Retreat-Holidays
Alps of Haute-Provence
Programme "God and us"
Retreat leader:
Ms Ann-Mary Redmond
who describes herself as "avid reader, soul-friend, musician, involved in pastoral care and adult formation, kingdom worker, gap-filler.... "
More importantly, people on previous retreat-holidays have described her leading of them as "absolutely wonderful"!
Revised programme
The programme will have two strands:
- trees and plants as symbols of human life and what it means to be part of Christ the vine
- seeing more clearly, taking the longer view - aided by the symbolism of all those stunning hilltop viewpoints
Daily Programme
Breakfast when you are ready – from 8.30
Morning session at 9.30
Evening session at 18.30
Dinner at 19.30
Tuesday 4 May: Travel – Welcome
Arrival expected at hotel between by 18h00, stopping at supermarket on the way for picnic/other items
19h30 Welcome aperitif, Dinner, followed by short night prayer for those who wish
Wednesday 5 May: Relationship with God - I
Introduction to the week
How does God see me?
Suggestions for walks from the hotel
Opportunity for salad/packed lunch at hotel (not included) or own picnic
Thursday 6 May: Relationship with God - II
How do I see God?
10h30 Minibus to Sisteron (about 1.5 hr drive) drop off at Citadel for all who wish
15h00 Minibus to hotel
Friday 7 May: Relationship with others
How are others seen?
14h00 Minibus to three villages OR to Ganagobie monastery + Lurs (1 hr drive)
17h30 Minibus to hotel
Saturday 8 May: Growth
10.00 Minibus to the winery at Domaine de Regusse (about 1hr drive)
11.00 Tour of Domaine de Regusse, followed by wine-tasting and picnic
14h30 Minibus to hotel
Sunday 9 May: Bloom wherever you are planted
10.00 Minibus to Forcalquier (15/20 minutes) for 10.30 Mass in Cathedral
Opportunity to have lunch in Forcalquier and visit the town
14h30 Minibus to hotel
Monday 10 May: The abundance of God and fruits of the retreat
10h00 (to be confirmed) Forcalquier market by horse and cart
13h00 Return. Bring picnic food from market or salad/packed lunch from hotel.
Tuesday 11 May: Go out and bear fruit
10h15 Departure for airport
One person wrote to us after her retreat-holiday at le Colombier:
"Thank you so much for all you did to make the week at le Colombier such a good experience. A group of 'religious' people could have been awful, but it was marvellous. It was also remarkable, or so it seemed to me, that such a disparate group of individuals from different parts of the Church could come to know and trust each other in so enriching a way in only six days."
Provence
Provence: Hotel le Colombier