How can we find solid ground in times of change? How might we learn to navigate the rapids and make wiser, more Christ-centred choices in our everyday lives? What might a 'spirituality of passover' mean for us in today's world? We will look at how chaos is God's chosen beginning for new birth, how crisis can also be opportunity, and how we might begin to overcome the fears that can become a block to the unfolding of God's dream in our lives and in our world.

Margaret Silf is author of several books on the spiritual journey for 21st century pilgrims who may or may not identify with institutional religion .

The retreat will explore the rule of St Benedict. It will draw out some of the major themes of stability, community, conversion, prayer, work and hospitality and relate these to our day to day lives.

Jane Hedges has been Canon Steward of Westminster Abbey and Archdeacon of Westminster since 2006.

A retreat to explore the silences and spaces of life through rambles on Dartmoor. The walking is in silence with a focus session at the start of the day.
A liturgical gathering each evening draws on the inner and outer experiences of the day. Evening meals are not silent. The walks are not strenuous, (generally 3 - 6 miles on medium terrain) focusing on walking mindfully and developing an awareness of God within and around.

Roy and Dorothy Nicholson return for a fourth “Ramble”. Dorothy is a retired parish priest involved in developing innovative retreats. Roy has a lifetime of discovering God through walks and church music.

A retreat to discover the beauty of failure in an age of success. Finding the magic, beauty and grace in and through the flaws and cracks of life. How to slow down, stop climbing the ladder and dig underneath the gloss and perfectionism of religion.

The retreat will be mostly in silence, with the exception of half an hour before supper each day in the Loose Box for those who wish to have the opportunity for social contact. Simple daily worship. Experiential activites.

"I am an Anglican Priest who now works in a freelance capacity as an author, magician (illusionist) and retreat leader. Though I never attended church as a child I was always interested in spirituality. Finally, at sixteen I underwent a dramatic conversion experience and joined a Pentecostal Church. This was the beginning of my religious quest. At eighteen I travelled to Israel to work on a kibbutz and, on my return to the UK, moved to the more open-minded Church of England to continue my faith explorations – eventually leading to ministerial training.
            It was while studying at Theological College that my interest in magic, first sparked by my uncle at the age of ten, was reignited. To prevent my life being dominated by ‘churchiness’ I joined a local magic club and quickly became quite accomplished. However magic did not remain a mere hobby but became a unique part of my ministry. I use it as a took bring back wonder into people’s lives, for I believe that magic (the ability to be enchanted) exists within everyone, yet we’ve forgotten how to experience it.
            In June 2007 I resigned from ten year’s ministry as a priest and, although leaving the church’s official ministry left me and my family with no money or home, the world has now become re-enchanted. The quest for authenticity always hurts - always costs – but, in the end, the prize of a true and real life is worth more than anything one lost in the process. I have undergone a deeply transformative and magical awakening and am now free to use my gifts in ways not possible as a vicar. I have explored ideas that were once out of bounds and have found a deep inner pull towards nature-based spirituality.
            My first book emerged after a friend asked me to lead a retreat which made use of magical imagery - The Gospel of Falling Down – the beauty of failure in an age of success. I consider this book to be a reflection on my own life. I seem to be very good at falling down, yet for every fall a little light comes through. The central intention of this retreat is that people will find not answers, or a new religion, but themselves – their cracked yet shiningly beautiful true selves. We live in a success culture, in a world teaching perfection and the need for achievement. It’s falling and hurting that we learn from, so get back on that ladder every day."

All Quiet Days are from 10.15am to 3.45pm, in silence with 4 addresses (10.30am, 11.30am, 1.30pm and 2.30pm).
Lunch is served at 12.30pm, and final prayers are said at 3.30pm.
Coffee is served before the Quiet Day begins, and tea after it finishes.
Retreatants are free to walk the grounds or visit the chapel between addresses.

Cost £16 including lunch (2010).

• Bishop Richard Hawkins, Ash Wednesday 17th February 2010
• Canon Carl Turner, 25th March 2010
• Canon Gordon Jeff, 7th October 2010
• Prebendary Sue Roberts, 1st November 2010