At the top of the page is information about silent retreats or with a related, specific theme.
Lower down are details of and links to retreat centres that offer frequent silence-based retreats and Ignatian Guided Retreats (IGRs), from weekends to 30 days.
Silent Retreats or retreats with a specific theme
WCCM's aged 18-45 Retreat
Where has the joy gone?: Reconnecting with our true selves Bonnevaux Abbey, France, 30th July-4th August, with Laurence Freeman et al. We live in a time when depression, anxiety and other emotional dysfunctions are on the rise. Joy seems to be getting further and further away. The negative consequences of this spiritual atrophy we experience in modern times are fanaticism, polarization, consumerism, existential emptiness, intolerance and a loss of will to live. But the Spirit lives within us and meditation is one of the ways to reconnect with the Spirit. |
Cost: from €450 euros. Bursaries available
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Mon-Fri silent retreat with daily addresses
Meister Eckhart: Counsellor, Disturber, Friend Mon 19th-Fri 23rd August, with Simon Parke Sheldon Retreat Centre, Exeter Eckhart is a friend for anyone with a life to ponder, a heart to nurture and a God to explore. His truths remain timeless. He stayed in church leadership positions all his life yet preached and counselled a spiritual vision that distrusted the artifice of ritual and church dogma: and no striving. ‘If the only prayer you say in life is “Thank you”, that is enough’, as he said to his monks. |
Cost: £530 (clergy: less 20%)
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Weekend retreat
The Embodied Contemplative 13th-15th September, Minsteracres Retreat Centre, County Durham with Terry Doyle This retreat combines the spiritual depth of Meditation with the physical grace of Tai Chi and the rhythmic breathing of Chi Kung. For Christians who are open to experiencing the universal principles of movement and breath found in Eastern practices and those who are 'spiritual but not religious': a space to explore spirituality without the confines of structured religion. |
Cost: £190
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WCCM's Annual silent Retreat
It Is What It Is: We Are Who We Are with Laurence Freeman Sun 6th-Sun 13th October, Tuscany, Italy Part of WCCM's calendar for over 30 years, on this retreat in Tuscany, you feel the gift of centuries of contemplative practice by the monks in whose prayerful rhythm we will share. This year’s Monte Oliveto retreat will be a fuller and deeper invitation into silence. 'There is nothing so much like God as silence'. This mystical truth is proven when we discover that silence allows us to be who we are and God to be who God is. |
Cost: from €750 Euros
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Weekend Christian Meditation retreat
Emptiness Dancing: A Meditation Retreat with Briji Waterfield, Fri 18th-Sun 20th Oct, House of Prayer, East Molesey From stillness to movement, from silence to song - explore how we can live contemplatively as we navigate the pressures of daily life, remaining present and centered in our core being. Meditation, contemplative practices and space for group reflection included. Suitable for those who have an established practice of Christian meditation. Spiritual direction will also be offered. |
Cost: from £210
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Four day seaside contemplative retreat
Tasting the Silence St Hilda's Priory, Whitby, Mon 21st-Thurs 24th October This short form of contemplative retreat offers the possibility to move towards contemplative prayer and to taste spending an extended time in silence. The path we take in these days is clearly led and is very simple. We stay in silence and remain before God in silent meditation as a group as well as individually outside in nature. |
Cost: £165
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8-day intensive Centering Prayer retreat
Commitment to Contemplation with Jill Benet, House of Prayer, East Molesey Sun 27th Oct-Sun 3rd Nov 2024 Deepen your Centering Prayer practice in a small community committed to Silence. Extended periods of Centering Prayer (CP); time outside meetings is in silence; drawing on the teaching of Thomas Keating, Contemplative Liturgy and Lectio Divina. Suitable for those who have established or are establishing the practice of CP and have ideally attended an introductory workshop. |
Cost: from £555
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Five day midweek meditation retreat
Into the Silent Land with Chris Whittington Mon 28th Oct-Fri 1st Nov, Launde Abbey, Leicestershire Based around Martin Laird's book, Into the Silent Land. In this unique experiential retreat, we will explore the essential skills and wisdom of the art of meditation as set out in Laird's book. It will be relevant and accessible to anyone searching for truth and peace, regardless of their faith, beliefs or previous experience of meditation. |
Cost: £560
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Centres for regular silence-based retreats & IGRs
SCOTLAND
Ignatian Guided Retreats (IGRs), Centering Prayer and more! The Coach House, Kilmuir, near Inverness Located right on the coast of the Black Isle, just over the bridge from Inverness, this peaceful retreat house offers silent retreats, IGRs and can offer retreats to undertake the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises in blocks over a year or two with their spiritual accompanists trained in this tradition. |
Cost: from £78 a night
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SOUTH of ENGLAND
Ignatian Guided Retreats (IGRs), Centering Prayer and more! The House of Prayer, East Molesey, KT8 0PB This well-loved retreat centre in Kent has a huge range of residential retreats planned throughout 2023, from mid week or weekend silent retreats to 8 day more intensive silent retreats. Some are led by Centering Prayer practitioners, others by people from the WCCM tradition and others by the House of Prayer's own ministry team. These retreats are always in demand so do book early. |
Cost: £200-£700
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SOUTH WALES
Self-guided and IGR Retreats, from a weekend to 30 day Llanerchwen Retreats, Brecon, Wales Llanerchwen is known as a special place by all who go there, often over many years. It is almost unique in the UK, offering individual hermitage spaces, some in wooden cabins and others in small buildings. All are set in beautiful surroundings and in a very quiet location in the hills above Brecon. Each hermitage has its own self-catering facilities. There is a newly built art cabin and a chapel. Spiritual accompaniment is available where requested. |
Cost: £55 a night
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NORTH WALES
Weekend, 4 6, 8 and 30 day retreats St Beuno's, Flintshire, Wales Availability from early October. New dates being added. St Bueno's have resumed residential Retreats. Some will be fully guided Ignatian Guided Retreats (IGRs), from weekend retreats to the full 30 days Ignatian Exercises. Other different retreats, from walking to art, are also planned. Early booking is advised. Their programme listings also include ON LINE retreats. |
Cost: from £130 but
bursaries are available |
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