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Mount Carmel Retreat Centre
How much does a retreat cost?
All retreatants are welcome...
We DO NOT charge a set fee for our retreat programmes.
As a mendicant order, we rely simply on the donations that people give
us, to provide for our community. The Retreat Centre is our major source
of income, but we are more concerned with helping you to discover the presence
of God in your life than taking your money!
Someone on a low income or no income—pensioners and students—are
all welcome to come on retreat. Your financial situation is not
an obstacle. Any personally manageable donation will help us to maintain
and run the retreat centre, and provide for our community. All we ask is
that everyone who comes gives something.
People sometimes ask us to suggest an appropriate
amount to donate to help us in the running of the centre. The
following prices are suggestions for
those who can afford them. Those who cannot are still very welcome here.
Please give whatever you can or whatever
you consider fair.
Finally we invite those who can, to pay a little extra,
to help those who cannot pay the suggested full amount.
Suggested Donations for 2001-2002:
To book a retreat, please complete the booking
form, and send to the Secretary.
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(Entry from the Australian Retreat Directory)
MOUNT CARMEL RETREAT CENTRE
St Andrews Road, Varroville 2565
Closest train station: Minto - call to be picked up
Take Ingleburn exit from M5 motorway
Phone: (02) 9603 1433 Fax: (02) 9603 1007
Locale: A monastery on 120 hectares (350 acres), an hour southwest from
Sydney
Suggested Donation: $40 a day for private retreatants (all meals)
Conducts a year-long programme of retreats - week-long preached, directed,
guided, weekend, family and day retreats. They are conducted in an atmosphere
of silence, with a special emphasis on the teachings of St Teresa of Avila,
St John of the Cross and other Discalced Carmelite Saints. Private and
directed retreatants are welcome by arrangement. Groups may also use the
centre for their own retreats and a priest is available for talks or direction.
Accommodation is in 36 single and 2 twin rooms, but there are also two
small hermitages on the property for those seeking deeper solitude. Mass
is said daily. Opportunity to join the community for prayer four times
a day. Extensive network of walking tracks. All meals are provided.
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