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Retreat programme overview

printable version of 2010 brochure (click here)

January
2010
11 - 19 Jan
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
21 - 29 Jan
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
During February each year the Retreat Centre
is closed for cleaning and maintenance.
St. Mary's Towers Retreat Centre will be closed
1 February to 29 April 2010 for re-roofing,
and our Retreat Team will operate out of
HARTZER PARK CENTRE
ERIDGE PARK ROAD, BOWRAL.
The following Retreats will be offered there;
March
2010
12 - 20 Mar
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
26 - 28 Mar
Palm Sunday
Prayer Weekend
- Retreat Team
26 - 3 Apr
Easter 8-day
Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
28 -3 Apr
Easter 6-day
Guided Retreat
- Retreat Team
April
2010
1 - 3 Apr
Easter Triduum
- Retreat Team
8 - 16 Apr
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
The Retreat Program will return to
ST. MARY'S TOWERS RETREAT CENTRE
DOUGLAS PARK
from 30 April 2010
April -
May 2010
30 Apr to 30 May
LIFE'S JOURNEY EXPERIENCE
SABBATICAL
May
2010
1 - 9 May
Spirituality for Intimacy
8-Day Guided Retreat
- Retreat Team
1 - 9 May
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
11 -19 May
Life's Healing Journey
8-Day Healing Retreat
- Retreat Team
11 - 19 May
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
21 - 19 May
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
June
2010
4 - 6 Jun
Couple's Weekend
- Retreat Team
9 - 15 Jun
Stirrings of Love: Cloud of Unknowing
6-Day Guided Retreat
- Dr. Kerrie Hide msc
18 - 20 Jun
Men's Retreat Weekend
- Retreat Team
July
2010
2 - 8 Jul
The Art of Praying
6-Day Guided Retreat
- Chris Chaplin msc
2 - 4 Jul
The Art of Praying
Prayer Weekend
- Chris Chaplin msc
9 -15 Jul
On Christian Meditation (as per
Fr John Main osb)
6-Day Guided Retreat
- Doug Smith msc
9 - 11 Jul
On Christian Meditation (as per
Fr John Main osb)
Prayer Weekend
- Doug Smith msc
19 -25 Jul
6-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
July -
August
2010
31 Jul -
31 Aug
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES OF IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA
August
2010
1 - 9 Aug
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
11-19 Aug
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
21 - 29 Aug
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
September
2010
17 - 23 Sept
Spirituality of Aging
6-Day Guided Retreat
- with Mary Baker rsj,
Lois Ann Richardi csfn,
and Barbara Bowring
27 Sept - 3 Oct
Enjoying God:
The Women Mystics
6-Day Guided Retreat
- Dr. Kerrie Hide msc
October 2010
6 - 12 Oct
Listening with the Heart
6-Day Guided Retreat
- Patricia Naughton SSpS
8 - 10 Oct
What's A Life For ?
Discernment Weekend for
Single Men 19 - 40 y.o.a.
- Chris McPhee MSC
15 - 23 Oct
Life's Healing Journey
8-Day Healing Retreat
- Retreat Team
15 - 23 Oct
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
29 Oct - 4 Nov
Dark Night - Sacred Flame: John of the Cross
6-Day Guided Retreat
- Dr. Kerrie Hide msc
29 - 31 Oct
Dark Night - Sacred Flame: John of the Cross
Prayer Weekend
- Dr. Kerrie Hide msc
November 2010
12 - 14 Nov
Wonen's Retreat Weekend
- Retreat Team
17 - 25 Nov
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
29 Nov - 5 Dec
Knit to God: Julian of Norwich
6-Day Guided Retreat
- Dr. Kerrie Hide msc
December 2010
10 - 16 Dec
Check Theme here in 2010
6-Day Guided Retreat
- Retreat Team
10 - 12 Dec
Check Theme here in 2010
Prayer Weekend
- Retreat Team
December
2010 -
January
2011
30 Dec
- 29 Jan
LIFE'S JOURNEY EXPERIENCE
SABBATICAL
January
2011
31 Dec - 8 Jan
Spirituality for Intimacy
8-Day Guided Retreat
- Retreat Team
31 Dec - 8 Jan
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
10 - 18 Jan
Life's Healing Journey
8-Day Healing Retreat
- Retreat Team
10 - 18 Jan
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team
20 - 28 Jan
8-day Directed Retreat
- Retreat Team


All retreats commence with the evening meal at 6pm followed by Eucharist on the first date shown. They conclude following an early afternoon Eucharist on the last date shown. Eucharist is celebrated daily and Reconciliation is available by arrangement.

Complete silence is observed throughout all retreats.

Enquiries:

The Administrator
St Mary's Towers Retreat Centre
Postal Address: P.O. Box 19a
DOUGLAS PARK NSW 2569
Residential: 415 Douglas Park Drive
Phone: 02 4630 0233 [answering machine operates after hours]
Fax: 02 4630 9364
Email: towersretreat@bigpond.com