]
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Roger Preece: Finding soulfulness in a digital world 4th October 2025, 10:15 - 16:00 The power of technology has revolutionised the way we work and connect with the world. How do we appreciated all the positive aspects of the digital world, whilst protecting ourselves from what causes harm to our souls? During this day we […]
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Who is loving us? with Revd. Dr. Tim Boniface Reflections on Christ and love in Dietrich Bonhoeffer Tim Boniface has been Chaplain at Girton College, University of Cambridge since 2020, and also works as a professional jazz musician and composer. He has for many years found both challenge and inspiration in studying the works of […] |
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