A retreat is your chance to step aside from life for a while, to rest and just 'be' in a welcoming, peaceful place.
Sisters of St Andrew
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Sisters of St Andrew
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020 8852 1662
Retreat Centre Description
Notes: The Sisters of St Andrew, an Ignatian congregation, was founded in the Middle Ages to welcome pilgrims en route to Compostela in Spain. Since 1231, we continue to welcome individuals and groups for times of retreat, silence and personal reflection. Our house of welcome is a real haven, a surprisingly peaceful oasis situated halfway between Lewisham and Blackheath, close to Greenwich and Lee. The beautiful round ‘Oast’ House Chapel with its stained-glass windows provides a space for both personal and group prayer. Visitors are welcome to join the community prayer. There are facilities for small and larger day groups, maximum 25. Self-catering only.
A well-equipped kitchen is available. Drinks are provided. Art materials, books, pictures, music and other resources are available for use in the house. The large garden surrounding the house is partly meadow, and includes a vegetable garden and a grass labyrinth. The house is situated close to Blackheath Common, Greenwich Park and smaller local parks as well as the Thames path.
The Sisters are available by request for input/facilitation/spiritual accompaniment/self-catering retreats/retreats in daily life (19th Annotation)/supervision and outreach.
Please check the website regularly for an update of forthcoming events not included
Accommodation on Offer
8 single with WC and washbasin, and 1 en suite.
Disabled access within the house including a lift and path access to the surrounding gardens. Fully-equipped kitchenettes. Self-catering only. Shops and amenities close by. Parking. Easily accessible from mainline stations to Blackheath/Lewisham, DLR and buses (bus stop outside the property 54, 89, 108). Proximity to A2 and A20.
There are facilities for small and larger day groups, maximum 25. Self-catering only.
A well-equipped kitchen is available. Drinks are provided. Art materials, books, pictures, music and other resources are available for use in the house. The large garden surrounding the house is partly meadow, and includes a vegetable garden and a grass labyrinth.
Retreat Centre Facilities
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Types of Retreat Offered
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2026 Events
Come Away One Thursday a month from 10.30am-12.30noon.
For those wishing to 'take time out' on their life and faith journey of compassionate caring for family, friends, neighbours...time to rest and draw from the Source of all Love. Contact Sr Regula.
Meditative Evening Prayer including Taize chants. Last Tuesday each month except July/August and December. 7.30-8.30pm. No need to book.
27/1, 24/2, 31/3 (Holy Week) , 28/4, 26/5, 30/6...29/9, 27/10, 24/11 and 15/12 (Advent)
January
31'Sabbath' - a day to reflect on what Sabbath means to us. With Sheelagh Daly
February
6-8Stepping Stones into Silence. Silent IGR for beginners with personal accompaniment
21Lent Quiet Day with Kathleen O’Sullivan.
February-March
22-22 Lent Retreat: A four-week retreat in daily life. A time for God. Led by a team of spiritual accompaniers and the sisters (more information on our website)
April
24-26 What shall I do ? Choices and decisions. A themed retreat with SisterMarie-Christine Berg (residential, self-catering)
May
16 Getting to know the exiled parts of ourselves with Sister Christiane
June
20 Creative Being. A workshop day to discover and nourish our creativity, to explore our relationship with God using art. With by Sister Fiona Maguire
July-August
26-4 Silent IGR 3 to 8-Day, An Urban Oasis silent retreat with personal accompaniment.
September
26A Quiet Day in the Season of Creation with Sister Regula
October
23-25Stepping Stones into Silence. Silent IGR for beginners with personal accompaniment
31 The Making of Bread .What goes into breadmaking and how we can use this as an analogy for (im)proving our faith. (art workshop and bread making) with Mary Chamberlin
November
28 A Quiet Pause in Advent : A sacred journey of waiting. Preparing Christmas in four weeks of Hope, Peace, Love and Joy. With Sister Marie-Christine Berg
2027 Events
February
Friday 5 to Sunday 7 February
Stepping Stones into Silence. A silent retreat with personal accompaniment (Individually Guided Retreat). Friday 5pm to Sunday 5pm. Self-Catering.
Saturday 13February
Lent Quiet Day. Journeying with Jesus in Lent.
How do Jesus’ journey of life resonate in our own lives? There will be inputs and personal time. We will be introduced to pray with beads, ‘the Pearls of Life’. With Sister Marie-Christine.
