In the last weekend of June 2010 (Friday 25th to Sunday 27th June 2010), Saint Mary’s Parish will be having a residential retreat at Worth Abbey. Our retreat leader will be Deacon Chris Dobson, from Worth Parish who will lead some talks. You will be able to spend time alone praying in the Abbey Church and grounds or in the Quiet Garden, it will be an opportunity to get to know other members of our parish
better and to experience the spiritual life of Worth’s Benedictine monastic community.

Worth Abbey was featured in the BBC series The Monastery. The complete series can still be viewed on You Tube by searching “Monastery 2005”. Like the participants in the series, we will have a taste of Monastic and Parish life at Worth. We will join the monks for their sung  offices starting with evening prayer on Friday and Vigils at 6.20am on Saturday. We will be staying in St Bruno’s House (pictured below) and the cost is likely to be around £150 per person. The minimum age is 18 years. Rooms are twins and triples so costs will be less if shared and there will be concessions for pensioners and the unemployed. Why not make your new year’s resolution to spend a weekend developing your spirituality this summer? Put the date in your new diary today! To express interest and receive more details please email mark.donaghy@waremoss.co.uk