2023 Autumn Silent Retreat is Coming Up

Brought to you in partnership with Pacific Jubilee, October 22 - 30, 2023.

This is a time to rest, discern, pray, prepare; an opportunity to be alone in community, to be in nature and to deepen your spiritual journey – all in an atmosphere of prayer-filled silence. This is an intentional silence that helps us encounter that still, quiet, healing place within, where there can be openness to the movement of Spirit. It is recommended that participants have previous experience in silent retreat.

Most days begin with an (optional) hour of spiritual practice time. Each day, retreatants meet one-on-one with their spiritual director. Each evening concludes with vespers – a contemplative practice to deepen the spiritual life.

Between scheduled sessions, each retreatant practices deep discernment about how their day will be spent. We practice a sabbath-time state of stepping away from our usual busyness, compulsivity and productivity in order to see clearly, hear deeply, and reconnect with the true self, with the Holy, with nature. We seek a different pace.

Rhythm of our days:

October 22 | 3:00 pm arrival, 4:00 pm orientation and welcome by spiritual directors (Murray Groom and Nan Goodship), 7:30 pm entry into silence

October 23-29 | early morning spiritual practice

October 23-28 | 7:30 pm vespers

October 29 | closing circle

October 30 | departure by 10:00 am

Retreat cost of $2,110.00 includes private accommodation in Orchard Courts, lunches and dinner meals, individual daily spiritual direction, site use, and all community gatherings. Bursary funds are available. (Participants are asked to bring their own breakfast foods.)