Upcoming Retreats and Day Conferences at the Dupuis Retreat and Conference Centre
The Dupuis Retreat and Conference Centre is offering a rich programme of retreats and quiet days through 2025–26, with opportunities for reflection, prayer and spiritual renewal.
St Paul’s Convent, 94 Selly Park Road, Birmingham, B29 7LL
The Dupuis Retreat and Conference Centre in Selly Park is delighted to share details of its upcoming programme of retreats and day events, offering opportunities for prayer, reflection and spiritual renewal in a peaceful setting.
Quiet Day with the Retreat Association Icon
Reflecting on the meeting between Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well
Led by Alison MacTier, Director of the Retreat Association
Saturday 18 October 2025
10.00am – 4.00pm
Cost: £35 (please bring your own lunch; tea and coffee provided)
This Quiet Day will explore the creation of the Retreat Association Icon, looking at the tradition of iconography and how the image can be interpreted today. Participants will spend time reflecting in detail on the Gospel story of Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman and consider what this meeting might mean for us in our own lives.
Retreats at the Dupuis Centre – 2025
Individually Guided Retreat (IGR)
Led by Sr Pauline Myers SP and Sr Una Coogan IBVM
Saturday 18 – Saturday 25 October 2025
Cost: £650
(Shorter retreat available on request)
Midweek Preached Retreat
Led by Fr Eamon Mulcahy CSSp
Monday 10 – Friday 14 November 2025
Cost: £400
Preached Retreat – “Freedom to live as the children of God”
Led by Fr Chris Thomas, The Irenaeus Project, Archdiocese of Liverpool
Monday 17 – Saturday 22 November 2025
Cost: £500
(Postponed from March)
Looking Ahead – 2026
Weekend Lenten Preached Retreat
Led by Fr Chris Thomas, The Irenaeus Project, Archdiocese of Liverpool
Friday 27 February – Sunday 1 March 2026
Cost: £225
Weekend Lenten Preached Retreat – “From desert to daybreak”
Led by Alison MacTier, Director of the Retreat Association
Friday 20 – Sunday 22 March 2026
Cost: £225
Individually Guided Retreat (IGR)
Led by Sr Pauline Myers SP and Sr Una Coogan IBVM
Monday 11 – Monday 18 May 2026
Cost: £655
(Shorter retreat available on request)
Preached Retreat
Led by Fr Chris Thomas, The Irenaeus Project, Archdiocese of Liverpool
Monday 21 – Saturday 26 September 2026
Cost: £505
For bookings and further details, please contact:
Sr Margaret Mattison
📞 0121 415 6100
📧 margaret.mattison@sellypark.org
🌐 www.dupuiscentre.co.uk
Loreto Spirituality Centre, Llandudno
“Come with me to a quiet place and rest awhile”
Tucked beside the Great Orme on the North Wales coast in Llandudno, the Loreto Spirituality Centre offers a peaceful haven for prayer, rest, and reflection. Run by the IBVM/Loreto Sisters, the Centre hosts a variety of individually guided and themed retreats, welcomes groups and conferences, and provides quiet time for individuals seeking solace in beautiful surroundings.
Explore their autumn programme, a rich schedule of retreats, days of reflection, and spiritual opportunities
Monastery of Our Lady and St. Bernard 2025 Programme
Explore the 2025 programme at the Monastery of Our Lady and St. Bernard.
You are invited to explore the upcoming programme at the Monastery of Our Lady and St. Bernard in Brownshill.
From reflective weekends and art-based explorations of faith to guided Advent retreats and vocational discernment, these events offer enriching opportunities for spiritual growth and renewal.
For further information or to book a place, please visit www.bernardine.org or contact:
📧 bookings_brownshill@yahoo.co.uk
📞 01453 883084
Guided Retreats at Buckfast Abbey in 2025
Offering spiritual nourishment & reflection
Church Musicians’ Retreat - 28/08/25 - 01/09/25 from £500
Led by Peter Stevens - Assistant Master of the Music at Westminster Cathedral and a Benedictine Oblate
I will sing praise to Thee in the sight of the angels” (Rule of St Benedict, Chapter 19) — a retreat for church musicians which includes sessions on Gregorian chant and its accompaniment, the use of the organ in the liturgy, and open rehearsals with the Abbey Choir. A unique opportunity to learn more about the role of music in the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, in the tranquillity of a Benedictine monastery on the edge of Dartmoor National Park.
