Ampleforth Abbey Podcast
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Home Retreat: Fr Chad - 'Awaken!'
Home Retreat: Fr Chad - 'Awaken!'
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Join the monastic community of Ampleforth Abbey for Home Retreats that aim to provide reflection and insight from a home of prayer.
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- Home Retreat: Fr Chad - 'Awaken!' · 14 minAs part of the preparation for the 1500th anniversary in 2029 of the founding of Monte Cassino in 529 the theme for the Benedictine World this year is ‘awaken’. This Home Retreat…
- Home Retreat: Fr Wulstan - ‘What to expect, and not, when answering God’s call’ · 14 minThis Home Retreat describes some experiences common to those who answer God’s call, not only the sense of expectation and hope of fulfilment that it offers, but also the…
- Home Retreat: Fr Christopher - 'We Live in Each Other's Shadow' · 12 minDownload the text for this Home Retreat: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vyV7rXZvJEOB4qX-ym4cQyEY1k9JG4Z3/view?usp=sharing Link to the website for Brian Swimme…
- Home Retreat: Fr Henry ' 'St Augustine' · 16 min'A retreat is always an invitation to conversion. It would be difficult to find a better guide on the way of conversion than the greatest of concerts, perhaps also the greatest…
- Home Retreat: Fr Cedd - 'Fear and Fear' · 19 minLink to the Discourse of St Dorotheus of Gaza: https://www.ampleforthabbey.org.uk/sites/default/files/2026-09/dorotheus-discourse-4.pdf
- Home retreat: Fr Bede "The only difference is that now I know the answer to the question.." the sting of Obedience · 29 minDownload the text of this Home Retreat: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QekKn_LA17OUOiI2CPje0jbaJA7DYjJ6/view?usp=drivesdk
- Home Retreat: Fr Phillip - ' Too clever by half...or humbly wise?' · 11 minFr Phillip delivers this weeks Home retreat titled: ' Too clever by half... or humbly wise?'
- Home Retreat: Fr Wulstan - ' Where is Life?' · 12 minFr Wulstan delivers this weeks home Retreat titled: ' Where is Life?'
- Home Retreat: Fr Luke - 'The Annunciation' · 21 minFr Luke gives this weeks Home Retreat titled: 'The Annunciation' Reference picture: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AYfNVyRxz7wZyQKfj4IxESR1Yj_FXDxo/view?usp=sharing
- Home Retreat: Fr Chad - 'The wedding homily never given' · 14 min'Over the years I've preached homilies at about fifty weddings. There are things I've thought of saying, decided to avoid, but still saved. This is an attempt to bring all those…
- Home Retreat: Fr Christopher - ' The Holiness of Falling in Love' · 15 min'St Francis invites us to see nature as a magnificent book in which God speaks to us and grants to us a glimpse of his infinite beauty and goodness. Beyond the language of…
- Home Retreat: Abbot Robert - 'Who do you think you are?' · 13 minAbbot Robert gives this weeks Home Retreat titled: 'Who do you think you are?'
- Fr Richard - 'Thoughts on Magnifica Humanitas' · 20 minOn Monday 25th May Pope Leo released his first encyclical entitled: Magnifica Humanitas. In this Home Retreat Fr Richard shares his reactions.
