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(ONLINE) CREATING PSALMS | Explore a beautiful Psalm and through a deep attentiveness to the words of Scripture, go further into the text… Then be inspired by the Holy Spirit, to pray through creative writing, and create your own Psalm. In the spirit of the Psalmists, become your imaginative, inspired, praying selves...

2-5pm Sunday 2nd February 2025

(IN SITU) COMING HOME TO JESUS

A prayerful space to spend time with Jesus and know him more deeply.

Tuesday February 11^th, 2025, 10.30am – 4pm

(10am Coffee)

Cost £30 (Includes refreshments and lunch)

Venue: Monastery Of Our Lady Of Hyning, Warton,

Nr. Carnforth, Lancashire, La5 9se

For bookinGS, Contact Bookings Secretary: 01524 732684  hThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

(ONLINE) LENTEN JOURNEY | Stopping and giving time to explore the compelling space of Lent, a journey into the wilderness… 

Thursday 6th March 2025, 7-9.30pm  

(ONLINE) How do we hold a deeper peace, when faced with difficult situations? Our key text to explore will be St Paul's letter to the Philippians which is full of realism, hope, wisdom and insightful strategies.

10am-1pm Saturday 26th April 2025.

(IN SITU) JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN…  

In the 5th century, the brilliant Celtic seafarers Saint Brendan and his companions, set sail into the unknown of the Atlantic, compelled by the Spirit to seek the Island of the Promised Land…This incredible Christian journey offers a wonderful imaginative and mythic space in which to do our inner, creative soul-work.

Tuesday May 27^th, 2025, 10.30am – 4pm (10am Coffee)

Cost £30 (Includes refreshments and lunch)

Venue: Monastery Of Our Lady Of Hyning, Warton,

Nr. Carnforth, Lancashire, La5 9se

For bookinGS, Contact Bookings Secretary: 01524 732684  hThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

(ONLINE) IGNATIAN DISCERNMENT | We all have big issues to discern from time to time, and also in the details of everyday life there are many decisions to make; this retreat will use the superb wisdom of Ignatian discernment to help us along the way. It will include presentation, film, discussion, guided imaginative prayer and reflection.

Wednesday 11^th June, 6.30-9pm

Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd June 2025:

Walking the Labyrinth Weekend at Wistaston Oblate Retreat Centre

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 and journey on in our spirituality and faith. The labyrinth is an ancient walking meditation, used in many places and is a space conducive for wellbeing. The labyrinth has only one path (so you can’t get lost!) made up of the way to the centre, the centre itself and the way back out into the world.  The slow, mindful walking can be good for the body, can awaken creativity and offers a spiritual space to potentially become midwives to our souls…

This weekend will introduce the labyrinth and include labyrinth prayer walks (indoor and hopefully mainly outdoor).

Suggested donation - £185

Only 10 places available.

Please book through the Wistaston Oblate Retreat Centre:

Telephone: 01270 568653

Oblate Retreat Centre,

Wistaston Hall

89 Broughton Lane

Crewe CW2 8JS

https://www.orc-crewe.org/

For information about the leader Donna Worthington -

https://www.christianretreats.live/retreat-leader-donna-worthington

Residential Retreat at Ballyvaloo Retreat and Conference Centre:

THE WOMAN AT THE WELL (John 4:1-42) | An invitation to journey to the well, to Christ the Living Water.

 At Jacob’s well, Jesus broke strict rules of his time in order to reach a woman who was struggling with past relationships, exclusion and isolation; he listened to her in a non-judgmental way, saw her huge potential and she was transformed, finding her own confidence and her own voice. We will explore this intriguing Gospel passage, which helps to illuminate women’s inner soul journeys and offers an invitation to walk to the ‘well’, to Christ the One who restores us. The retreat will include imagery, theatre presentation, discussion of the Gospel passage, Ignatian guided prayer based on the beautiful journey to the well, etc.

For cost, timings etc contact Ballyvaloo.

PLEASE BOOK THROUGH BALLYVALOO: Contact | Spiritual & Religious Escapes | Rest & Relaxation Breaks (ballyvaloo.ie)

Venue: Ballyvaloo, Retreat and Conference Centre, Ballyvaloo, Blackwater, Enniscorthy Co. Wexford Y21 X392

Sunday 20^th July, 10am-4.30pm (including Mass at 11.30am)

THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD | Learning from the wisdom of the Carmelite Br Lawrence, what it means for prayer to be part of our daily lives and to experience God as the ‘centre of rest’.

At Avila Carmelite Centre, Bloomfield Avenue, Morehampton Road, D04 YF66, Ireland.

For bookings, contact:  Tel: +353 (1) 643 0200
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Cost 30 euros. There is free parking. Please bring a packed lunch.

In the Belly of the Whale: A Retreat on Spiritual Transformation

Jonah’s descent into the belly of the whale is an ancient, inspirational story. A compelling tool for spiritual transformation, exploring soul questions, considering what descent into death and resurrection into new life could mean, and the call to experience of a God of compassion without limits.  

In this creative retreat, Donna Worthington uses visual imagery, discussion, mindful labyrinth walk, reflection to explore the story of Jonah.

July 14th 2025

10am-4pm

At the Sanctuary, Stanhope Street, DO7H290 Dublin 7

Please book through The Sanctuary:

https://sanctuary.ie/2025/04/30/jonah-the-whale-retreat-day-with-donna/