Women Religious Retreat - 27/10/25 - 31/10/25 from £595
Led by: Dom Geoffrey Scott OSB
The role of women religious in the church has often been underestimated and undervalued. Abbot Geoffrey will gently guide us in the beautiful setting of Buckfast Abbey to reflect, reconsider and reorientate ourselves to better serve the church in the bright future that God promises. Do join us for these few days together inspired by the Benedictine monastic liturgy, the spectacular grounds at Buckfast and our shared experiences which will emerge through our conversations.
There is a choice of accommodation available at either the Northgate House Hotel or St Petroc’s Retreat House. Please click here to view the accommodation brochure.
To book and for more information visit www.buckfast.org.uk/retreats
Weekend Retreat at Brownshill Monastery
To Hope and Act with Creation
To hope & act with Creation – learning from the animals
Fri, Sep 27, 20244:00 PM Sun, Sep 29, 202412:00 PM
Monastery of Our Lady and St. Bernard (map)
This year’s ecumenical Season of Creation takes the theme: To Hope and Act with Creation. How can we do this?
This weekend celebrating Creation, will reflect on the words of Job who invited us to “ask the animals” what they can teach us about our faith (Job 12:7-10). In His teaching, Jesus frequently drew on nature to illustrate the Christian way of life (e.g. Matthew 6: 26-30). Pope Francis too, reminds us that “each of the various creatures….. reflects in its own way a ray of God’s infinite wisdom” (Laudato si’ para.69] and urges us to remember that “the universe as a whole, in all its manifold relationships, shows forth the inexhaustible richness of God” [Laudato Deum: 63].
You are invited to join in contemplating the lessons we can learn from animals and to find hope and opportunities for action from the examples of small creatures (e.g. ants) that render significant change.
Click here for the weekend’s programme!
Suggested offering is £ 140 for the full residential weekend, which includes all meals from Friday supper to Sunday lunch. Non-residential options are also available. Please use the form to book your place or to request further information.
Discernment Retreat - Loreto Spirituality Centre
‘I listened to God’s deep dream for me…’
‘I LISTENED TO GOD’S DEEP DREAM FOR ME…’
Loreto Spirituality Centre
Llandudno
Friday 30th August – Sunday 1st September
Led by: Josette Zammit-Mangion IBVM and Ewa Bem IBVM
A Discernment Retreat, drawing om the life and writings of Mary Ward, to help us reflect on the choices we make. This retreat could also be helpful when making significant decisions in life.
For more information or to book:
Email: info@loretocentre.org.uk
Call: 01492 878031
Website: www.loretocentre.org.uk
Retreats at The Briery
IGR and a day of reflection exploring the challenges, blessings and fresh perspectives of our later years guided by scripture, story and our own lived experience.
Individually Guided Retreat
8-days (5th – 14th August) or 6-days (5th-12th) August at The Briery Retreat Centre, Ilkley. There are a few places still available on our next IGR, led by Fr Paul Fletcher, S.J. and The Briery Team.
The Wisdom Years – Margaret Silf
Monday 23rd September – A day of reflection exploring the challenges, blessings and fresh perspectives of our later years guided by scripture, story and our own lived experience. £48pp to include a two-course home-cooked lunch and all refreshments.
Please contact the Administrators to book or for more information admin@briery.org.uk 01943 607287
Quiet Day at St Andrew's Lewisham
A quiet day based on the experience of a pilgrimage to Skellig Michael.
Saturday 15 June: Celtic wisdom
A quiet day based on the experience of a pilgrimage to Skellig Michael, with Kathleen O’Sullivan. 10 am for a 10.30 start until 4pm.
Friday 19 to Sunday 28 July: An Urban Oasis Silent Retreat
A silent retreat including personal accompaniment (IGR). 3 to 8-Day retreat. 2 nights minimum. Self-Catering only.
Click here for further information and bookings.
Renewal Program for Religious
Uncovering the inner self in intercultural community living: a path to transformation.
Invitation for short renewal program in Steyl in March 2025.
Uncovering the inner self in intercultural community living: a path to transformation.
6-day workshop, followed by 7-day contemplative retreat.
The methodology will be experience-based (along with input from relevant sources), drawing reflections and insights from our own seeking for God.
Click here for the flyer for more details about the project.
Contemplative Retreats for St Augustine’s Priory
The House of Prayer offers a broad variety of Retreats catering to many kinds of needs.
The House of Prayer offers a broad variety of Retreats catering to many kinds of needs. Welcoming anyone in fact seeking with an open heart, to deepen their spirituality, to find a life lived with meaning, or nurture their relationship with God.
Click here for the 2024 programme, which has this year’s Contemplative Retreats.