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Venue: Our Lady of Lourdes and St Gerard Majella RC Church, Brownedge Rd, Lostock Hall Preston PR55TA. Cost £20. 

For bookings, please contact the Parish office: 01772 335387 or email:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  Places are limited.

THE INTERIOR CASTLE | Exploring the 7 dwelling places of prayer with the help of Saint Teresa’s pioneering work.

The day will include stillness, discussion, presentation, music etc. There will also be an opportunity to walk the labyrinth as a symbol of The Interior Castle.

VENUE: Avila Carmelite Centre, Bloomfield Avenue, Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, IRELAND.

(10am coffee) 10.30am – 4pm  (Please bring a packed lunch). Cost 30 EUROs.

The stunning monastic site of Ireland’s Glendalough was founded by the 6thC Saint Kevin. Imagine going deeper on a journey with this wonderful Christian saint in Glendalough itself - just a few minutes’ walk from Glendalough heritage site is the lovely Glendalough Sanctuary, and it’s here that the day retreat will take place. We will use presentation, music, stillness, discussion, to explore the compelling spirituality of this famous hermit including the profound image of Saint Kevin’s Cave, which offer us rich ground for considering contemplative silence and why our hearts often yearn for stillness. The unforgettable story of Saint Kevin and the Blackbird will be presented through dramatic storytelling and we’ll explore questions such as: How does this story show the relationship between prayer and creation and prayer and spiritual birth? Space for inner soul work will be offered; the startling symbol of the monster of the lough can be an aid to looking at our own shadow sides and how we can bring these gently to light as well as noticing the hidden treasures we may carry. The day will end with a slow motion walking meditation in the sacred place of Glendalough.

Wednesday 12th July 10.30am-4.30pm (Coffee from 10am) Cost 85 euros (includes vegetarian lunch)

Glendalough Sanctuary also offers accommodation: Accommodation | Glendalough Sanctuary | Ireland

Labyrinth Training Day:

Saturday 2nd September 2023  11am-6pm  (Please arrive early - there will be coffee from 10.30am)

Venue: Leyland Methodist Church, 9 Turpin Green Ln, Leyland, Lancashire PR25 3HA  

The labyrinth is a safe, beautiful prayerful holding space and offers time to slow down, walk one's pathway, listen to the inner journey, be attuned to the freeing movements of the soul. Following the path of the labyrinth, we mindfully journey inwards towards the centre (towards God) and then walk back out into the world. Releasing, receiving and renewing, this is time to find affirming space, to deepen a sense of our true self. 

This day will introduce the labyrinth and include a presentation, labyrinth prayer walks and training to support you in how to facilitate labyrinth prayer walks. There is no obligation to do anything with the training, but some participants may wish to go on to lead labyrinth walks or set up labyrinth teams in their contexts and offer others this beautiful prayer space. Facilitating labyrinth prayer walks can be a really rewarding ministry and deepen the spiritual journey of faith. All are welcome, no experience necessary.

 DISCERNMENT | A time to review our callings and discern the guidance of the Spirit. The retreat includes guided imaginative prayer, the spiritual treasures of a beautiful painting and time to listen to the body’s wisdom.

THE FEEDING OF THE 5,000 | From a boat, to the shore of a lonely place... healing, the hungry are fed and the fragments are gathered.

Venue: Our Lady of Lourdes and St Gerard Majella RC Church, Brownedge Rd, Lostock Hall Preston PR55TA. Cost £20. 

For bookings, please contact the Parish office: 01772 335387 or email:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  Places are limited.

The Story of the Handless Woman Retreat

This uniquely prepared retreat offers spiritual and creative space in which to explore one of the most compelling and crucial ancient stories for women, The Handless Woman. Psychologist Clarissa Pinkola Estes believes this tale is about the phases of an entire lifetime of a women and it teaches that the work is to wander into the forest again and again…

I have hired a lovely, spacious venue in the beautiful setting of Ribble Valley’s Hurst Green village, with its enchanting woodland. The quest in the story calls a woman to the wildness of the forest and so, (weather permitting), during one of the sessions, we will enter this sacred space of trees, stream and stillness and explore what it means to go into the forest…

The venue has a stage and the day will begin with a professional, creative, one woman dramatic storytelling performance of the story, full of red tears, silver hands, the white spirit, the sacred orchard…

I hope we can really enjoy, think, discuss, heal, renew, restore... through the depths of this ancient myth, as we explore the wisdom which speaks to women’s heroic journeying. Various themes will be focused on including: the naïve bargains women sometimes can make; dismemberment - when women lose their ‘hands’ and their ability to make, hold, create; the journey into the forest; restoration of 'the hands' and of who we are; engaging and embodying the ‘Wild woman’ with her divine energy.

Venue: Hurst Green ABC Memorial Hall, Avenue Rd, Hurst Green, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 9QB

The Hall has a car park with free parking.

Date: Sunday 22^nd October.   11am – 4pm, with coffee from 10.30-11am.

(Please bring a packed lunch, comfortable clothing, outdoor clothes and footwear). Coffee and tea will be provided throughout the day.

There will be limited spaces to ensure a quality experience of the retreat.

Cost £75

(ONLINE) THE PRAYER OF THE HEART | This retreat is about the inner contemplative journey and wisdom from Desert and Eastern Christianity. Including the Jesus Prayer.

LEARNING FROM NATURE | We seek the divine through Creation… Drawing on the deep rooted Christian reverence for the earth, this retreat explores Scripture, poetry and images from nature alongside personal reflection and discernment.