PROGRAMME OF 3 DAY INDIVIDUALLY GUIDED RETREATS FOR THE YEAR - 2020

The programme of 3 day Individually Guided Silent Retreats for the years is as follows:

• 3-5 March 2020
• 9-11 June 2020
• 15-17 September 2020
• 10-12 November 2020

These are individually guided silent retreats in which the focus is on spending time alone with God and yourself, using the ancient listening exercises that are taught, with the purpose of renewing call and re-discovering vocation - for the sake of effective ministry to our world.

If you would like more information or to receive registration forms then please either call or message Dave Newton at 0725865241 (c) 021 9198322 (L) or email me at: newtond@telkomsa.net.

WHY SILENT RETREAT?

"Here then is another reason why the Apostles withdraw to make a retreat: they need to be charged with The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is given to those who watch and pray and wait patiently, those who have the courage to get away from everything and get to grips with themselves and with God in solitude and silence. No wonder every one of the great prophets, and indeed Jesus Himself, retired to the desert for prolonged periods of silence, prayer, fasting and wrestling with the forces of evil. The desert is the furnace where the apostle and the prophet are forged. The desert and not the marketplace. The marketplace is where they function. The desert is where they are formed and seasoned and receive their commission and their message for the world, "their" Gospel."

From Contact with God by Anthony De Mello