A retreat is your chance to step aside from life for a while, to rest and just 'be' in a welcoming, peaceful place.
Property Description
A non-residential Pastoral Centre in York next door to the Bar Convent.
St Bede's is a charitable work of the Congregation of Jesus and offers a wide range of events, courses and retreats both in centre and online.
Honouring the uniqueness of each person and rooted in the Christian Wisdom and Ignatian traditions, we seek to meet all those we welcome wherever they are on their spiritual journey and to accompany and nuture them into greater wholeness and fulness of life.
We offer Ignatian Training and Formation Courses, Supported Prayer, Wellbeing Sessions and Workshops, Themed Talks and Reflective Days, Short Courses and Series, Guided Retreat Space, Drop-in Groups and Social Events. Everyone is welcome.
Our full programme can be found on our website
Contact
If you would like more information or to book please contact Fiona Hill on 01904 464900 or programmeadmin@stbedes.org.uk
Online
Training in Spiritual Conversation Skills
Silent Individually Guided Retreats
Retreats ain Daily Life, Guided Prayer
Universal Christ Course
Advent Workshop
Gate of the Year Event
Lent Talks
Pentecost Reflection Morning.
In Centre
Personal and Spiritual Development Course
Retreat in Daily Life
Wellbeing Series
Guided Reflection Mornings
Ignatian Wisdom Event
Living Word Advent and Lent Short Courses
Transformational Lent Workshop Series
Enneagram Workshop
Summer School Icon Painting
This Movie Changed Me Film Discussion Group
Drop-in Praying through Poetry
Drop-in Taize Prayer
Julian Mornings
Community CInema
Christmas Labyrinth
Coffee Mornings each term and a summer Strawberry Tea
Please note that we also offer rooms for hire with a discount available for small charities.
Accommodation on Offer
Chapel
Conference Room and Annexe (combined capacity 40)
Lending Library
Creative, Art & Wellbeing Space (Meeting Room capacity 25)
Counselling Room
2 other Meeting Rooms (capacities 10 and 20 people)
Annexe (informal Meeting Room capacity 7)
Coffee Lounge
Small Courtyard Garden
Retreat Centre Facilities
Types of Retreat Offered
2024 Events
Personal and Spiritual Development Course (In Centre)
09/2023—07/2025 Ten Tues am & one Sat (10am-3.30pm) a term
10.00-12.15 £495 (£165 per term)
Training in Spiritual Conversation Skills (Online)
9 Tuesdays (03/10, 07/11, 05/12, 16/01, 06/02, 05/03, 16/04, 07/05, 04/06,); one Saturday (30/09) 19.00-21.15 & 10.00-13.00 (Sat) £270 (£90 per term)
Universal Christ (Online)
13/10, 10/11, 08/12, 12/01, 09/02, 08/03, 12/04, 10/05, 14/06
10.00-12.00 £120 or £40 per term
Retreats in Daily Life (Online or In Centre)
Once a week for 7 weeks Agree dates and times with accompanier
£95 total
Silent Individually Guided Retreats (Online)
4/6/8 days Any dates we can accommodate Agree dates adn times with accompanier £25 per day
Prayer Through Poetry Drop In (In Centre)
05/09, 03/10, 07/11, 05/12, 09/01, 06/02,05/03, 09/04, 07/05, 04/06, 02/07 10.00-12.00 £3 per session
Drop-in Taizé Prayer (In Centre)
13/09, 11/10, 08/11, 13/12, 10/01, 14/02, 13/03, 10/04, 08/05, 12/06, 10/07 12.00-13.00 Donation
Julian Mornings (In Centre)
27/09, 24/01, 15/05 10.00-12.00 Donation
Delight in All Creation (In Centre)
06/09 new date 01/11 10.00-15.30 £25
Guided Prayer (Online)
Autumn
25/09, 02/10, 09/10, 16/10, 23/10, half term, 06/11, 13/11, 20/11, 27/11, 04/12
Spring
08/01, 15/01, 22/01, 29/01, 05/02, 19/02, 26/02, 04/03, 11/03, 18/03
Summer
15/04, 22/04, 29/04, 13/05, 20/05. 03/06, 10/06, 17/06, 24/06, 01/07
17.00-17.30 £30 a term for all 10 sessions or £3 each
Guided Reflection Mornings (In Centre)
25/10, 07/02, 19/06
10.00-12.30 £10 each day
Two day Enneagram Workshop (In Centre)
15/11, 22/11
10.00-15.00 £50 for the two days
Ignatian Wisdom - Called into Freedom (In Centre)
18/11
10.00-15.00 £20
Living Word Advent - Samuel I and II (In Centre)
20/11, 27/11, 04/12, 11/12, 18/12
10.00-12.00 £20
Advent Workshop - A Way of Seeing (Online)
09/12
10.00-13.00 £15
Gate of the Year (Online)
13/01
10.00-15.30 £20
Living Word Lent - Deuteronomy (In Centre)
19/02, 26/02, 04/03, 11/03
10.00-12.00 £20 series
Lent Talks (Online)
20/02, 27/02, 12/03, 19/03
19.00-20.00 £5 each
Transformational Lent Workshop (In Centre)
21/02, 28/02, 06/03, 13/03, 20/03
10.00-12.00 £75 for series
Pentecost Reflection Morning (Online)
18/05
10.00-13.00 £15
Reflective Day—This Movie Changed Me (In Centre)
01/06
10.00-15.30
£20
Summer School (In Centre)
An Introduction to painting icons
17/07, 18/07, 19/07
10.00-16.30 £90 plus £25 for materials)
In Centre
Shared lunch (13.00-14.00) Community CInema (14.00-16.30)
13/09, 11/10, 08/11, 13/12, 10/01, 14/02, 13/03, 10/04, 08/05, 12/06, 10/07
Donations for cinema refreshments
Coffee Mornings and Strawberry Tea
13/12 (with Christmas Labyrinth) 10.00-12.00
22/05 (Feast of St Bede) 10.00-12.00
14/07 (Strawberry Tea) 14.00-16.00
No charge
FInding Life in An Era of Change (wellbeing)
15/09, 13/10, 03/11, 08/12, 01/12, 12/01, 09/02, 08/03,03/05, 07/06
10.00-12.00 £135 for series £45 term
This Movie Changed Me
19/09, 17/10, 14/11, 12/12, 23/01, 13/02, 23/04, 28/05, 25/06
19.00-21.20 Donations welcomed for refreshments
Retreat Centre Location
21 Blossom St, York YO24 1AQ, UK