"I listened to God's deep dream for me and felt a longing to respond."
Mary Ward, January 1585 - January 1645
2022 Programs__________________________
Programs*
*depending on Covid restrictions
Women's Spirituality Groups
*wait lists
February 9, 10
March 9, 10
April 13, 14
May 11, 12
June 15, 16
September 14, 15
October 12, 13
November 9, 10
December 14, 15
Lenten Prayer
Wednesdays March 9, 16, 23, 30, April 5, 15
Supporting each other through communal prayer and reflection.
Details tba.
Register by emailing: booking@lorettomaryholme.ca.
Contributions always welcomed via payment mailed to Loretto Maryholme, 379A Bouchier Street, Keswick, Ontario, Canada L4P 3C8, or via EFT emailed to booking@lorettomaryholme.ca - thank you.
Good Friday
Friday April 15
A time of reflection and prayer.
Details tba.
Contributions always welcomed via payment mailed to Loretto Maryholme, 379A Bouchier Street, Keswick, Ontario, Canada L4P 3C8, or via EFT emailed to booking@lorettomaryholme.ca - thank you.
Garden Volunteers
Tuesday mornings from May 10 - September 27, 10am - noon
Volunteers play an important role in our many projects & special events. So may of our lovely gardens are the results of volunteer participation and are admired by our many guests.
If you'd like to help, come Tuesday mornings from May - September and spend some time between 10am-noon. Please bring your own gloves, hat, water bottle, sunscreen & bug spray. Students needing community service hours are welcome. Call ahead if possible, or just come!
Summer Solstice
Tuesday June 21, 2021
Details tba.
Sunset Tai Chi
Sunday Summer Evenings: July 10th - September 4th
In July: 8-9pm, In August: 7:30-8:30pm, In September: 7-8pm
Join Tony Lin as he leads free outdoor Tai Chi sessions on our west grounds on Sunday evenings throughout July, August & September, weather permitting. Tony currently leads free sessions in Georgina and has offered his services here for us. Come breathe the fresh air as you stretch under the silent setting summer sun…
No registration needed, please no pets. Quiet arrival/departure appreciated in respect of guests on retreat.
Check Tony Lin’s FB page for updates/cancellations.
Advent Journey
Sundays November 27, December 4, 11, 18
Advent Reflections.
Details tba
Contributions always welcomed via payment mailed to Loretto Maryholme, 379A Bouchier Street, Keswick, Ontario, Canada L4P 3C8, or via EFT emailed to booking@lorettomaryholme.ca - thank you.
*depending on Covid restrictions
Women's Spirituality Groups
*wait lists
February 9, 10
March 9, 10
April 13, 14
May 11, 12
June 15, 16
September 14, 15
October 12, 13
November 9, 10
December 14, 15
Lenten Prayer
Wednesdays March 9, 16, 23, 30, April 5, 15
Supporting each other through communal prayer and reflection.
Details tba.
Register by emailing: booking@lorettomaryholme.ca.
Contributions always welcomed via payment mailed to Loretto Maryholme, 379A Bouchier Street, Keswick, Ontario, Canada L4P 3C8, or via EFT emailed to booking@lorettomaryholme.ca - thank you.
Good Friday
Friday April 15
A time of reflection and prayer.
Details tba.
Contributions always welcomed via payment mailed to Loretto Maryholme, 379A Bouchier Street, Keswick, Ontario, Canada L4P 3C8, or via EFT emailed to booking@lorettomaryholme.ca - thank you.
Garden Volunteers
Tuesday mornings from May 10 - September 27, 10am - noon
Volunteers play an important role in our many projects & special events. So may of our lovely gardens are the results of volunteer participation and are admired by our many guests.
If you'd like to help, come Tuesday mornings from May - September and spend some time between 10am-noon. Please bring your own gloves, hat, water bottle, sunscreen & bug spray. Students needing community service hours are welcome. Call ahead if possible, or just come!
Summer Solstice
Tuesday June 21, 2021
Details tba.
Sunset Tai Chi
Sunday Summer Evenings: July 10th - September 4th
In July: 8-9pm, In August: 7:30-8:30pm, In September: 7-8pm
Join Tony Lin as he leads free outdoor Tai Chi sessions on our west grounds on Sunday evenings throughout July, August & September, weather permitting. Tony currently leads free sessions in Georgina and has offered his services here for us. Come breathe the fresh air as you stretch under the silent setting summer sun…
No registration needed, please no pets. Quiet arrival/departure appreciated in respect of guests on retreat.
