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Saint Columba's House
Maybury Hill, Woking
Surrey GU22 8AB

Tel: +44 (0)1483 766498
Email: retreats@stcolumbashouse.org.uk

Retreat and
Conference Centre

Annual Programme

Healing Parables II 9 February

Learning to listen more deeply to the healing parables of Jesus.

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Viv Stacey
10 am - 12.30 pm
Donations welcome. Bring your own lunch and stay longer.

Healings Parables III 16 February

Learning to listen more deeply to the healing parables of Jesus.

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Viv Stacey
10am - 12.30pm
Donations welcome. Bring your own lunch and stay longer.

A Weekend Retreat on Ignatian Prayer 17-19 February

A weekend retreat introducing Ignatian Prayer. This prayerful retreat is suitable for those who want to graduate from quiet days to a first retreat and is also suitable for the experienced retreat goer who hopes to develop and deepen their contemporary Ignatian spirituality.

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Linda Scrivener and Pam Thorogood
Friday Supper to Sunday Tea
£152 Full board ensuite. £104 Non-residential incl lunch and supper.

Contemplative Meditation 21 February

Thirty minutes of teaching and meditation. Just call in and speak to Viv.

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Viv Stacey
5.30 - 7.30pm

A Celtic Ash Wednesday 22 February

Come and experience a day exploring some of the penitential practices of the ancient Celtic Church based on the rule of Saint Columba in preparation for a deep and meaningful Lenten season. Within the day you will experience the house Daily Office ‘The Rhythm of Life’, a Celtic Mass, Imposition of Ash, sacramental healing, and an opportunity for sacramental confession if desired. There will be opportunities to contemplate in the St Peter’s Oratory during the exposition of the Holy Presence until 8pm. Supper will not be available.

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Reverend Haydon Wilcox
10am – 8pm with a Lent Lunch of soup and bread.
Donations welcome.

Healing Parables IV 23 February

Learning to listen more deeply to the healing parables of Jesus.

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Viv Stacey
10am – 12.30pm
Donations welcome. Bring your own lunch and stay longer.

Columba's Quiet Day: Women of the Bible 5-3 March

How important and influential are the women of the Bible?

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Linda Scrivener
10am - 4pm
Donations welcome. Please bring your own lunch.

Connections I 19 March

Continues connecting our experiences with the great symphony of God’s creation.

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Revd Mother Lucy Clare
10 am - 12.30 pm
Donations are welcome. Please bring your own lunch and stay longer

Contemplative Meditation 20 March

Thirty minutes of teaching and meditation. Just call in and speak to Viv.

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Viv Stacey
5.30 - 7.30pm

Easter Retreat: Order of the Cross 5-8 April

Easter – a Soul Festival. Easter is the supposed anniversary of the coming forth of the Master, known as Jesus, from the Sepulchre, and the proclamation by the Angels to His sorrowing friends that He had indeed arisen from the dead. But the real Easter is something very different from, and infinitely more exalting for every one than the arising out of an earthly tomb. It is the arising of the Soul above all earthly limitations, and the ascension into the Atmosphere of the Heavens of the whole Being. For the true Resurrection is the bursting forth into beautiful bloom of all the desires and feelings of our Heart and the noble thoughts of our Mind; just as the plants do when Springtime comes round after the dark and cold of Winter. The great lesson of Easter-time is thus acquired and understood when we recognise it to imply the renewing, reviving and re-empowering of all our wonderful Soul Gifts from the FATHER-MOTHER. For thus it becomes in us that when we arise and realise these Blessings, the LORD hath risen indeed for us, through His arising within our Mind, Heart, Soul and Spirit.

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Thurs 5th - Sun 8th
Enquiries: 10 De Vere Gardens, London, W8 5AE Email: light@orderofthecross.org

Contemplative Meditation 17 April

Thirty minutes of teaching and meditation. Just call in and speak to Viv.

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Viv Stacey
5.30 - 7.30pm

Sacred Space I 21 April

Celia is an experienced trauma counsellor and supervisor, spiritual director, and retreat leader. A quiet day to explore your unique sacred space. “Deep within your soul there is a knowing place, a sanctuary… enter that sacred space.” As Rumi describes “our soul space as a magnificent cathedral where we are sweet beyond telling”. St Teresa of Avilla says “I can find nothing with which to compare the beauty of the soul… it’s great dignity and beauty.” The day will include 3 short reflections and opportunities to explore through art, poetry, clay, writing, music, nature and silence. It is suitable for any who have suffered any form of trauma and abuse.

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Celia Harrisson
10am - 4pm
£25 Bring your own lunch. Refreshments supplied.

Columba's Quiet day: Julian of Norwich 7 May

Julian of Norwich, a 14th century English woman, who following a series of visions, lived an enclosed life in a cell attached to a church in Norwich. Come and discover what encouraging insights Julian has to offer us to-day.

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Teresa Brooks
10am - 4pm
Donations welcome. Bring your own lunch.

Contemplative Meditation 15 May

Thirty minutes of teaching and meditation. Just call in and speak to Viv.

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Viv Stacey
5.30 - 7.30pm

Saint Columba's Festival 2-10 June

Please book early for the Festival Retreat 2nd-10th June. Priority will be given to those planning to attend for the whole 7 days.

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Sat 2nd - Sat 9th June

Saint Columba's Festival - Celtic Mini Music Festival Part 1 2-3 June

Sat 2nd June 4pm Concert - Price: £8/5. 6pm Celtic Supper -Price: £15. 8pm Concert - Price: £8/5. Sun 3rd June 11am Celtic Mass. 1pm Celtic Lunch - Price: £15. Revisit website for more information nearer the time.

