Worth Abbey Retreats

By Fr Peter Williams

Worth Abbey Retreat Centre

The Worth Abbey Retreat Centre – St Bruno’s has now re-opened after 18 months of enforced closure because of the pandemic. We are once again inviting guests who would like to get away on retreat to come and spend some time of spiritual renewal and refreshment. We have 14 mostly en suite twin rooms and 2 family rooms and as we emerge from restrictions, we are limiting the number of guests to no more than 15 per group so that we can maintain a spacious feel to the house.

We accept bookings from various external groups / parishes to come and

spend time with us. We also invite guests to join our own retreat programme of retreats that are led by a member of the monastic community or collaborator.

Our current programme includes each month a ‘Finding Stillness’ retreat. The purpose of this retreat is to do “what it says on the tin” and explore Psalm 45: “Be Still and know that I am God”, how to find that stillness within ourselves and how to bring it to fruition in our lives. Obviously this is a life-long task but this retreat offers a good opportunity to connect or to reconnect with this concept.

Fr Peter is our new Director of the Worth Abbey Retreat Centre and he is keen that St Bruno’s should be a welcoming and helpful resource for the Diocese, he says, “Please come and try us. If you feel your

faith has grown a little sluggish during the lockdown period this might just be the place the Holy Spirit is calling you to.”

For more information about Worth Abbey Retreats see the website www.worth.co.uk/retreats or contact us via email: retreats@worth.org.uk or telephone 01342 710318.

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