Check Tony Lin’s FB page for updates/cancellations.
Advent Journey
Sundays November 27, December 4, 11, 18
Advent Reflections.
Details tba
Contributions always welcomed via payment mailed to Loretto Maryholme, 379A Bouchier Street, Keswick, Ontario, Canada L4P 3C8, or via EFT emailed to booking@lorettomaryholme.ca - thank you.
2022 Retreats ___________________________
Directed Silent Retreats*
*depending on Covid restrictions
Take time on the beautiful shores of Lake Simcoe to rest, rejuvenate and receive the gifts of silence waiting for you. Private room, home-cooked meals, and spiritual direction are offered, if desired, as part of these days. COVID protocols followed.
Register for our retreats by emailing: booking@lorettomaryholme.ca
8-Day
$900.00
July 21 (4:00-5:00 Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session) - July 28 (1:00pm)
6-Day
$650.00
July 5 (4:00-5:00 Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session) - July 10 (1:00pm)
Sept. 6 (4:00-5:00 Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session) - Sept. 11 (1:00pm)
3-Day
$325.00
Tuesday 11:30am Opening Session (Arrival 10-11am) - Thursday 1pm
February 1-3
March 1-3
April 5-7
May 3-5
June 7-9
October 4-6
November 1-3
December 6-8
Guided Retreats 2022*
*depending on Covid restrictions
A guided retreat may be one day, a weekend, or several days. A facilitator will present a particular theme, offer some content, and make suggestions for personal prayer and reflection. There will be periods of silence as well as time for shared conversation. Facilitators may offer to meet with retreatants individually to address insights and concerns that have arisen. Register for our retreats by emailing: booking@lorettomaryholme.ca
Write To Heal Grief
A Writing Retreat
Friday February 11, 5pm Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session - Sunday February 13, 1pm
$450 private, $375 shared, $300 commuter
Grief is our response to loss and it is experienced in a unique way by each person. Writing can help us reflect on our story of loss and we may find solace in giving our experience words. Writing about grief can help us understand ourselves as we adapt to a world without the physical presence of our loved one. During this retreat, you will learn some benefits of writing about your grief, as well as strategies to care for yourself should you become overwhelmed. During group workshops, you’ll be gently guided through a variety of invitational writing exercises designed to help you explore your thoughts and feelings. You’ll have plenty of time for private, silent writing and self care, too. At the end of the weekend, you’ll receive resources to help you continue writing after the retreat is over, if it feels right for you.
Facilitator: Maureen Pollard, MSW, RSW
The Enneagram, Level 1
A Reflective Journey
Friday March 11, 5pm Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session - Sunday March 13, 1pm
$450 private, $375 shared, $300 commuter
The Enneagram, a 9-pointed geometric structure and an ancient self-awareness tool, is an engaging and life-giving system that gently invites curiosity and gentleness into self-exploration. With insight from the Enneagram, you can learn to offer yourself and others clarity, space and grace about who you really are, how you love, how you struggle and from what unique perspective you see life. During this Level 1 Enneagram retreat, you will experience right-brained, peace-filled presence practices that are Enneagram based. You will also be introduced to many things Enneagram that will be both practical and left-brained based, ranging from intelligence centres, centres of expression, the nine archetypes and the unique spiritual journeys each type travels.
Facilitator Diane Lindstrom
Restorative Meditation
Friday March 25, 5pm Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session - Sunday March 27, 1pm
$450 private, $375 shared, $300 commuter
Restorative Meditation is a quiet retreat weekend offering exercises and practices that you can take home to continue bringing physical, mental and spiritual restoration into your everyday life. The demands of these times are not only strong but constantly changing; Restorative Meditation offers you ways to negotiate them on the solid ground within, both spiritual and physical.
Facilitator Brenda Peddigrew rsm
Write To Heal Grief Day Retreat
A Writing Retreat
Tuesday May 17, 10am - 4:00pm
$150 includes Lunch
Grief is our response to loss and it is experienced in a unique way by each person. Writing can help us reflect on our story of loss and we may find solace in giving our experience words. Writing about grief can help us understand ourselves as we adapt to a world without the physical presence of our loved one. During this one day retreat, you will learn some benefits of writing about your grief, as well as strategies to care for yourself should you become overwhelmed. You’ll be gently guided through a variety of invitational writing exercises designed to help you explore your thoughts and feelings. At the end of the day, you’ll receive resources to help you continue writing after the retreat is over, if it feels right for you.
