Guided Retreats at Ampleforth Abbey
We are delighted to introduce our new programme of Retreats for 2026. Whether it's your first time on a retreat or you've been staying with us for many years, we hope you find what you're looking for.
We are delighted to introduce our new programme of Retreats for 2026. Whether it's your first time on a retreat or you've been staying with us for many years, we hope you find what you're looking for.
Emerging from many years of Beach Prayer Walks comes a new opportunity to visit churches closely associated with saints, followed by a refreshing walk
Many associate this phrase with the Benedictine way of life, the search for balance in our lives. This retreat offers the opportunity to explore some
Now in their fourth year! A walking retreat, with three pilgrimages to the holy sites of Yorkshire, sauntering with the saints. The first day a walk
48 hours to step inside three classic religious paintings within a framework of lectio divina made flesh — to read into, behind, and forward through
This weekend welcomes new people to the practice of meditation, and people who have been before, but who want a meditative weekend of silent learning
The basis of this retreat is the intriguing story in the Old Testament of Jacob wresting with God. Few of us go through life without experiencing
A weekend opportunity to “divine” — in the sense of water-divining — three Gospel passages. A chance to read, risk, and discover adventurously just
The ‘tools of the spiritual craft’ set out throughout the Rule of Benedict offer wonderfully down-to-earth wisdom for all our daily lives - of prayer
Advent has traditionally looked at the four last things, death being one of them. How do cope with the thought of death and how do we live through
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