Guided Retreats at Ampleforth Abbey

We are delighted to introduce our new programme of Retreats for 2025. Whether it's your first time on a retreat or you've been staying with us for many years, we hope you find what you're looking for.

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As Christians we are followers of a person, not an idea, a philosophy or moral code. We are followers of Jesus and this retreat will give you an

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Lent has traditionally been seen as a time of renewal, a time to evaluate the direction of our life in general and our Christian journey in particular

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Can we come anywhere near a historical portrait of Jesus, or do the Gospels merely provide us with an inspiring myth? Can we recover any of the

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As we journey with Jesus through this most holy and precious of all weeks, we follow the biblical narrative from Palm Sunday to the glories of Easter

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A walking retreat, with three pilgrimages to the holy sites of Yorkshire, sauntering with the saints. First day a coastal walk, along Bempton cliffs

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Many believe that St Benedict wrote his Rule for monks in the later part of his life as the distillation of a lifetime of experience. It proposes a

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This year is a Jubilee Year – a Holy Year of special grace. What is a Jubilee Year and how does its theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ speak to our world today

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Tai Chi has been described as ‘meditation in movement’. Christian Meditation involves stillness. During this retreat we balance these paradoxical

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Set aside generous time to open a number of gospel passages on this retreat. Reading between the lines we often discover aspects of our own spiritual