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Sat 2nd and Sun 3rd June
Individually priced as above.

Saint Columba's Festival Retreat 4-9 June

The Circle of Love. How did the ancient Celtic Christians express their love for God and humankind? During this holy week of Columba’s tide we will be examining the early texts including the sermons of Columbanus and Adomnan’s Life of Columba. These will be placed in context by input and discussion exploring early Christian sites in Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, Ireland, Scotland and Somerset. Other workshops include Circle Dancing, Celtic Artwork, and Calligraphy. Celtic lunches and suppers.

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Sr Elizabeth Rees OCV
Mon 4th - Sat 9th June
£350 Full Board / £200 Non-residential incl lunch and supper. Book early to avoid disappointment.

Saint Columba's Festival - Celtic Mini Music Festival Part 2 9 June

6pm Celtic Supper - Price £15. 8pm Concert - Price £8/5. Revisit website for more information nearer the time.

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Sat 9th June
Individually priced as above.

National Retreat Association Quiet Day 16 June

Stop in the Name of God

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Linda Scrivener
10am - 4pm
£20 non-members / £15 NRA members. Donations welcome from the unwaged.

Contemplative Meditation 19 June

Thirty minutes of teaching and meditation. Just call in and speak to Viv.

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Viv Stacey
5.30 - 7.30pm

Columba's Quiet Day: Saint Teresa of Avila 2 July

This day may be incorporated into the Guildford Diocese Summer School programme - revisit website for updated details nearer the date.

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Viv Stacey
10am - 4pm
Donations welcom - if part of the Summer School, there will be a fixed charge. Bring your own lunch.

Contemplative Meditation 17 July

Thirty minutes of teaching and meditation. Just call in and speak to Viv.

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Viv Stacey
5.30 - 7.30pm

Connections II 23 July

Continues connecting our experiences within the great symphony of God's creation.

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Revd Mother Lucy Clare CSP
10am - 12.30pm
Donations welcome. Bring your own lunch and stay longer.

Summer School Options - to be confirmed 1-31 August

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Contemplative Meditation 21 August

Thirty minutes of teaching and meditation. Just call in and speak to Viv.

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Viv Stacey
5.30 - 7.30pm

Columba's Quiet Day: Saint Hilda 3 September

Why is Hilda such a lasting influence on our church today?

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Rev Mother Lucy Clare
10am - 4pm
Donations welcome. Bring your own lunch.

Individual Guided Retreat 14-16 September

Linda and Teresa are both experienced spiritual directors and supervisors in the Ignatian tradition. Time to spend quietly with God. Each retreatant will be invited to make their own retreat; they may meet a retreat director for half an hour a day to receive material for prayer and reflection. This retreat is aimed at the newcomer to retreats who wants move on from quiet days, and for the experienced retreat goer who wants to extend their experience of Ignatian spirituality. There will be extended periods of silence and opportunities to experience labyrinth walking meditations. There will be a Celtic Daily Office and a Sunday Celtic Mass. During the day there will be communal prayers. The house offers a chapel, an oratory, quiet rooms and gardens for the retreatants use.

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Linda Scrivener and Teresa Brooks
Friday supper to Sunday tea
£152 Full board ensuite. £104 Non-residential incl lunch and supper.

Contemplative Meditation 18 September

Thirty minutes of teaching and meditation. Just call in and speak to Viv.

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Viv Stacey
5.30 - 7.30pm

Columba's Quiet Day: Sacred Gesture 8 October

The Sacred use of the body will be explored through Signing, Liturgical Dance, and a Silent Mass.

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Viv Stacey
10am - 4pm
Donations welcome. Bring your own lunch.

Contemplative Meditation 16 October

Thirty minutes of teaching and meditation. Just call in and speak to Viv.

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Viv Stacey
5.30 - 7.30pm

Connections III 22 October

Continues connecting our experiences with the great symphony of God's creation.

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Rev mother Lucy Clare CSP
10am - 12.30pm
Donations welcome. Bring your own lunch and stay longer.

Columba's Quiet Day 5 November

Our regular monthly Quiet Day led by Celia.

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Celia Harrisson
10am - 4pm
Donations welcome. Bring your own lunch.

Sacred Space II 17 November

Celia is an experienced trauma counsellor and supervisor, spiritual director, and retreat leader. A quiet day to explore your unique sacred space. “Deep within your soul there is a knowing place, a sanctuary...enter that sacred space.” As Rumi describes “our soul space as a magnificent cathedral where we are sweet beyond telling”. St Teresa of Avilla says “I can find nothing with which to compare the beauty of the soul… it’s great dignity and beauty.” The day will include 3 short reflections and opportunities to explore through art, poetry, clay, writing, music, nature and silence. It is suitable for any who have suffered any form of trauma and abuse.

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Celia Harrisson
10am - 4pm
£25 Bring your own lunch, refreshments supplied.

Contemplative Meditation 20 November

Thirty minutes of teaching and meditation. Just call in and speak to Viv.

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Viv Stacey
5.30 - 7.30pm

Columba's Quiet Day: A Celtic Advent 3 December

How did the Celtic Church prepare for the second coming and Christmas? A Day of insight, song, and waiting!: All within a Daily celtic office and including a Celtic Mass.

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10am - 4pm
Donations welcome, and a simple Advent lunch is provided.

Contemplative Meditation 18 December

Thirty minutes of teaching and meditation. Just call in and speak to Viv.

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Viv Stacey
5.30 - 7.30pm

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