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RESIDENTIAL WEEKEND EVENTS
From Friday evening to Sunday afternoon.
Cost for each weekend in 2015:
Per person, single room £188 (£132);
shared room £162 (£112) unless
otherwise indicated.
[Figure in brackets is the concessionary rate]
Watching with our Transforming Lord
Shaun Lambert
2015 January 9th – 11th
An opportunity at the start of a New Year
to take time out for a fresh look at our lives
through watchfulness, a lost aspect of the
gospel of Mark.
Finding Sanctuary Responding to BBC’s ‘The Monastery’
Monastic Team
2015 January 16th – 18th
2015 October 9th – 11th
An emphasis on learning to pray and using
personal time creatively. Reserved for those
who have not been on such a retreat before.
Silent Retreat:
Individually Guided Prayer (IGR)
Monastic Team and Spiritual Guides
2015 May 1st – 4th (3 days, Fri. to Mon.)
A silent retreat over a long weekend using
prayer with scripture and opportunities to
reflect each day, one to one, with an
experienced prayer guide.
Per person, single room £282 (£198)
Time to Listen, Space to Grow
Jo Eaton and Mary Watson
2015 June 19th – 21st
Recommended for those who have not been
on a retreat before and for those wanting
to explore their own spiritual journey in a
contemplative environment, leading to a
deeper awareness of God, self and others.
Seeking God’s Face in the Psalms
Br David Jarmy
2015 July 24th – 26th
An opportunity to engage with the Book
of Psalms, used so frequently in liturgical
prayer. These ancient texts – although
very human – have the capacity to draw us
deeply into the mystery of God.
Finding Silence - Responding to the
BBC series “The Big Silence”
Monastic Team
2015 September 4th – 6th
Retreats for those who would like to
experience something of monastic silence.
An opportunity to reflect on our relationship
with God and to explore the gift of silence
and stillness as the “gateway to the soul”.
PSG/Time & Space Follow-on Weekend
Jo Eaton and Mary Watson
2015 September 11th - 13th
(in Compass House)
For anyone who has completed the PSG
Course or a Time & Space Weekend (like the
one above) and who would like to explore
further the themes and topics.
Writing in Gold. Icons of Christ
Br David Jarmy
2015 September 18th - 20th
Looking prayerfully at icons enables us to
engage an age-old tradition, which draws us
into the Mystery of Christ.
Wisdom of the Desert
Michael Woodward
2015 November 13th – 15th
The goal of the desert fathers and mothers
was continuous prayer. We look at the main
features of desert spirituality, listen for the
voice of God, and reflect upon how to
sustain that spirituality in our daily lives.
RESIDENTIAL WEEKDAY EVENTS
Cost for each three-day event in 2015:
Per person: single room £252 (£177);
shared room £219 (£153)
unless otherwise indicated.
Living Sanctuary (Monday - Thursday)
Monastic Team
2015 November 9th – 12th
From late afternoon on the first day
(Monday) until after lunch on the last
(Thursday)
These - mostly silent - retreats are for
those who have already experienced a
retreat and who wish to experience ‘living
sanctuary’ for a longer period, enabling
participants to explore their own faith journey
through silence, reading and prayer. There
is an opportunity to speak with a personal
prayer guide.
RESIDENTIAL INDIVIDUAL RETREATS
We welcome individuals, families or small
groups to come and stay in Compass House,
to join the monastic cycle of prayer and
liturgy and spend time in prayerful silence
and holy reading. We provide Bed and
Breakfast and self-catering facilities on
weekdays.
Alternatively, men may stay in the
Monastic Guest House and join the Monastic
Community for meals. Contact the Monk
Guestmaster: [email protected]
RESIDENTIAL EVENTS FOR YOUTH
TEENAGERS ‘New Chapter’
Cost for weekends: £82 per teenager
Older Teenagers: Ages 14-18 (Yrs 10-13)*
Mary Hunt, Youth Team & Monastic Team
2015 February 20th – 22nd
2015 October 16th – 18th
Prayer, reflection, discussion, time for
sport, creative activities, relaxing and
making friends are all part of the weekend
to provide a space for them to engage
with their faith.
