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 2018-19 Christmas Horarium. 

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.  Please note, there will be no Abbey Tour on 27th December 2018 or 3rd January 2019.

Tim Apple Picking
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Orchard Tour
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Homeward Bound
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Homeward Bound A
Inspired by Richard Rohr’s book Falling Upwards this Retreat will explore the second half of life
“What does it mean to know Jesus Christ?”
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“What does it mean to know Jesus Christ?”
St Paul says in Philippians 2: ‘in your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus’. How can we come
A Quiet Day at Ampleforth
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A Quiet Day at Ampleforth Abbey - Ash Wednesday
A Quiet Day at Ampleforth Abbey Jesus’ invitation to his first disciples was very simple: “Come and
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
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
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.