What's On at Ampleforth Abbey

We are delighted to be able to welcome you back to events and retreats at Ampleforth Abbey. Whether it's your first time visiting or you've been coming for many years, we are looking forward to seeing you and hope you feel at home here.

We are looking forward to welcoming you.

 

Statue of the Madonna with child in the Abbey Church
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Women of the Kingdom
“Let what you have said be done to me” (Lk 1:38) “If only I can touch his cloak I shall be well” (Mt
The Millennium Cross sitting on the hilltop in the Ampleforth Abbey estate
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Tai Chi Movement and Christian Meditation Day
The Tai Chi Movement and Christian Meditation Day is both an introduction to these practices for
Fresco of St Paul the Apostle from the beginning of 20th century
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An Introduction to the letters of St Paul
St Paul was the first great teacher of Christianity. His letters to the young Christian communities
The view from a window in the monastery
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A Window into Hope
In this residential retreat, Fr Abbot acknowledges that sometimes living can prove difficult, and
Man and woman practicing Tai Chi outside
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Tai Chi Movement and Christian Meditation
Tai Chi has been described as ‘meditation in movement’. Christian Meditation involves stillness.
Statue of St Benedict outside the Abbey Church
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Introduction to Benedictine Spirituality
This retreat explores St Benedict’s way of being a Christian; considering the major elements of his
View of the Abbey through trees
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The Transformative Journey
Following Fr Christopher's previous Retreat titled ‘Homeward Bound’ which was based on Richard Rohr
Prayer book open in the Abbey Church
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God speaks through Literature and Spirituality
This retreat offers a weekend to gently ponder on some secular texts of prose and poetry, allow the
Abbey Church and monastery on a sunny day with tree in the foreground
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Monastic Experience Retreat
Many believe that St Benedict wrote his Rule for monks in the later part of his life, the