For Younger Teenagers: Ages 11-14
(School Years 7–10)*
Mary Hunt, Youth Team and Monastic
Team
2015 December 4th – 6th
These fun packed weekends offer
the chance for spiritual and personal
growth through the experience of
friendship and community, including a
healthy balance of reflection, sport and
creative activities.
Teenagers and Young Adults
Summer Activities Week*
Youth Team and Monastic Team
2015 August 9th – 16th (7 days)
Three separate groups for different ages,
organised by the LCSB*:
A) Teenagers aged 14-18 (Years10-13);
B) Young Adults aged 18-24;
C) Adults 25+
These retreats provide opportunities for
young people to spend a longer period
of time together exploring the call of the
Gospel, including formation, creative
activities and prayer with the monastic
community.
Cost: to be announced.
OUR ACCOMMODATION
is particularly suited to retreats for families.
RESIDENTIAL EVENTS FOR YOUTH
YOUNG ADULTS (AGED 18-24-35)
Donations per young adult between £60
and £100 for a weekend in St Brunos.
‘Dying and Rising in Christ’
for Young Adults (aged 18-35)
Monastic Team & Wellspring Community
2015 February 13th − 15th
A weekend to prepare for Lent, reflecting
on our journey of transformation in Christ
through the Easter mystery. An experience of
the Benedictine way of life and inspiration for
Christian living.
‘You are the Light of the World’
For young professionals (aged 25−35)
Monastic Team and Young Adults
2015 June 5th – 7th
Talks from professionals whose work life
has been influenced by their faith. Retreat
aimed at young professionals and those
entering the world of work. Run by the Lay
Community of St Benedict.
‘Transfigured in Christ’
Young Adults Summer retreat
(aged 18−35)
Monastic Team & Wellspring Community
2015 August 26th (Wed.) – 30th (Sun.)
Exploring monastic ways to discipleship, with
talks from monks of Worth including
Fr Christopher Jamison, and members of
The Wellspring Community.
Costs £120 unwaged £150 waged.
Called By Name – Exploring the Call
of Christ,
Diocese of Arundel & Brighton
Vocations Retreat
2015 October 23rd – 25th
With speakers from various walks of life
reflecting on how we can discover and live
out our unique calling.
‘The Dawn from On High’ (for ages 1835) An Advent Retreat for Young Adults
Wellspring Community & Monastic Team
2015 November 27th – 29th
Reflecting on the themes of Advent: the
coming of God to us in Christ, the Dawn who
breaks upon us from on high.
Weekend Retreats for Young Adults*
(aged 18-24) in Compass House
Monastic and Youth Teams
2015 September 4th – 6th
These retreats, based in Compass House,
offer a space for reflection, fellowship and
deepening faith.
Donations per person between £46 and £60
The Wellspring is a Catholic community
seeking to live the Gospel with the Rule of
St Benedict as a guide. Living a common
life of prayer and service, they witness to
the Kingdom of God in the city of Brighton.
RESIDENTIAL EVENTS FOR YOUTH
UNIVERSITY CHAPLAINCIES
Chaplains and Monastic Team
2015 February 6th - 8th
(Essex & Imperial College London)
2015 February 27th – 1st March
Southern Universities
2015 March 6th - 8th
(Goldsmiths and South Bank)
2015 March 13th – 15th
(Newman House)
2015 March 20th - 22nd
(Cambridge)
2015 November 20th - 22nd
(Sussex, Brighton & Portsmouth)
Students and Chaplaincies welcome!
For over forty years Worth Abbey has offered hospitality to student groups. If you are
interested in finding out more or booking a
weekend, either for a chaplaincy retreat or
as an individual student please contact The
Open Cloister.
Donations per person between £60
and £100
Some Chaplaincies offer further subsidies.
DAY EVENTS
Quiet Fridays - Monastic Team
2015: (see calendar) once a month,
normally on the second Friday:
Take time for stillness and solitude; enjoy the
attractive grounds and Quiet Garden. Join
the monastic community for Midday Prayer in
the Abbey church, followed by the opportunity of Adoration before the Blessed
Sacrament. Shared tea and coffee available.
Please bring your own packed lunch.
Arrivals from 10:15 a.m. for a 10:45 a.m.
start, until 3:30 p.m., based in the
Day Centre of Compass House.