Facilitator: Maureen Pollard, MSW, RSW
The Enneagram, Level 2
A 4-Day Reflective Journey
Thursday July 14, 5pm Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session - Sunday July 17, 1pm
$600 private, $500 shared, $400 commuter
Participants need to have completed the Level 1 Enneagram retreat. Once again, we will spend time with spiritual practices that are particularly related to Enneagram typing; go deeper in conversation around wings, subtypes, orientation to time, crisis responses; enjoy group work around types and triads… and have fun being together, sharing our stories and celebrating our differences.
Facilitator Diane Lindstrom
Autobiography as Life's Unfolding
A 5-Day Reflective Journey
Wednesday August 3, 11am Arrival, 11:30am Opening Session - Sunday August 7, 1pm
$700 private, $600 shared, $500 commuter
When we come to the point in our lives of seeing the path of our own unfolding life, we step into the possibility of offering a gift of insight to the world around us, and even to those coming after us. This retreat will offer you ways to remember, claim and treasure the details of your own life, offering it as gift to a world you cannot foresee.
Facilitator Brenda Peddigrew rsm
Reconciliation Retreat
A Healing Journey
Friday September 23, 5pm Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session - Sunday September 25, 1pm
$450 private, $375 shared, $300 commuter
Details tba.
Spiritual Eldering
Friday October 28, 5pm Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session - Sunday October 30, 1pm
$450 private, $375 shared, $300 commuter
Spiritual Eldering is a wide-open claiming of the experience and wisdom of one's own life. It is particularly helpful to collect one's own personal history when reaching the sixties and seventies. There is a depth of inner presence to oneself and one's life that doesn't emerge until that time. When we boldly claim all that we have experienced as wisdom, both painful and joyful, we offer back to life and those who know us a rare gift of a vibrant life. Through reflection questions, writing and meditation, you will recognize your own wisdom as gift received and given.
Facilitator Brenda Peddigrew rsm
Advent Retreat
Friday November 25, 5pm Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session - Sunday, November 27, 1pm
$450 private, $375 shared, $300 commuter
Details tba.
*depending on Covid restrictions
Take time on the beautiful shores of Lake Simcoe to rest, rejuvenate and receive the gifts of silence waiting for you. Private room, home-cooked meals, and spiritual direction are offered, if desired, as part of these days. COVID protocols followed.
Register for our retreats by emailing: booking@lorettomaryholme.ca
8-Day
$900.00
July 21 (4:00-5:00 Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session) - July 28 (1:00pm)
6-Day
$650.00
July 5 (4:00-5:00 Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session) - July 10 (1:00pm)
Sept. 6 (4:00-5:00 Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session) - Sept. 11 (1:00pm)
3-Day
$325.00
Tuesday 11:30am Opening Session (Arrival 10-11am) - Thursday 1pm
February 1-3
March 1-3
April 5-7
May 3-5
June 7-9
October 4-6
November 1-3
December 6-8
Guided Retreats 2022*
*depending on Covid restrictions
A guided retreat may be one day, a weekend, or several days. A facilitator will present a particular theme, offer some content, and make suggestions for personal prayer and reflection. There will be periods of silence as well as time for shared conversation. Facilitators may offer to meet with retreatants individually to address insights and concerns that have arisen. Register for our retreats by emailing: booking@lorettomaryholme.ca
Write To Heal Grief
A Writing Retreat
Friday February 11, 5pm Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session - Sunday February 13, 1pm
$450 private, $375 shared, $300 commuter
Grief is our response to loss and it is experienced in a unique way by each person. Writing can help us reflect on our story of loss and we may find solace in giving our experience words. Writing about grief can help us understand ourselves as we adapt to a world without the physical presence of our loved one. During this retreat, you will learn some benefits of writing about your grief, as well as strategies to care for yourself should you become overwhelmed. During group workshops, you’ll be gently guided through a variety of invitational writing exercises designed to help you explore your thoughts and feelings. You’ll have plenty of time for private, silent writing and self care, too. At the end of the weekend, you’ll receive resources to help you continue writing after the retreat is over, if it feels right for you.
Facilitator: Maureen Pollard, MSW, RSW
The Enneagram, Level 1
A Reflective Journey
Friday March 11, 5pm Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session - Sunday March 13, 1pm
$450 private, $375 shared, $300 commuter
The Enneagram, a 9-pointed geometric structure and an ancient self-awareness tool, is an engaging and life-giving system that gently invites curiosity and gentleness into self-exploration. With insight from the Enneagram, you can learn to offer yourself and others clarity, space and grace about who you really are, how you love, how you struggle and from what unique perspective you see life. During this Level 1 Enneagram retreat, you will experience right-brained, peace-filled presence practices that are Enneagram based. You will also be introduced to many things Enneagram that will be both practical and left-brained based, ranging from intelligence centres, centres of expression, the nine archetypes and the unique spiritual journeys each type travels.
