Advent Retreat: Waiting Hopefully

Launde Abbey East Norton, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

In this retreat, led by Rhona Knight, we will be prayerfully and creatively considering the nature of hope and hopeful waiting in the context of advent as, with all of creation, we wait upon God and cry Maranatha. Come, Lord Jesus. 

£340

Icon Painting Retreat **3 SPACES REMAINING**

Join experienced Iconographer, Peter Murphy for a week learning the medieval gilding and painting techniques to create stunning icon paintings

£910

Epiphany Retreat: In the Beauty of Holiness

Join us as we seek to rest in the beauty of the holiness of the child, Saviour of the world and meet his spirit in the struggles and gifts of life today. Led by Revd John Rackley.

£350

Resting in God: A Weekend Meditation Retreat

Launde Abbey East Norton, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

With help from the teachings of Julian of Norwich, Martin Laird and others, we will explore the path of interior surrender, of releasing into and resting in God through our deepening stillness and shared silence. Led by Chris Whittington, founder of the School of Contemplative Life.

£330

Inhabiting the Bible through story: The use of Imagination for Interpreting the Bible

During this retreat, we will explore what using imagination contributes to our reading of Scripture and what is lost when we don’t use it in our reading.  There will be input reflecting on imagination and what it brings to our understanding of scripture and lots of time for personal reflection. Led by Dr Paula Gooder.

£350

Living with Loss

Launde Abbey East Norton, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Abi May and the team invite those who have experienced bereavement to gain the tools to help cope with the life-changing loss of a loved one.

£495

Praying with Poetry

Launde Abbey East Norton, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Take some time out to explore the world of poetry and prayer. We will be both reading poetry prayerfully, and praying through our own writing, covering some basics of structure and metaphor as we go. Led by Amy Scott Robinson.

£350

Beginners Retreat

Launde Abbey East Norton, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

The aim of this semi-silent retreat weekend is to help you enter the world of silent retreats gently and with plenty of support. There will be guidance on how to use the time; periods on your own and with the other retreatants, and the opportunity to share your experience with others if you wish to do so. Led by the Launde Abbey Community.

£330

Heart of my own Heart

Launde Abbey East Norton, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

This short, silent retreat will touch on some of the themes of the book: Love of the Heart, Conversion of Life, the Foolishness of God, Virtues and Vices etc. There will be opportunities to attend two Addresses each day, shared contemplative prayer each evening and time to speak with the retreat leader, John-Francis Friendship.

£495

Look at the Birds: A Birdwatching Retreat

Come and enjoy a time of quiet Celtic Christian worship, biblical reflections and guided birdwatching walks. Led by Mark Winter.

£495

In-Between Times

Launde Abbey East Norton, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Why not choose to deliberately take some time out from the pressures of daily life, and join us as we gently and devotionally make time in the in-between, and discover more about how God meets us there. Led by Emily Owen.

£495

Icon Painting Retreat

Join experienced Iconographer, Peter Murphy for a week learning the medieval gilding and painting techniques to create stunning icon paintings.

£910

Contemplative Photography Retreat: The Space Between 間

This is a Photography and Spirituality retreat based around the premise that the photographer's stance is a way of slowing down and being attentive to the world (as God's sacred text) around and God's presence and proclamation within it. Led by Revd Morna Simpson.

£495