Per person £12 (£8) Deposits not required
but N.B. Pre-booking is essential
EVENING EVENTS
Personal & Spiritual Growth
Led by: Jo Eaton with Brenda McGinn
and Mary Watson
Applications are invited for
2015 Sept. - 2016 July (see calendar)
Each Wednesday evening for 10 weeks
during term time: 19.30 - 21.30; & one
Saturday per term: 10.00 - 16.00
A one year ecumenical course, held in
a contemplative environment, leading
to a deeper awareness of God, self and
others. Not a taught theoretical course,
but experiential, using a ‘creative listening’
method, related to our lived lives.
Each person considering the course will
need to have attended one Taster Evening:
2015 July 8th
2015 September 2nd
Applications to be in by 2015 July 1st.
Cost for 2015 - 2016:
£154 per term; - in addition to the deposit of
£23, which includes the Taster Evening.
PSG – Going Deeper
Monthly on Thursdays (see calendar)
2015 January - December
Jo Eaton, Brenda McGinn and others
For those who have done the one year
PSG course and wish to continue exploring
their relationship with God, others and self.
Meeting usually on the 3rd Thursday of the
month between 19.30 and 21.30.
Cost for 2015: £209 for the whole year
(or £118 Jan - Jul and £102 Sep - Dec)
GROUP SUPERVISION
FOR SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS
Supervision in a group setting (maximum
8 per group) for those working as Christian
Spiritual Directors. Meeting about every
six weeks for two hours during the day,
on Tuesday mornings (Wednesdays from
September 2015). See calendar for dates
Cost: Per person per session £24
or £165 (or 2 x £88 instalments) for annual
series of 8 meetings
BERMONDSEY HUTS CAMPING SITE
Open May to October.
“Camping for softies” in the SE corner of
Worth Abbey Estate in two huts with kitchen,
WCs, showers and hot water. Ideal holiday
in the countryside for large families, parish
groups, special needs or friends. Sleeps up
to 10 in one hut; up to 80 in tents.
£5.50 per person per night.
Deposit and minimum charge of £55 on
booking
Programme 2015
photo: © Edmund Sumner www.edmundsumner.co.uk
RATES
All our rates are inclusive of V.A.T.
We like to think that our rates do not prevent
anyone from benefiting, hence we are aware
of the need for concessions.
CONCESSIONS
The figure given in brackets after the normal
rate is the concessionary rate that applies to
those who are unemployed, senior citizens,
students and associates of Worth Abbey (i.e.
Employees, Lay Community of St Benedict,
Parish, Worth Society). In any case, cost
alone should not prevent anyone from
attending our events. Please inform us of
any such special needs or applications for
subsidy from our St Bruno Fund.
DONATIONS TO THE ST BRUNO FUND
We ask those who can afford more than our
rates to donate to this Fund to enable us to
continue to provide these subsidies.
RESIDENTIAL ARRIVALS
Please plan to arrive at St. Bruno’s from 4:00
p.m. onwards. The first formal event is the
church liturgy, usually at 5:30 p.m. Please
let us know when to expect you.
ECUMENICAL
All Christians are welcome to take part in
our events which are offered from a Roman
Catholic perspective in the tradition of
monastic hospitality.
EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES
The monastic prayer and liturgy is open to all
who visit but it is not possible to offer
Communion to non Roman Catholics who
attend Mass within Worth Abbey. Those
not receiving Communion for any reason are
warmly invited to come forward to receive a
blessing.
To reserve a place on any of the
events listed, please complete a
Booking Form, which is enclosed
and available from our web site:
www.worthabbey.net
or by contacting:
The Bookings Secretary
The Open Cloister
Worth Abbey
Paddockhurst Road
Turners Hill
CRAWLEY
West Sussex
RH10 4SB
t: 01342 710318
e: [email protected]
f: 01342 710311
The Open Cloister invites you to seek God within the tranquillity and
beauty of Worth Abbey and its church (above).
Cloisters are usually ‘closed’; this one is open, in the sense that all
retreatants, both men and women, are invited to experience the rhythm
of the monastic day, liturgy and prayer.
Worth Abbey Registered Charity number 1093913
Company number 04475556
Worth Abbey Projects Ltd Company number 04523776
If you are searching for God or seeking to deepen your
relationship with the Lord, you are most welcome to spend time with us
here at Worth Abbey and The Open Cloister.