Facilitator Diane Lindstrom
Restorative Meditation
Friday March 25, 5pm Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session - Sunday March 27, 1pm
$450 private, $375 shared, $300 commuter
Restorative Meditation is a quiet retreat weekend offering exercises and practices that you can take home to continue bringing physical, mental and spiritual restoration into your everyday life. The demands of these times are not only strong but constantly changing; Restorative Meditation offers you ways to negotiate them on the solid ground within, both spiritual and physical.
Facilitator Brenda Peddigrew rsm
Write To Heal Grief Day Retreat
A Writing Retreat
Tuesday May 17, 10am - 4:00pm
$150 includes Lunch
Grief is our response to loss and it is experienced in a unique way by each person. Writing can help us reflect on our story of loss and we may find solace in giving our experience words. Writing about grief can help us understand ourselves as we adapt to a world without the physical presence of our loved one. During this one day retreat, you will learn some benefits of writing about your grief, as well as strategies to care for yourself should you become overwhelmed. You’ll be gently guided through a variety of invitational writing exercises designed to help you explore your thoughts and feelings. At the end of the day, you’ll receive resources to help you continue writing after the retreat is over, if it feels right for you.
Facilitator: Maureen Pollard, MSW, RSW
The Enneagram, Level 2
A 4-Day Reflective Journey
Thursday July 14, 5pm Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session - Sunday July 17, 1pm
$600 private, $500 shared, $400 commuter
Participants need to have completed the Level 1 Enneagram retreat. Once again, we will spend time with spiritual practices that are particularly related to Enneagram typing; go deeper in conversation around wings, subtypes, orientation to time, crisis responses; enjoy group work around types and triads… and have fun being together, sharing our stories and celebrating our differences.
Facilitator Diane Lindstrom
Autobiography as Life's Unfolding
A 5-Day Reflective Journey
Wednesday August 3, 11am Arrival, 11:30am Opening Session - Sunday August 7, 1pm
$700 private, $600 shared, $500 commuter
When we come to the point in our lives of seeing the path of our own unfolding life, we step into the possibility of offering a gift of insight to the world around us, and even to those coming after us. This retreat will offer you ways to remember, claim and treasure the details of your own life, offering it as gift to a world you cannot foresee.
Facilitator Brenda Peddigrew rsm
Reconciliation Retreat
A Healing Journey
Friday September 23, 5pm Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session - Sunday September 25, 1pm
$450 private, $375 shared, $300 commuter
Details tba.
Spiritual Eldering
Friday October 28, 5pm Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session - Sunday October 30, 1pm
$450 private, $375 shared, $300 commuter
Spiritual Eldering is a wide-open claiming of the experience and wisdom of one's own life. It is particularly helpful to collect one's own personal history when reaching the sixties and seventies. There is a depth of inner presence to oneself and one's life that doesn't emerge until that time. When we boldly claim all that we have experienced as wisdom, both painful and joyful, we offer back to life and those who know us a rare gift of a vibrant life. Through reflection questions, writing and meditation, you will recognize your own wisdom as gift received and given.
Facilitator Brenda Peddigrew rsm
Advent Retreat
Friday November 25, 5pm Arrival, 5:30pm Opening Session - Sunday, November 27, 1pm
$450 private, $375 shared, $300 commuter
Details tba.
Private Retreats - now available
A private retreat, minimum 2 nights, may be booked throughout the year, depending on availability of accommodation. You are responsible for your own meals. You will set your agenda & schedule and maintain a posture of silence & prayer throughout your stay. If the experience of a private retreat is new for you, we suggest that you meet with a spiritual director at least once during your stay. COVID protocols followed.
Register for private retreats by emailing: booking@lorettomaryholme.ca
A private retreat, minimum 2 nights, may be booked throughout the year, depending on availability of accommodation. You are responsible for your own meals. You will set your agenda & schedule and maintain a posture of silence & prayer throughout your stay. If the experience of a private retreat is new for you, we suggest that you meet with a spiritual director at least once during your stay. COVID protocols followed.
Register for private retreats by emailing: booking@lorettomaryholme.ca
