Home Retreats in August

Ampleforth Abbey

Our popular Home Retreats continue as the community provide reflective and insightful discussions every Saturday at 11.00.

Home Retreats can be watched on our YouTube channel or listened to on our podcast.

See below which monks are taking part this month and what topics will be explored:

 

‘Self-knowledge Leading to true Life in Christ’ by Fr Wulstan

Saturday 3rd August

This Home Retreat considers how our recognition of our fundamental need for God draws us close to Christ.

 

'A Cloud of Witnesses VII: Lanspergius' by Fr Cedd

Saturday 10th August

Fr Cedd discusses a sermon of the sixteenth century German Carthusian monk, Johannes Justus Landsperg, known as Lanspergius.

 

'Becoming Pilgrims of Hope' by Fr Oswald

Saturday 17th August

The Holy Father has announced that next year's Jubilee will take the theme "Pilgrims of Hope". In this Home Retreat, Fr Oswald will reflect on pilgrimage, and how we might prepare in this year of prayer for our celebration of the great Jubilee of 2025.

 

'By faith, not by sight: When believing is not seeing.' by Fr Phillip

Saturday 24th August

We all know the value of fair-weather friends. And fair-weather faith is no better. In a world with so many reasons for discouragement – how does one retain a genuine trust in God’s Providence which possesses deeper roots than wishful thinking?