Home Retreats in September

Ampleforth Abbey

Our popular Home Retreats continue as the community provide reflective and insightful discussions every Saturday at 11.00.

Home Retreats can be watched on our YouTube channel or listened to on our podcast.

See below which monks are taking part this month and what topics will be explored:

 

‘HEALING LIFE’S HURTS’ by Fr Abbot Robert

Saturday 7th August

We cannot escape being hurt by life. We hurt ourselves by bad choices and others hurt us by words and actions. Jesus offers us freedom through healing the wounds of life. Let us explore how we can walk this path.

 

Fr Gabriel

Saturday 13th August

 

Fr Gabriel

Saturday 21th August

 

‘How anguish and distress can be an inevitable part of Christian Life and where they can lead us.’ by Fr Gabriel

Saturday 28th August

Starting from Psalm 118 verse 143 ‘Though anguish and distress have found me, your commands are my delight’, this home retreat will consider briefly the experience of Elijah, Jeremiah, the suffering servant, Job, Jonah, Tobit, the author of Psalm 87 and then focus particularly on the experience of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.