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january 2010

Life's Journey Experience

Thursday 31 December 2009 - Saturday 30 January 2010

Month-long Sabbatical Retreat

A month of renewal and healing for your life's journey, opening and building a deeper intimacy with your God.

camellia bushesA Sabbatical Program of Renewal

The Life's Journey Experience can be made as a month-long sabbatical with three eight-day stages or as one of the stages separately.

1. Spirituality for Intimacy(offered January 2011) - Explores relationships with self, others, God. It embraces the ability to grieve and let go.   

2. Life's Healing Journey - drawing on the spirituality of the Heart of Jesus.  Any hurtful life experience, or loss, is within the scope of this retreat.

3. Contemplative Directed Retreat - deepening my covenant relationship with God.

As a sabbatical the format of the first two stages is; daily input session; group prayer; daily meeting with Prayer Companion; daily Celebration of Eucharist; Celebration of Reconciliation; Celebration of Anointing (Healing Retreat). The format for the third stage is; daily meeting with Prayer Companion; and Celebration of Sacraments.

The separate stages are listed below:-

Accompanied by the Retreat Team

Applications close one month before starting date
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2009 Tariff $2490

 

Spirituality of Journey retreat

Friday 1 to Saturday 9 January, 2010

8-Day Guided Retreat with daily interviews with your spiritual director

breaking dawn over  orchard damDeepening the Journey with God

Spirituality of Journey explores our relationship with God within the context of the moments of our life's journey.

The Spirituality of Journey Retreat is composed of: daily input session; the opportunity of a daily meeting with a Prayer Companion; daily Celebration of Eucharist; opportunity for individual sacramental Reconciliation.

The Spirituality of Journey retreat begins with the 6.00pm meal on the evening of the first date, followed by an introductory talk and Eucharist. It usually concludes after Eucharist and Lunch on the last date shown.

Reflections presented by the Retreat Team

Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. Climb slowly, steadily, enjoying each passing moment; and the view from the summit will serve as a fitting climax for the journey.
– Harold V. Melchert

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2009 Tariff $664

 

8 day directed retreat

Friday 1 to Saturday 9 January, 2010

magnificent rose gardensCome to the silence, there to hear your God speaking deep within.

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2009 Tariff $664

 

Life's Healing Journey retreat

Monday 11 to Tuesday 19 January, 2010

8-Day Healing Retreat

Open the doors of hurt and let the goodness of God's light shed new warmth upon your pain.

forgiveness is the heartbeat of healingThe Healing Heart

Life's Healing Journey is a silent retreat, which draws on the Spirituality of the Heart of Jesus.  Any hurtful life experience, loss, or painful memory can be healed and transformed through the grace and power of God.  There is no hurtful or limiting experience of ours which Jesus has not shared.

The Life's Healing Journey Retreat is a blend of: daily input session; daily meeting with Prayer Companion; daily Celebration of Eucharist; Celebration of Reconciliation; Celebration of Anointing.

The Life's Healing Journey retreat begins with the 6.00pm meal on the evening of the first date, followed by a brief introduction and Eucharist. It usually concludes after 2.00pm Eucharist on the last date shown.

Accompanied and Presented by the Retreat Team.

Application Form download  application form
2009 Tariff $664

 

8 day directed retreat

Monday 11 to Tuesday 19 January, 2010

Chapel with Prodigal SonLet God take you deeper into love.

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Accompanied by the Retreat Team

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2009 Tariff $664

 

8 day directed retreat

Thursday 21 to Friday 29 January, 2010

Retreatants favourite duck pondListen in the silence, with no other light but that which in your heart burns for God.

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Accompanied by the Retreat Team

Application Form download  application form
2009 Tariff $664