Silent Retreat Spring 2022

With Nan Goodship, Murray Groom and Sandy Pihowich

March 17 - 20, 2022

Fog on Lake

Date and Time Details: Starts Mar 17, 2022 at 3:00 PM Completes Mar 20, 2022 at 12:30 PM

Location: Bethlehem Centre

Address: 2371 Arbot Road, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

  • Standard Room (with a shared washrooms) – CAD $880.00

Come away to the peace and quiet of Bethlehem Centre, where you will be immersed in a rich pool of intentional silence. With a community of like minded seekers and supported by the able guidance of Nan Goodship and Murray Groom, you will have an opportunity to delve into the depths of your own soul and there find a new wholeness, your own sure place.

This short retreat (4 days/3 nights) is an opportunity for anyone with a long weekend to experience intentional Silence. If you already know the gift of a silent retreat or if you are curious to discover what such an experience might bring, welcome!  Our days will include an introduction to a variety of contemplative practices, morning and evening group sessions, a daily conversation with your spiritual director and extended periods of freedom to enjoy the beauty of Bethlehem Centre and surroundings.

Silent retreat is a time to rest and discern, an opportunity to be alone in supportive community, in nature and to deepen your spiritual journey. Step back from the wired world, from the chatter of everyday life and experience the generative quality of meditative silence, an oasis in which to encounter that still, healing voice within, where you can be open to the movement of the Spirit. 

About the Teachers

Nan Goodship

Nan is an artist, spiritual director, retreat leader, and thorough Vancouver Islander. She is interested in the adaptations and evolutions we make in our lives to find joy, understand suffering, and ponder our own hearts and minds. She considers herself a  contemplative and finds a daily connection to the natural world both a significant source […]

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Murray Groom

Murray Groom

Murray Groom is a graduate, former staff member, and one-time interim Director of the Pacific Jubilee Program in Spiritual Direction. He is a practiced spiritual director and regularly co-conducts extended silent retreats at Bethlehem and Naramata Centre in the Okanagan Valley.  

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Sandy Pihowich

Sandy Pihowich

Sandy was raised in the United Church of Canada and nurtures herself on the wisdom and practices of embodied movement, centering prayer and mystical wisdom from different religions as well as non-religious sources. One of her first mentors referred to spiritual direction as “listening into being.” This is Sandy’s hope in the spiritual accompaniment she […]

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