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.
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.
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
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
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
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
A walking retreat, with three pilgrimages to the holy sites of Yorkshire, sauntering with the saints. First day a coastal walk, along Bempton cliffs
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
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
Tai Chi has been described as ‘meditation in movement’. Christian Meditation involves stillness. During this retreat we balance these paradoxical
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
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