A retreat is your chance to step aside from life for a while, to rest and just 'be' in a welcoming, peaceful place.
Monastery of Our Lady of Hyning
Contact Details
Contact Name:
The Bookings Secretary
Email:
Telephone:
01524 732684
Retreat Centre Description
Our Bernardine Cistercian monastery is situated on the Lancashire/Cumbria border, a designated area of natural beauty. Through hospitality we welcome individuals and groups who would like to share in the peace and prayerfulness of our monastic guest house. Minimum stay normally two nights. Guests are welcome to join the Community for daily Mass and the sung Divine Office. Sisters and the Chaplain are available to listen and retreatants may eat in silence. Guests are free to use the Church, the library, the bookshop and gift shop, the lounge and sitting room with its tea and coffee making facilities. Most of our landscaped and spacious garden is open to guests, and the Art Studio is available for use by arrangement. Every Wednesday afternoon there is an icon writing group.
RC but with a very ecumenical approach.
Accommodation on Offer
8 twin, 4 single in the main house, all ensuite.
2 twin, 3 single in adjacent cottage (not ensuite.)
Retreat Centre Facilities
Please see website for retreat centre facilities
Types of Retreat Offered
Please see website for retreats offered
2025 Events
Details of 2025 events
7 – 9 February Spiritual Scrapbooking Weekend (led by Sisters)
11 February Coming Home to Jesus – A prayerful space to spend time with Jesus and know Him more deeply – led by Donna Worthington
25 February Card Making Day
26 February Calligraphy Day
7 - 9 March Lent Retreat (led by Sisters)
14 – 16 March Lent Retreat (Repeated) led by Sisters
25 – 29 March Beginners & Beyond Icon Retreat led by Sr Mary Stella and David Wright
16– 24 April Holy Week and/or Easter – various dates possible within this period
25 April – 7 May Closed
19 – 23 May Prayer and Gardening Retreat – led by a Sister
27 May Journey into the Unknown …Saint Brendan and his companions – Donna Worthington
14 – 18 July Beginners & Beyond Icon Retreat led by Sr Mary Stella and David Wright
24 July – 20 August Closed
26 – 30 August Ecumenical Flute Retreat led by Sr Mary Helen
9 September The Raising of Lazarus – Journeying with John’s Gospel to the tomb and resurrection – Donna Worthington
14 October Christmas Card Making Day
14 – 18 October Ecumenical Flute Retreat led by Sr Mary Helen
20 – 24 October Prayer and Gardening Retreat – led by a Sister
20 November The Wonder of Stories – led by Donna Worthington
28 – 30 November Advent Retreat – led by Sisters
5 – 7 December Advent Retreat (Repeated) – led by Sisters
22 – 31 December Christmas Guests (Min 3 nights)
Retreat Centre Location
Warton, Carnforth LA5 9SE, UK
2026 Events
29 January The Book of Ruth – Retreat Day – led by Donna Worthington
6 – 8 February Spiritual Scrapbooking Weekend (led by Sisters)
13 – 15 February Retreat to enter into Lent (led by Sisters)
20 - 22 February Retreat to enter into Lent (repeated) led by Sisters
17 March Card Making Day
23 – 27 March Beginners & Beyond Icon Retreat led by Sr Mary Stella and helpers
30 March– 10 April Holy Week and/or Easter – various dates possible within this period
10 - 16 April Closed
21 April Memory – Day led by Donna Worthington
24 April – 3 May 8 or 6 day Individually Guided Retreat, led by guest directors.
4 – 8 May Prayer and Gardening Retreat – led by a Sister
30 May Living Prayer – Metropolitan Anthony Bloom – Day led by Donna Worthington
20 – 24 July Beginners & Beyond Icon Retreat led by Sr Mary Stella and helpers
25 July – 19 August Closed
25 – 29 August Ecumenical Flute Retreat led by Sr Mary Helen
18 - 20 September Retreat – Explore your inner space through outer space - led by Sr Michaela
24 September Walking with Mary – Day led by Donna Worthington
5 - 9 October Prayer and Gardening Retreat – led by a Sister
13 October Christmas Card Making Day
19 – 23 October Ecumenical Flute Retreat led by Sr Mary Helen
27 – 29 November Advent Retreat – led by Sisters
4 – 6 December Advent Retreat (repeated) – led by Sisters
21 Dec – 2 Jan 2027 Christmas & New Year Guests (Minimum 3 nights)
Monastery of Our Lady of Hyning
Warton, Carnforth LA5 9SE, UK