"Out here
silence speaks the wisest language
holds all the healing needed
birds, water, trees
do not break silence here
but sing its presence into hearing."
Brenda Peddigrew
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"This retreat centre holds a powerful and gentle presence.
Everywhere there is an invitation to pay attention but never pushy or forceful. It embodies interconnection and invites guests to discover it."
Our mission as a spirituality centre continues to be "To encourage individuals and groups to explore and restore the energies needed for personal, communal, and world transformation."
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Sept. 6-11(full), Oct. 4-6,
Nov. 1-3, Nov. 23-27, Dec 6-8
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Silent Retreats
Take time on the beautiful shores of Lake Simcoe to rest and receive the gifts of silence waiting for you. Come breathe and just be. Private room, home-cooked meals and spiritual direction are offered as part of these days.
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Guided Retreat:
Restorative Meditation
"Restorative Meditation" is a quiet retreat weekend offering exercises and practices that you can take home to continue bringing physical, mental and spiritual restoration into your everyday life. The demands of these times are not only strong but constantly changing; 'Restorative Meditation' offers you ways to negotiate them on the solid ground within, both spiritual and physical.
Private or shared room, home-cooked meals.
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Garden Volunteers
May - September
Volunteers play such an important role in our many projects & special events. So many of our lovely gardens, meditative walks and special forest features are the results of volunteer participation and are admired and enjoyed by our many guests.
If you'd like to help, come any Tuesday morning from 10-noon or if it can't be Tuesdays, just email grounds@lorettomaryholme.ca to set up a different date & time - we'd love your help!
All you need to bring is your own gloves, sunhat, water bottle & bug spray. Students needing community service hours are welcome.
We appreciate you!
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Guided Retreat: Spiritual Eldering
"Spiritual Eldering" is a wide-open claiming of the experience and wisdom of one's own life. It is particularly helpful to collect ones' own personal history when reaching the sixties and seventies. There is a depth of inner presence to oneself and one's life that doesn't emerge until that time. When we boldly claim all that we have experienced as wisdom, both painful and joyful, we offer back to life and those who know us a rare gift of vibrant life. Through reflection questions, writing and meditation, you will recognize your own wisdom as gift received and given.
Private or shared room, home-cooked meals.
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Summer is in full swing at Maryholme with continual private cabin bookings weekdays and weekends. Edgar House is certainly being kept busy with full-house registrations for our retreats: our 3-Day, 5-Day, 6-Day & 8-Day filled with hopeful wait lists on the side.
The Summer Solstice was celebrated under the forest canopy at the Peace Pole before walking the labyrinth together for peace in our world. Tai Chi practice graces our west lawn every Sunday at sunset.
Many group bookings have returned as they feel comfortable to travel and be amidst others once again. How wonderful to see them...
Summer blessings to you all from the Maryholme team.
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Our gardens are absolutely lush this summer with help from all the spring rains and the dedication with detailed attention of our amazing grounds crew. |
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Second dock extension, just heaven! |
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Floating the new dock pieces over to the old main dock... |
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...Installation done in a day! |
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All you need is a towel, good book & sunglasses! |
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...doesn't get any better than this! |
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For our Maryholme friends who could not be with us this summer, this is for you... |
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It is our pleasure to introduce our new cooks Syen & Gennadi, local to the area. They are a joy to be with and our guests can feel and see their desire to please and make our tummies happy. They bring with them a variety of Malaysian, Thai, Cajun & Armenian dishes as well as good ol' fashioned Maryholme fare. This cooking gig is for them a family endeavour - we never know if we will see Gennadi as Syen's sous-chef, or Gennadi's lovely mother Naira assisting, having contributed her delicious made-from-scratch profiteroles. With their friendliness, charm and the warm & inviting atmosphere that they create in the kitchen, we are blessed!
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"Settle yourself in solitude,
and you will come upon God in yourself."
Teresa of Avila
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Come spend time in this sacred space. Rest, reflect and re-focus in an atmosphere of beauty, peace and solitude on the beautiful shores of Lake Simcoe.
Dease, McMahon, Blackbird Cabins and Fensom Cottage are available for personal retreats. Edgar House is available for group retreats.
Spiritual direction is available upon request.
for availability.
We accept e-transfers! If mailing in payment however, please note our new mailing address is: Loretto Maryholme Spirituality Centre, 379A Bouchier Street, Keswick, ON L4P 3C8.
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"A true blessing. Absolutely perfect - couldn't have been better - I am feeling rested, rejuvenated and full of the love that permeates this special place. Thanks so much for the sacred care 💙"
"Appreciated everyone's respect of the silence. The grounds are magnificent - more needed than ever in these times we live in."
"So relaxing and beautiful You've done a wonderful job on ecological and maintenance. Congrats!"
"Beautiful stay. So quiet, peaceful and safe to stay on my own. Lovely experience ~ thank you so much! 💙"
"Thanks for sharing this 'gift of solitude' with others. We hope to return to enjoy it some more! Peace & blessings!"
"I feel very grateful for the hospitality all-round. Thanks so much for being there and providing this space. I returned home with a smile and a spring in my step."
"I always enjoy grounding and centring myself in the peace of these beautiful grounds."
" I had a wonderful time, so relaxing and enabled me to recharge, unplugging from reality for a few days."
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Find your centre at our Centre. Come and see ... |
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Tel. 905.476.4013
© Loretto Maryholme Spirituality Centre 2021
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Regular Office Hours:
Weekdays 9am-12pm,
afternoons by chance.
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