Courses
Fowey Retreat can offer the perfect space, time and peace for reflection, study and prayer for individuals and small groups. Our aim is to offer a few weeks each year, out of the main holiday season, for people to come singly or in their own arranged groups to be quiet and be able to deepen their Christian faith and grow in confidence in their witness and practice.
We aim to offer some 'devotional' retreats and some more specific teaching courses. All of them will be in accord with the mainstream teaching of the Church.
In 2012 we're offering the following retreats:-
(At the end you can see some of the courses we have offered in previous years.
Almost all the retreat courses we have run previously are available by private arrangement for small groups offering a block booking of 4/5 persons.)
Lent Preparation Day
Thursday 23rd February 2012 and Friday 24th February 2012
10.00am - 4.00pm including lunch
A day on our time in the wilderness with Christ.
Choose either day.
The Minor Prophets
Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd April 2012
Starting at 6.00pm on Friday until 4.00 on Sunday
For most people these twelve volumes of the Old Testament Canon are literally closed books. Word of God they might be but most modern Christians don't know their Habbakuk from their Haggai, their Micah from their Malachi or their Zedekiah from their Zephaniah. This weekend retreat aims to provide an introduction to these much neglected texts and prophets of God, a chance to understand the world to which they were speaking and God's meaning for their time and ours.
Meditations on the Mass
Tuesday 19th June - Thursday 21st June 2012
Starting at 10.00am on Tuesday and finishing at 4.00pm on Thursday
Last year we received the new translation of the Mass. We have not just been asked to learn new words but reconnect with deeper meanings. This retreat will take us into the heart of the Mass and look at how we can pray it more profoundly and revive our understandings of the nature of the Sacrifice and our consciousness of the Real Presence.
Preparation for the Year of Faith
Friday 14th September - Sunday 16th September 2012
Starting at 6.00pm on Friday and finishing after lunch on Sunday.
October 2012 sees the start of Pope Benedict’s call for ‘A Year of Faith’.
This Retreat is intended to help us prepare for that and participate fully in this great opportunity.
A Christian's Guide to Judaism
Wednesday 31st October - Friday 2nd November 2012
Starting at 10.00am on Wednesday and finishing before lunch on Friday.
Following last year’s two successful courses on Islam we have been asked to do a similar exercise for Judaism. Diaspora Judaism has had a profound effect on many societies throughout the world and the State of Israel stands at the centre of conflicting world views. Relations between Christian and Jewish communities are vital and mutual understanding an essential part of religious duties. We talk about our society being a Judeo- Christian creation. This course will look at the history, religion and life of what Blessed John Paul II called ‘our elder brothers in faith’.
Christmas Preparation Day
Thursday 6th December 2012
10.00am - 4.00pm Lunch included
A series of meditations on key characters in the Nativity.
A day preparing for the Nativity of the Lord. Each day has the same programme, choose the most convenient date for you.
We spend enormous time (and money) getting ready for Christmas. This is a simple quiet day preparing our hearts and minds to welcome the child in the arms of Mary, Jesus Christ Our Lord.
Costs
All 2 day courses cost £85.00
One day non-residential costs £15.00 including light lunch
Other Courses:
Last year, among others, we ran courses on
St. Paul - his life, ministry teaching and the mission of the Church
St Peter - Prince of Apostles, his life and letters and the Petrine Office
St John's Gospel - Eight key passages revealing who Jesus is. If you'd like to listen to one of these talks then click here and choose The Well at the World's End.
Four Last Things - talks on Death, Judgement, Hell and Heaven
Our Lady - Mother of God, Mother of the Church.
The Rosary - meditations on each of the twenty mysteries
Preparing for the Passion - meditations on people, places, instruments of Passion and Words from the Cross.
The Miracles of Jesus
St Paul Ephesians, Galatians ans Colossians
These are available for any small group that wants them.
Contact us and we can look for a suitable free week.
Priests, Ministers and Religious
We have been happy to welcome you for ecumenical meetings, cell groups, quiet days and times of rest and relaxation and holiday. Please contact us if we can help you in any of these ways.
Teaching
The Teaching and retreat programme will be directed by Robbie Low and guest teachers.
Food and Drink
All very well the soul being fed but we aspire to look after the body too.
The weeks of the Courses and Retreats will be fully catered for breakfast and dinner with self- serve light lunch. We love cooking and have been keenly catering for home, family and parish events for 35 years. Both of us have requisite Food Safety qualifications and the retreat is Local Authority registered to serve food on these courses.