Sunday 14February to Sunday 14March:
Lent Retreat: “Donot be afraid, I am with you.» Isaiah 43:5.
A four-week retreat in daily life inspired by the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius. An opportunity to be gently introduced to the Ignatian retreat or to refresh our experience. Led by a team of spiritual accompaniers and the sisters (more on our website).
April
Saturday 17 April
God and me, me and God
A workshop using attachment theory, Bible stories and creativity to reflect upon/uncover how we are attached to God, our image of God and of ourselves, and how we relate to one another. With Sister Christiane
May
Friday 14 to Sunday 16 May
Healthy leadership, healthy service
“He is the shepherd and the lamb, he is the king the servant of all”.
Leadership and service are part of our lives. Both can easily become harmful to us or others. St Ignatius, in his Spiritual Exercises, invites us to learn from Jesus as we meet him in the Gospels. A themed retreat with inputs, silence, personal time and sharing.
Residential or joining for the days. Self catering. With Sister Marie-Christine
June
Saturday 12June
Love’s Welcome.
A quiet day to consider God's gracious invitation to overcome barriers that keep us from connecting with God and one another. It includes reflections on George Herbert's poem "Love (III)" and on Sieger Köder's painting "All Are Welcome".
With Sheelagh Daly, counsellor and spiritual director
July
Saturday 10th July
Called to Be - a Day for Reflection.
Space to reflect on how God has and is calling you.
The day will include words, music and visual images as we explore how God calls us.
With Pamela Ive
Sunday 25 July to Tuesday 3 August
An Urban Oasis Silent Retreat, 3 to 8-Day,Individually Guided Retreat, with personal accompaniment by the sisters. Self catering.
September
Saturday 25 September
A Quiet Day in the Season of Creation. With Sr Regula
October
Saturday 16 October‘ 2027
Making Better Choices, with St Ignatius of Loyola’’
The input will include some wisdom about discernment, with time for participants to explore their own experiences.
With Nicola Smedley, formed in Ignatian spirituality and leads ISC’s one year course, Ignatian Enrichment, for experienced spiritual directors.
Friday 22 to Sunday 24 October
Stepping Stones into Silence. A silent retreat with personal accompaniment (Individually Guided Retreat). Friday 5pm to Sunday 5pm. Self-Catering.
November
Saturday 6 November
Being Salt and Light. With Mary Chamberlin
In Matthew 5:13,14. Jesus tells us: “You are salt, you are light.”
This reflective Workshop offers a safe and creative space in which to explore the unique potential within Christ's call to be his ‘salt and light’ in our world today.
It is not necessary to have any artistic skill or to have had any previous art experience, you are simply invited to reflect and respond by making marks, noticing what might be emerging as you do so. All art materials will be provided.
Mary Chamberlin is an experienced Spiritual Director/Accompanier and former Art Therapist, who values Art and mark-making processes to identify thoughts and beliefs that are sometimes complex and not easy to articulate with words alone.
December
Saturday 4th December
Advent quiet day with Kathleen O’Sullivan, Ignatian accompanier with Celtic roots
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Meditative Evening Prayer including Taizé chants.Each last Tuesday of the month except July, August and December. 7.30 to 8,30pm. No need to book. 26/1, 23/2, 23/3 (Holy Week), 27/4, 25/5, 29/6...28/9, 28/10, 23/11 and 15-4/12 (Advent)
Come Away One Thursday a month from 10.30am-12.30noon.
For those wishing to 'take time out' on their life and faith journey of compassionate caring for family, friends, neighbours...time to rest and draw from the Source of all Love. Contact Sister Regula.
Creative Arts at St. Andrew’s
Explore connection through the Creative Arts
Creative Arts Workshops held at St. Andrew’s
Creative Arts Newsletter: updates on Workshops, project news, projects to do at home… and more!… With Sister Fiona Maguire.
Contact us for: Day groups (up to 25), residential groups (up to 9), individual quiet day or retreat of several days with or without a personal accompaniment, online individually guided retreat, spiritual accompaniment, supervision of spiritual accompaniment, Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius in daily life or residential.
Retreat Centre Location
99 Belmont Hill, London SE13 5DY, UK
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Sisters of St Andrew
99 Belmont Hill, London SE13 5DY, UK