About us

We love Fowey and wanted the House to give others the opportunity to enjoy Cornwall as we have and find the perfect place for holidays or quiet days and retreats.

The House will have a dual role:

1. It is available most weeks for idyllic holidays
2. It will be available for Christian retreats and quiet days and study days/weekends/weeks on Christian courses.

The Retreat is a perfect place for a quiet time away in prayer and study. We can only take small groups residentially (5-7) and hope to concentrate on giving that quiet, time and space for prayer, study and discernment.

Some times will be set aside for traditional retreat with devotional addresses, others for specific courses helping lay people learn more about their faith.

To see this year's programme click here

Who are we?

We are Robbie and Sara Low. We worked for 25 years in Church of England parishes (All Saints, Poplar , St. Alban’s Abbey and finally St. Peter’s, Bushey Heath) before becoming Roman Catholics some years ago. Robbie taught, ministered, preached and gave spiritual direction in a wide variety of parishes, age groups and ecumenical settings and Sara co-founded and edited, for its first twelve years, the leading and best selling Anglican traditionalist magazine.

Since 'coming home' we have been widely used in our local Catholic parish and have helped run courses including 'Catholic Alpha', 'How to read the Bible', 'An Introduction to St. Paul', 'An Introduction to St. Peter', 'A Day with Our Lady', 'A Day on Life'.  To hear a bit more of our story listen to 'The Journey Home'

Robbie is a parish Catechist, taking RCIA and Confirmation groups. Sara assists with the administration of the Parish Centre and has earned her living for the last 30 years as a television researcher. We live about 6 miles away in Lostwithiel.

Why are we doing this?

Very simply we want the gifts God has given us, the house and the teaching ministry to be used to his glory in building up the life of His family, the Church. We have asked for and received the blessing of our parish priest and the Vicar General.

Who might come?

Anyone who wants to study and grow in the Christian faith.We are Catholics but we have spent our lives working with Christians of all denominations and are keen for that to continue.

 Some teaching will be done 'in house' and some by specially invited speakers.