Autumn 2024 Silent Retreat

With Murray Groom, Nan Goodship, Natalie/Nan Maxson and Philip Newman

October 25 - November 2, 2024

Date and Time Details: Friday, October 25 - Saturday, November 2, 2024

Location: Naramata Centre

Contact: programs@naramatacentresociety.org
(877) 996-5751

Accommodations: .

  • Orchard Court Single – CAD $2,379.00
  • (All prices include CAD $1,659.00 base amount)
Program is fully booked
Program is fully booked

This is a time to rest, discern, pray, prepare; an opportunity to be alone in community, to be in nature and to deepen your spiritual journey – all in an atmosphere of prayer-filled silence. This is an intentional silence that helps us encounter that still, quiet, healing place within, where there can be openness to the movement of Spirit.

Most days begin with an (optional) hour of spiritual practice time. Each day, retreatants meet one-on-one with their spiritual director. Each evening concludes with vespers – a contemplative practice to deepen the spiritual life.

Between scheduled sessions, each retreatant practices deep discernment about how their day will be spent. We practice a sabbath-time state of stepping away from our usual busyness, compulsivity and productivity in order to see clearly, hear deeply, and reconnect with the true self, with the Holy, with nature. We seek a different pace.

Rhythm of our days
October 25 | 3:00 pm arrival, 4:00 pm orientation/welcome, 7:30 pm entry into silence
October 26 – November 1 | early morning spiritual practice
October 26-31 | 7:30 pm vespers
November 1 | closing circle
November 2 | departure by 10:00 am

Retreat cost of $2,379.00 includes private accommodation in Orchard Courts ($720), lunches and dinner meals ($565), individual daily spiritual direction, site use, and all community gatherings ($1,094 program fees).

Participants are asked to bring their own breakfast foods.

If you would like to inquire about a bursary, please email programadmpjp@gmail.com with the subject line “Autumn Silent Retreat Bursary”.

This event is offered through the partnership of Pacific Jubilee and Naramata Centre

 

About the Program Leaders

Murray Groom

The Reverend Doctor Murray Groom is an ordained minister in the United Church of Canada. Retired from parish ministry, he now exercises his vocation as a spiritual director/soul guide. He regularly conducts extended retreats into Silence at Bethlehem Centre in Nanaimo and at Naramata Centre in the Okanagan Valley. His prevailing interests include the role […]

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Nan Goodship

Nan is a professional artist, spiritual director and retreat leader. With a masters in fine art and as alumni from the Pacific Jubilee Program as well as years teaching she brings a wealth of experience to share. Her abiding motivation is to weave creative and contemplative threads into everyday life where we are more able […]

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Natalie/Nan Maxson

Natalie (she/her) is a parent, an activist, a creative and contemplative. She has spent most of her professional life working on social justice advocacy and building community with all ages. She comes from a Christian background and tends towards the works of the mystics. She completed the Pacific Jubilee SoulGuiding program in 2022. Her approach […]

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Philip Newman

Philip Newman completed the Pacific Jubilee SoulGuiding program in 2022. Silence and nature nurture his heart and soul. Philip loves combining those through camping and kayaking. He is an enthusiastic grandpa and is an ordered minister in the United Church of Canada.

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