Events at Ampleforth Abbey

We host a variety of events ranging from one day or week-long religious retreats, to orchard tours and cider tasting.  Please click here to view the 2019 Pastoral Programme.

Retreats

Our retreats schedule, also known as the Pastoral Programme, offers various opportunities to deepen your spiritual life, to grow in love and receptivity, and to develop as human beings, fully alive. To view our retreat accommodation please click here. 

Tours

A tour of Ampleforth's historic orchards, with over 40 varieties of apples and their stunning blossom, includes a visit to the cider mill to see how our award-winning cider is made, where there is also an opportunity to taste our cider.  Why not make a day of it and join us in the Tea Room for lunch too?

Abbey Church tours take place every Thursday at 2:15pm, click here for more information.  

Patient Persistent Practice
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Patient Persistent Practice
These words are part of a Chinese proverb, which could relate seamlessly with Monastic Stability and
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Reading the Passions: Reflections on the Passion Narratives of St Luke and St John
Orchard Tour
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Orchard Tour
Tour of Ampleforth's Orchard with over 40 varieties of heritage apple trees.
open bible
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The Gospel of Luke
The Gospel of Luke differs considerably from the other two synoptic gospels, for each of the
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“I have come to cast fire on the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already!” (Luke 12:49) Divine pyromania – or path to life?
Jesus tells his disciples (and us) “ to have seen me is to have seen the Father .” What might we
Orchard Tour
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Orchard Tour
Tour of Ampleforth's Orchard with over 40 varieties of heritage apple trees.
Orchard Tour
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Orchard Tour
Tour of Ampleforth's Orchard with over 40 varieties of heritage apple trees.
Orchard Tour
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Orchard Tour
Tour of Ampleforth's Orchard with over 40 varieties of heritage apple trees.
Tai Chi and Christian Meditation
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Tai Chi Movement and Christian Meditation
Tai Chi has been described as ‘meditation in movement’. Christian Meditation involves stillness.