Welcome to St. Mary's Towers
A SPECIAL PLACE:
Set in 500 hectares of pleasant bush and pasture land, St. Mary's Towers is gifted with an atmosphere conducive to prayer and reflection.
A PLACE OF SILENCE:
We cultivate a place of profound contemplative silence in an hospitable
environment which binds and communicates. This silence extends from our
way of living and moving about ordinary tasks, to an inward contemplative
attitude towards one's own self and God.
The silence of this place is at the service of a serious commitment to
a spirit of prayer.
OUR TASK :
To work with passion and patience, to shape, to hold, and to be, that particular space, in which God does in people's hearts, that which God needs and desires to do.
THE HOME OF THE SPIRIT:
Environment and silence, though precious to us, are but a preparation
for what God alone can achieve.
St. Mary's Towers is home to a way of life. The people at The Towers are
motivated and formed by their personal experience of the divine and human
love of God in the heart of Jesus, now glorified and living on in all
creation.
This spirit and life find expression in a natural and normal living out
of the kindness of God, towards those who live here and those who visit.
All retreats commence with the evening
meal at 6pm
followed by Eucharist on the first date shown.
They conclude with a 1.45pm Eucharist on the last day.
Eucharist is celebrated daily and
Reconciliation is available by arrangement.
Complete silence is observed throughout all retreats.
We
acknowledge the traditional owners of this Land, the Dharawal Nation,
and honour their Ancestors and Elders. We recognise the richness of
their ancient language and culture stretching back tens of thousands
of years.
We
gratefully acknowledge the use of images, particularly those taken by
David Taylor & Marian Cabrera. Every effort has been taken
to locate image sources and acknowledge them where possible.