Retreats and Quiet Days 2009

July 9
Garden Day
A quiet day in the garden at Pleshey in the company of our gardener, Val Tyler. Buffet lunch in garden.

Cost £20

July 13-17              
CARM Poetry and Prayer              
‘The Tree as a Symbol in Poetry and Scripture’ 
Tutor: Dr Christopher Payne
Chaplain: Revd Alan Bidnell

Cost £200

17-24 July              
Walking Week             
House Team
A relaxing week, walking, reflecting, enjoying being together with each other and with God. Some lunches in local pubs.

Cost £300

27 July-7 August              
Individual Guided Retreat – For those with a desire to deepen their relationship with God. Retreats begin with supper on the first day and end after breakfast on the last day. Minimum stay 3 nights.

Cost £47 per night

10-14 August              
Music Week at Pleshey             
Laurie and Revd Brigid Main
Come and stay for the week and explore songs and hymns from many cultures. Alternatively, come for one or two days and stay overnight if you can.
Tuesday – Sing Celtic; Wednesday – World Songs; Thursday – Taizé & Psalms.
No previous musical experience necessary.             

Cost £200

21-28 August              
CARM Painting and Prayer              
Tutor: Kay Andrews
Chaplain: Revd Jo Williams

Develop the theme for the week through painting and prayer in the lovely grounds of the House and surrounding countryside of Pleshey.

Cost £300

September 24              
Quiet Day             

Revd Julie Cristin

Cost £20

October 2 – 4              
Weekend Retreat             
Revd Jonathan Ewer – Society of the Sacred Mission

Cost £118

October 29              
Quiet Day – ‘I cannot dance, Lord, unless you lead me’

Mechtild of Magdeburg

The Warden

The prayer of the heart offered by a woman of God from mediaeval Germany. No need to know any mediaeval German and no need for your dancing shoes!

Cost £20

October 30 – November 1              
‘Seeking the Hidden God’             
Sister Pippa – Community of the Holy Name

A retreat looking at the joys and difficulties of trying to live prayerfully in the twenty-first century.

Cost £118

November 21

Friends' Quiet Day

Open to all.

Cost £20

November 20 – 22              
Weekend Retreat             
‘The Way of Mary’
Sister Elizabeth Jane – Community of St Mary the Virgin
A silent retreat drawing on the inspiration of Mary for our own Christian journey.

Cost £118

November 24-25             
Mid-week Sabbath – A time of quiet and space for people in ministry to come and rest, read, walk and be renewed.             

Cost £55

November 26              
Quiet Day for Advent             

with a member of the Society of St Francis, Plaistow

Cost £20    

December 12              
Christmas Quiet Day – ‘Christ be our Light’             

Revd Canon Christopher Chapman

A Quiet Day to prepare for Christmas

Cost £22

December 13              
Christmas Sing Day I             
Laurie and Revd Brigid Main
A day to learn and sing Christmas songs with festive lunch and carols by candle-light.              

Cost £22

December 19              
Christmas Sing Day II              
Laurie and Revd Brigid Main
A second sing day for Christmas with festive lunch and carols by candle-light.

Cost £22

Retreats and Quiet Days 2010

(Not the final programme - more goodies yet to come.)

February 2-3
Mid-week Sabbath – A time of quiet and space for people in ministry to come and rest, read, walk and be renewed. 

February 5-7

Friends' Retreat

A weekend led by Canon John Howden

A quiet weekend for Friends of Pleshey - all welcome.

February 19-21

A weekend with Margaret Silf

March 15-19              
Individual Guided Retreat – For those with a desire to deepen their relationship with God. Retreats begin with supper on the first day and end after breakfast on the last day. Minimum stay 3 nights.

March 29, 30 & 31

Holy Week Quiet Days

June 9-10            
Mid-week Sabbath – A time of quiet and space for people in ministry to come and rest, read, walk and be renewed. 

June 18-20

House Retreat

Sr Magdalen Lawler SND & Fr Tom McGuiness SJ

A weekend of prayer and reflection, using scripture, music, poetry and pictures to help to lead into prayer.

July 19-23

CARM Calligraphy and Prayer
Tutor: Peter Walker
Chaplain: Revd Jo Williams

Develop the theme for the week through calligraphy and prayer in the lovely grounds of the House and surrounding countryside of Pleshey.

23-30 July
Walking Week 
House Team
A relaxing week, walking, reflecting, enjoying being together with each other and with God. Some lunches in local pubs.

July 30-August 8
Individual Guided Retreat – For those with a desire to deepen their relationship with God. Retreats begin with supper on the first day and end after breakfast on the last day. Minimum stay 3 nights.

9-13 August
Music Week at Pleshey 
Laurie and Revd Brigid Main
Come and stay for the week and explore songs and hymns from many cultures. Alternatively, come for one or two days and stay overnight if you can.
Tuesday – Sing Celtic; Wednesday – World Songs; Thursday – Taizé & Psalms.
No previous musical experience necessary. 

20-27 August
CARM Painting and Prayer
Tutor: Kay Andrews
Chaplain: Revd Judith Weston

Develop the theme for the week through painting and prayer in the lovely grounds of the House and surrounding countryside of Pleshey.

November 19

Quiet Day led by John Bell

November 19-21

House Retreat led by John Bell

November 22-23
Mid-week Sabbath – A time of quiet and space for people in ministry to come and rest, read, walk and be renewed. 

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'Diocesan House of Retreat, Pleshey'

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Please make cheques payable to:

'Diocesan House of Retreat, Pleshey'

Pleshey: a quiet place within the
life of the Diocese where
through encounter with God we
are inspired by holy living