TWO SPACES AVAILABLE ON MARCH RETREAT

Two spaces have just become available on the Silent Retreat at Volmoed from 13-16 March 2017. If anyone is interested in coming please contact David Newton at newtond@telkomsa.net or on 0725865241 as soon as possible and I will send you a form. Cost is R1199.

URGENT AND IMPORTANT!!! CHANGE OF DATE FOR FIRST RETREAT OF THE YEAR

The date advertised for the first retreat of the year needs to change to a week later i.e. 13 to 16th March.

If you are interested in coming please let me know and I will send you a form and let you know about costs etc.

David Newton
Phones: 021 9198322 (h) and 0725865241 (c)
Email:   newtond@telkomsa.net

SILENT RETREATS FOR 2017

The following are the dates for Three-day Ignatian Individually Guided Silent Retreats for 2017. As always these retreats are a time for the participants to spend time with God, and themselves, renewing their sense of call and vocation. The focus in these retreats is on the individual and their journey, and the different forms of listening prayer are taught and experienced. There are daily meetings with the Spiritual Director, and we share daily in the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

6-9 March 2017
12-15 June2017
11-14 September 2017
6-9 November 2017

If you would like to book a place on any one of these, or receive notice of them as upcoming events a few months before, please let me know and I will send you forms or place your name on the circulation list for notification.

Contact details:

David Newton
Tel:        021-9198322
Cell:      0725865241
Email:   newtond@telkomsa.net
Skype:   newtey

PLACES AVAILABLE ON NOVEMBER RETREAT 7-10 NOVEMBER AT VOLMOED

2 Places have become available on the November retreat due to folk not being available. If you are interested and would like to come please give me  call or drop me an email asap and I will send you a form.

Contact details: 021-9198322 (h)
                            0725865241  (c)
                            newtond@telkomsa.net

Next Silent Retreat Nov 2016

The next 3 day Individually Guided Silent Retreat will be on 5-8th November 2016 at Volmoed in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley near Hermanus in the Western Cape. Unfortunately this retreat has already been fully booked but Please would you contact Rev. Dave Newton at newtond@telkomsa.net or on 0725865241 if you would like to be put on a waiting list. Please call and do this even though it is already fully subscribed because if there are enough on the waiting list then we could consider another retreat before year end.

A Definition of Prayer from Richard Rohr

"Prayer is not primarily saying words or thinking thoughts. It is, rather, a stance. It is a way if living in the Presence. It is, further a way if living in awareness of the Presence, even enjoying the Presence. The full contemplative is not just aware of the presence, but trusts,allows and delights in it."

From Everything Belongs by Richard Rohr

What our world is looking for ......

What the world longs for from the Christian faith is the witness of men and women daring enough to be different, humble enough to make mistakes, wild enough to be burned in the fire of love, real enough to make others see how unreal they are. Jesus, son of the Living God, anoint us with fire this day. Let your word not just shine in our hearts, but let it burn. Let there be no division, compromise, or holding back. Separate the mystics from the romantics, and goad us to that dare-devil leap into the abyss of your love.

From Reflections for Raggamuffins by Brennan Manning