The Open Cloister 2015 Calendar of Retreats
Other dates may be available to book our Conference and Retreat facilities
2015
Residential: weekends
Residential: weekdays
and Families
Events for Teenagers and Young Adults
9-11
(Individual Retreats
2-4
Parish Confirmation Group
a
vailable in Compass all 23-25 Parish Confirmation Group
year when other
bookings allow)
Day Events
Evening
and for Spiritual Directors
† Saturdays 10:00 – 16:00
9 Quiet Friday
20 Group Supervision
14, 21, 28 Personal & Spiritual Growth
(Term 2)
15 PSG Going Deeper
13 Quiet Friday
February
6-8
(Essex University, Imperial College)
13−15 ‘Dying and Rising in Christ’ (age 18-35)
20-22 Teenagers (age 14-18)*
27-1 (Mar) Parish Confirmation Group
27-1 (Mar) Southern University
4, 11, 25 Personal & Spiritual Growth
19 PSG Going Deeper
March
6-8
13-15
13-15
20-22
3 Group Supervision
13 Quiet Friday
4, 11, 21†,25 Personal & Spiritual Growth
19 PSG Going Deeper
21-23 School Group
10 Quiet Friday
21 Group Supervision
16 PSG Going Deeper
22, 29 Personal & Spiritual Growth (Term 3)
1-4 Guided Prayer (IGR)
8-10 Parish Confirmation Group
29-31 Wellspring Community
8 Quiet Friday
6, 13, 20 Personal & Spiritual Growth
14 PSG Going Deeper
5-7 LCSB Speakers Weekend
12-14 LCSB*
19-21 Time to Listen, Space to Grow
5-7
Young Professionals (18-25)
12-14 LCSB South*
12 Quiet Friday
2 Group Supervision
3, 10, 17, 20†, 24 Personal & Spiritual Growth
18 PSG Going Deeper
24-26 Seeking God’s Face in the Psalms
13-2(Aug) ‘School of the Lords Service’ (in Compass) 3 Quiet Friday
14 Group Supervision
January
Watching with our Transforming
Lord (led by Shaun Lambert)
16-18 Finding Sanctuary
30-1 LCSB Scripture*
April
May
June
July
August
14-16 LCSB Summer Meeting*
9-16 LCSB Scripture *
9-16 Summer Activities
Week (age 25+)*
4-6 Finding Silence
11-13 PSG Follow-on(in Compass)
September
18-20 Writing in Gold. Icons of Christ
October
November
December
9-11 Finding Sanctuary
30-1 (Nov) LCSB Scripture*
13-15 Wisdom of the Desert
9-12 Living Sanctuary
11-13 OMV
(Goldsmiths and South Bank University)
(Newman House University)
Parish Confirmation Group
(Cambridge University)
8 Personal & Spiritual Growth
Taster Evening
16 PSG Going Deeper
9-16 Summer Activities Wk (age 11-18,18-24)*
21-23 Project 20-30
26−30 Young Adults Summer Retreat (age 18−35)
4-6 Young Adults in Compass (age 18-24)*
11 Quiet Friday
2 Personal & Spiritual Growth
Taster Evening
17 PSG Going Deeper
23, 30 Personal & Spiritual Growth (Term 1)
16-18 Teenagers (age 14-18)*
23-25 A&B Vocations
9 Quiet Friday
21 Group Supervision
7, 14, 21, Personal & Spiritual Growth
15 PSG Going Deeper
20-22 (Sussex, Brighton & Portsmouth University)
27−29 Advent Retreat (age 18-35)
13 Quiet Friday
4, 11, 14†, 18, 25 Personal & Spiritual Growth
19 PSG Going Deeper
4-6 Teenagers (age 11-14)*
2 Group Supervision
11 Quiet Friday
2 Personal & Spiritual Growth
10 PSG Going Deeper
Worth Abbey, Paddockhurst Road, Turners Hill, Crawley RH10 4SB
Events printed in BLUE are run by organisations other than The Open Cloister
www.worthabbey.net
telephone: 01342 710318 | e-mail: [email protected]
Events marked * are presented in partnership with members of the Lay Community of Saint Benedict

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