The weekend will take place at the Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst College in Clitheroe, Lancashire, and is open to all.
In its methodology, this retreat seeks to reclaim practices that are common to mindfulness for the Christian tradition of contemplative prayer. In particular, mindfulness practices share common ground with the tradition of apophatic prayer and theology that is deeply rooted in the monastic and the Eastern Orthodox traditions.
The retreat will make use of such practices to help participants gain a greater awareness of their own experiences, to exercise a discipline of the mind, and to place them on the threshold of prayer, with an attentiveness and disposition to God’s presence.
The weekend commences on Friday 14th November (arrivals late pm) and ends on Monday 17th November 2025 (depart after lunch).
Comments and feedback on previous weekends included:
‘I am deeply grateful for this experience’
‘This has been life-changing’
‘The ability of the course leaders to recognise the direction that God was taking us and the insight to go with it made this retreat stand out’
‘This was one of the most profound experiences I have had. Something moved in me and changed me for the better’.
Cost: £405 (3 nights) – single room (£305 for those sharing a twin room).
Bookings can be made here: https://christianheritagecentre.com/events/be-still-and-know-that-i-am-god/
About the retreat givers: Steve Noone is a recently retired clinical psychologist who has used mindfulness skills extensively in his practice and teaching. Liz Lord is a tutor on the MSt in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) at the University of Oxford. Formerly she was an assistant head teacher. Fr Roger Dawson SJ is a Jesuit priest, former Director of St Beuno's Jesuit Spirituality Centre and trained as a clinical psychologist. He is currently the Superior of the Jesuits in Scotland.
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