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Below are residential retreats with significant time in silence or which relate to developing this spiritual practice. |
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
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Weekend retreat
Rooted and Renewed: A Journey of Integration Led by Kevin Wittoek 28th-31st March, Bonnevaux, France A four-day retreat to explore integrating body, mind, and spirit. Through a blend of theory and practice, we will cultivate deeper awareness, balance, and health. The retreat offers a unique blend of scientific insight, somatic practice, and Christian mysticism, creating a gentle and nurturing space for exploration. Each element is woven together to invite you to experience your inherent wholeness, deepen self-awareness, & build meaningful connections. |
Cost: from €330
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WCCM's two-year training:
WCCM Academy with Sarah Bachelard, Rowan Williams, Cynthia Bourgeault, Laurence Freeman and others, from April 2025 A programme of inter-disciplinary study in the context of contemplative practice, grounded in the Christian contemplative tradition, particularly as passed on through the WCCM. Inspired by meditation as a universal and unifying source of wisdom, it believes this wisdom can be enacted and applied across all of human life-experience and society. Based in ecumenical, interfaith and inclusive values. |
Cost: from £1700 per yr
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WCCM's Holy Week 2025 Retreat (also online)
FullyHuman Led by Laurence Freeman 12th-20th April, 2025, Bonnevaux, France The deeper mysteries of human experience can be discovered by sharing with others in a combination – sacred and playful – of ritual and storytelling. Bonnevaux invites you to come in person and participate in this year’s Holy Week cycle which extends from the Palm Sunday procession to witnessing sunrise on Easter morning. |
Cost: from €880
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Weekend individually guided retreat
Longing for God Fri 2nd-Sun 4th May, House of Prayer, East Molesey Led by members of the House of Prayer team A silent individually guided retreat for busy people, those who have not made a retreat before, or for anyone who needs time away to stop, breathe, and pray. A trained spiritual director will be available for daily individual meetings to accompany you through the retreat. Above all, this retreat is a time of listening to God who is present in the experiences of prayer and daily living. |
Cost: from £210
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24 or 30 hr guided silent retreat
Silence is Golden Led by Ian Pearce St Katherine's, Parmoor, Fri 30th-Sat 31st May This is a silent retreat using images and Bible scripture as a source for silent reflection and prayer. There is also the opportunity to spend peaceful time in nature in St Katharine’s beautiful grounds. The retreat is suitable both for those new to silence and for those with more experience. Options are available for either the full or part retreat. |
Cost: from £121
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Six-day May Bank Holiday Retreat
Everything Matters: Living the Questions and Daring the Answers with Raine Maria Rilke Led by Mark Burrows 29th April-4th May, Bonnevaux, France Join us to explore a selection of Rilke’s poems and writings with the award-winning translator, poet, and Rilke scholar Mark S. Burrows. We will turn to Rilke’s early poems in he Book of Hours (1905) as well as his new translation of Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus (2024). |
Cost: from €600
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Week-long individually guided retreat
Going Deeper Friday 4th-Friday 11th July, House of Prayer, East Molesey Led by members of the House of Prayer team A silent individually guided retreat for those seeking a longer break from the busyness of the world to spend time in quiet prayer and reflection. A trained spiritual director will be available for daily individual meetings to accompany you through the retreat. Above all, this retreat is a time of listening to God who is present in the experiences of prayer and daily living. |
Cost: from £670
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Weekend creative retreat
Knitting Retreat Friday 19th-Sunday 21st September, House of Prayer, East Molesey Led by Sr Cathy Edge Spend time knitting together and praying together, and in quiet reflection and prayer while exploring how our creativity can help us connect with God who created each one of us in love. For those who know the basics of knitting. Bring your own project to work on. There will be the opportunity for a ‘knitalong’ together. Yarn and needles will be provided for the ‘knitalong’ and some other small projects. |
Cost: from £210
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Taught retreat, Bonnevaux
Wisdom School with Cynthia Bourgeault Tues 30th September-Sun 5th October, Bonnevaux, France The Wisdom School offers movement from prayer to work, from intellectual stimulation to silence—and back again. It has more talking than a meditation retreat: the Wisdom model suggests that it is not through specialisation in any one mode (contemplative silence, thinking, bodywork) that one learns Wisdom, but through moving smoothly & rhythmically through all three, without getting stuck in any one of them. |
Cost: from €600
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Weekend silent retreat
Contemplating Earth: The Ecology of the Heart with Jim Green, Fri 14th-Sun 16th November Hyning Monastery, Carnforth LA5 9SE Christian Meditation Cumbria's Autumn retreat (WCCM). This will be a silent retreat but with input about meditation and ecology from author, meditator and retreat leader, Jim Green. More info to follow. |
Cost: tbc
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Centres for regular silence-based retreats & IGRs
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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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