A SILENT RETREAT AT SCHOENSTATT IS A PERFECT ACT OF KINDNESS TO YOURSELF
SILENT RETREAT WEEKEND AT THE RETREAT CENTRE AND SHRINE
The deepest communication with Jesus and Mary comes in silence.
Silence prepares us better for:
- Reflection and resting
- Growth and creating
- Listening, absorbing and focussing
- Inner searching and privacy
- Peace and contentment
- Prayer, meditation and worship
- Serious reading
- Connection in all its forms
- Spirituality and mindfulness
- Planning and organizing
- Contemplation
- Thought without distraction, and
- Concentration
Silence is used as total communication, in reference to non-verbal communication and spiritual connection. In this curated silent retreat, there is a special time where we choose the spiritual discipline of silence in order to make space to listen to Jesus and his Mother, Mary, to rest in them and to pray.
The retreat afford you ample time to get to know your ‘self,’ intimately. We will gather periodically to focus on the retreat theme, but much of the time you will be on your own, shaping that time with Our Mother in the Shrine. Silence reveals God as nothing else can. ‘If we journey in stillness to the centre of our being, he tells us , we can find our true selves and we can find God who, is nearer to us than we are to ourselves – Augustine.’
If we want to imitate the life of Our Blessed Saviour we must cultivate a love of silence. We frequently have an imperfect notion of silence and this retreat will afford you a much better understanding; it is also a retreat where you can grow your knowledge as there will be further retreats that will develop silence, stillness and contemplation along various themes.
Schoenstatt is an ideal launching point for offering yourself this kind of act of kindness. for here you can find physical silence where you can be quiet, and away from distracting demands, voices and sounds. We are situated in 17 acres of private Estate nestled in the Campsie Fells. here you can come and simply be quiet, or follow one of the woodland or other walks on the estate.
You will see advertised on the website all of our Retreats in this area.
