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WHAT IS AN INDIVIDUALLY GUIDED RETREAT
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Quiet Time to Pray and Ponder
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If your life is busy one,with many cares and concerns,
then you would probably benefit from a time of quiet prayer and reflection.
Many find that they return home from a retreat in a more peaceful and
consoled frame of mind.
You may well just want time for yourself and your God. Time to
devote to prayer, tell your story to a retreat guide who is an open
and accepting listener.
Many people who come on retreat find that unresolved issues stop them
from being as happy or fruitful as they could be. Many of us keep
troubles at arms length with liberal doses of television, computers,
work and other distractions. On an individually guided retreat
you leave television, telephone, computers, and other distractions aside
and allow what is more important to surface.
At St Beuno's we believe in a God who wants to show his love for each
one of us. Love is shown in an acceptance of who we are with our
personality and our history. We find that people who come on
retreat invariably experience God in a positive way and return home
lighter, rejuvenated, consoled, more confident in doing God's will.
An individually guided retreat is an experience of
prayer, over a number of days. There is a daily personal meeting with
a retreat guide, usually lasting up to 45 minutes, to reflect on each
day's prayer and offer guidelines and resources for the next day.
It is usual for each participant to spend some time each day dedicated
to prayer and reflection. There are no hard and fast rules for times
of prayer: most participants will do between three and five periods
of prayer a day.
The retreat is above all a time of listening to God at work in the experiences
of your daily life and in the prayer of the retreat. The director or
retreat guide is also there primarily to be a listener and companion
on your journey.
Individually guided retreats at St Beuno's follow the
inspiration of Ignatius of
Loyola's Spiritual Exercises
drawing on some of the approaches, methods of prayer and ways of
reflection they suggest. They do not however follow the Full Exercises
in a compressed way.
What
is expected on an individually guided retreat...
Dates of Retreats: 2013
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