A retreat is your chance to step aside from life for a while, to rest and just 'be' in a welcoming, peaceful place.
Retreats 2027 -
The annual publication of the Retreat Association
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Retreats 2027 includes the following features:
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Articles and book reviews on the theme of Fruits of the Spirit
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Lead article by Dr Mark Oakley
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Information and programmes for over 130 Christian retreat centres in the UK and beyond
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Details of courses, networks and associations that promote spirituality and spiritual direction
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Retreats with a theme - including painting, walking, Christmas and Easter
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Retreats for the beginner
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Map pages divided into regions
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An index to all retreat centres
Alternatively, send a cheque for £14.55 (£10.50 per copy plus £4.05 postage and packing) to our contact address.
Featured articles in Retreats 2027 Handbook
Breaking bread
Dr Mark Oakley explores how retreats can offer us a greater understanding of the fruits of the Spirit.
Rewilding our spiritual landscape
Catherine Askew explores the call to recognise abundance in variety.
Keeping in step with the Spirit
Dr Christopher Landau explores what it means to invite the Holy Spirit into the challenges of Christian life.
A power from within
Eirene Palmer explores finding the self and God through writing.
Living God’s goodness
Brother Matthew tells the story of the founding of Taizé as a place for peace and reconciliation.
Where everyone is going somewhere
Dr Chris Goswami shows that even a busy airport has space for spiritual fruit to grow.
Pray as you go
Emma Hudson celebrates the twentieth anniversary of growing quiet fruit in a media environment.
Radical companions
MaryAnne Francalanza fcJ draws on the fruits of faithfulness and gentleness in working towards justice and integral ecology.
On the way to God
Fr Bernard Rolls describes an Augustinian retreat house in Suffolk and the spiritual fruit to be found there.
Living the vine and the branches
Andrea and Pete Ward explore how a new monastic rhythm of life helps to cultivate fruitfulness.
Bearing fruit in older age
James Woodward reflects on the spiritual value of ageing for ourselves and others.
Finding God’s presence in the garden
Ruth Martin considers ways in which gardening and spending time in gardens can restore us to ourselves.
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Retreats 2026 includes the following features:
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Articles and book reviews on the theme of Creative Pathways - see below for further details
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Lead article by poet Kenneth Steven
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Information and programmes for over 130 Christian retreat centres in the UK and beyond
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Details of courses, networks and associations that promote spirituality and spiritual direction
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Retreats with a theme - including painting, walking, Christmas and Easter
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Individually guided retreats and quiet days
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Retreats for the beginner
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Map pages divided into regions
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An index to all retreat centres
Alternatively, send a cheque for £10 (£5.95 per copy plus £4.05 postage and packing) to our contact address.
Featured articles in Retreats 2026 Handbook
Finding Ourselves
Kenneth Steven explores how retreat can help us re-create our true selves.
Playing with flowers
Sarah Lear reflects on the use of imagery in spiritual direction, both for herself and others.
Bringing your treasure back home
Andrew Rudd outlines how to unforget the key moments of a retreat.
Living adventurously
Jennifer Kavanagh explores how creativity can be a channel for the Spirit.
Sounding the sacred
Matthew Power describes how the music in his parish creates a pathway to God.
The miracle of clay
Annette Kaye describes creative practices which help us connect to the Divine.
The art of pilgrimage
Joanne Anderson reflects on how real and virtual journeys shape Christian art.
Meeting God at the movies
Glen Marshall discusses the power of film to provoke questions about humanity’s relationship with God.
Crafting faith in unconventional ways
Alison Hobbs describes how an unexpected call to creativity during uncertain times has opened possibilities for the future.
Threading stories for everyone
Jacqui Parkinson shows how textile art can transform the black and white pages of the Bible into amazing colour.
Entering the mystery
Ian Tomlinson SJ reflects on the prayer of imaginative contemplation in the Ignatian tradition.
Co-creating with God
Helen Reid reveals how creativity and faith intertwine in the peaceful setting of Parcevall Hall.
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Retreats 2025
Copies of our handbook
on the theme of Discipleship with lead article
by Graham Sparkes are still available.
Send a cheque for £9.05 (£5 per copy plus £4.05 postage and packing) to our contact address.