Which Dreams incarnate God’s dream for us and which are merely daydreams? How can we use Despair to channel God’s grace? And we explore the art of Discernment - how to live more true to ourselves and God in the great challenge of becoming the people God is dreaming us to be.

• Silent retreat • Daily prayers, one Eucharist.

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

Exploring the silences and spaces of life through local rambles, around 5 - 8 miles and mostly in silence. The focus is on walking mindfully and developing an awareness of God within and around. Reflective gathering of the inner and outer experiences of each day.

• Partial silence • Daily gathering and one Eucharist • Daily walks (not strenuous).

Ian Sim and Peter Hayes are both ministers with experience of local pastorates and a shared love of Sheldon and the great outdoors.

Where can we turn when vision statements and doctrinal formulae are battering us with too many words about God? Esther draws on Welsh poetic resources from early Celtic to contemporary priest/poets like RS Thomas and Rowan Williams in order to reclaim the mystery and the beauty of God.

• Silent retreat • Daily offices and Eucharist.

Esther de Waal is rooted in the Welsh Borders whose landscape, along with many monastic traditions, has shaped her own spirituality.

We need simple beautiful places like labyrinths that draw us in by the attraction of their pattern to slow us down, still the busy mind and connect us again with our deep inner resources. Di guides you into the unique centering practice of walking the labyrinth with Sheldon’s newly created medieval style labyrinth.

• Mostly silence • Daily labyrinth walks • One Eucharist

Di Williams is a priest, adult educator, labyrinth facilitator, spiritual accompanier and author.

Be very careful what you ask for in prayer. Elgar’s choral masterpiece “The Dream of Gerontius” is the focus for an Advent encounter with the beauty and the terror of the love of God. The themes of each section are introduced as a prelude to deep listening to a recorded performance of the music through the week.

• Silent retreat • Listening to music • Daily offices and Eucharist • Daily reflection/sharing

Led by Bishop Martin Shaw

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 (2011).

• Bishop Richard Hawkins, 17th November 2011
• Bishop Bob Evens, Ash Wednesday 22nd February 2012
• Bishop Richard Hawkins, Thursday 15th March 2012
• Professor Christopher Holdsworth, Wednesday 3rd October 2012
• Archdeacon Penny Driver, Thursday 8th November 2012