The Christian Heritage Centre is delighted to announce this five-day retreat for men (whether lay or ordained), this retreat will be preached by the Benedictine Monks of St Joseph’s Abbey, Flavigny (France). Founded in 1988, this community has retained its charism of a specific apostolate to men with a shortened version of the Ignatian Exercises.
One-to-one direction will be offered alongside the talks. Priests are welcome to attend and concelebrate or celebrate their own Mass.
The Exercises are a synthetic and practical presentation of the central truths of the Catholic faith—God, the meaning of life, the eternal destiny of mankind, the life of Jesus Christ, Saviour of the human race—in the form of meditations, examination of conscience and prayers.
The aim of the Exercises is to find peace of heart, to free oneself of worldly attachments and to discover the will of God for the salvation of the soul.
Retreat structure:
- Each day is framed by 4 or 5 talks given by one or other of the two priests who are preaching the retreat, with time for private prayer after each talk.
- The retreat is conducted in silence.
- The priests will be available for one-to-one conversation and confessions on a daily basis.
- There will be daily Mass celebrated in Latin, with the option of Mass to be additionally celebrated in the Tridentine Rite upon request. The Rosary will be said daily.
Further information and registration are available here.