Quiet Days

Led by experienced teacher and spiritual director Joanna Pearson, this Quiet Day will be spent thinking about gardens and God as a gardener in the beautiful gardens and parkland of Launde Abbey.

In her poem 'Sometimes', Mary Oliver provides "Instructions for Living a Life". These are:  Pay Attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. This Quiet day will be led by Revd David Harknett, one of our College of Chaplains here at Launde Abbey.

A Quiet Day with Revd Fran Grasham exploring Jesus’ invitation to rest, reflect, and live well – with gentle rhythms, prayer, and creative space.

Join Rosey Feuell for a gentle day of reflection, exploring how Jesus brought hope and fruitfulness to His imperfect disciples—and how He does the same for us.

The bible is full of stories of God being with, and providing for, people in all kinds of circumstances. We will engage with some of these stories through listening, silence and prayer (and some optional creativity), as we seek to discover more of God’s abiding presence and provision with and for us today. Led by Revd Catherine Wright.

A quiet, reflective day exploring how God speaks through the beauty of the natural world, with space for prayer, scripture, and a gentle “Soul Filled Meandering” walk in the grounds, led by Jo De Graaf.

This Quiet Day will be led by James Shakespeare, one of our regular retreat leaders. We will be reflecting on the relevance of both St Benedict of Monte Cassino, and St Francis of Assisi, to living a deeper Christian life today.

Our chaplain, Catherine, will guide reflections on themes from the Psalms, drawing on Walter Brueggemann’s insights into ‘orientation’, ‘disorientation’ and ‘re-orientation’. Alongside her input, there will be space for prayer, walking and listening to God.

Woodworkers often speak of ‘working with the grain’ as they fashion wood into beautiful and useful items.

On this quiet day, there will be the opportunity to explore what this might mean for yourself and for the communities that you are part of. We will be using Scripture, art and poetry to explore this theme. Led by Revd Catherine Wright.

At this season of Candlemas, we spend time with the prayers of Simeon, who is confident to ‘be dismissed’ simply because ‘his eyes have seen” (Luke 2:29-32) and of Mary (Luke 1:38). Their prayers articulate a language of listening & believing; a language of receptive & responsive participation. Led by Revd David Harknett.