Community of the Resurrection
Stocksbank Road, Mirfield, West Yorkshire WF14 0BN
Retreat Centre Description
Our large Retreat House adjoins the main house of the Community of the Resurrection, an Anglican monastic community founded at the end of the 19th Century. It is set in 20 acres of grounds overlooking the Calder Valley. There is a rose garden with pond; a small orchard; woodland and a labyrinth. Guests are welcome to join in worship with the brothers in the Community church: plainsong daily offices and a daily Eucharist . In addition to our programmed retreats we welcome individual retreat guests; parish groups; external / commercial events; conferences; day groups; sabbatical stays. Concessions are available on application.
Accommodation on Offer
Retreat House
33 single / 2 twin rooms with washbasin on ground, first and second floors. Ground floor rooms have level access.
Shared bathroom facilities (WC / showers / baths) on each floor.
Kitchenette on each floor.
1 meeting room - capacity 22
1 art room (first floor)
1 sitting room (second floor) - capacity 6
Bookshop
Annexe
6 double / 2 single en-suite rooms.
Additional space in the College of the Resurrection
1 meeting room - capacity 50
2x classrooms with AV - capacity 20+ each (can be 1large room)
2x breakout rooms
Retreat Centre Facilities
Please see website for retreat centre facilities
Types of Retreat Offered
Please see website for retreats offered
2024 Events
January
28th January – 4th February Winter Individually Guided Retreat
February
5th – 9th Pre-Lent Clergy Retreat
March
8th – 10th Lay Lent Retreat
16th (Saturday) Passiontide Quiet Day
23rd – 31st Holy Week & Easter Experience
April
21st – 28th Spring Individually Guided Retreat
May
24th – 27th May Spring Bank Holiday Pilgrimage
June
31st May – 2nd June School of Contemplative Life Retreat
August
11th – 18th Summer Individually Guided Retreat
23rd – 26th August Bank Holiday Pilgrimage
October
5th (Saturday) Quiet Day - ‘Slow Down & Wake Up!’
14th – 18th Reading Retreat
27th October – 3rd November Autumn Individually Guided Retreat
November
8th – 10th Themed Retreat
18th – 22nd Pre-Advent Clergy Retreat
December
6th – 8th Lay Advent Retreat
2025 Events
26th January - 2nd February
Winter Individually Guided Retreat
Ignatian-style with a prayer guide
7th - 9th February
Contamplative Prayer Retreat
Teaching and practice led by two CR brothers
17th - 21st February
Pre-Lent Clergy Retreat
Silent retreat with addresses from a CR brother
14th - 16th March
School of Contemplative Life Retreat
Led by Chris Whittington
21st - 23rd March
Lay Lent Retreat
Silent retreat with addresses from a CR brother
Saturday 29th March
A day on Dante
With the Revd Dr Claire Honess
13th - 20th April
Holy Week Experience
Led by the College of the Resurrection
25th May - 1st June
Spring Individually Guided Retreat
Ignatian-style with a prayer guide
6th - 8th June
Pentecost Pilgrimage
An invitation to come to this special place of prayer to spend time with God and to worship, eat and journey in faith with the brothers of the Community.
3rd - 10th August
Summer Individually Guided Retreat
Ignatian-style with a prayer guide
29th August - 31st August7th - 9th
Late Summer Pilgrimage Weekend
An invitation to come to this special place of prayer to spend time with God and to worship, eat and journey in faith with the brothers of the Community.
Saturday 27th September
Thomas Merton Day
With Dr Paul Pearson from the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain & Ireland
29th September - 3rd October
Reading Retreat
Step aside from 24/7 media exposure and experience words – read, spoken and sung – in a different time-frame and at a different pace … in your own reading and reflection; in joining in with the prayer of the Community and in those silent spaces where God speaks.
26th October - 2nd November
Autumn Individually Guided Retreat
Ignatian-style with a prayer guide
17th - 21st November
Pre-Advent Clergy Retreat
Silent retreat with addresses from a CR brother
5th - 7th December
Lay Advent Retreat
Silent retreat with addresses from a CR brother
Retreat Centre Location
Stocksbank Road, Mirfield, West Yorkshire WF14 0BN