A wide variety of people come to Launde. Some are closely involved in the life of their church, others find a retreat centre to be a more natural place to nourish their spiritual side than a mainstream religion. While remaining faithful to its role as a diocesan retreat house in the Church of England, Launde welcomes people from a wide range of churches, traditions and backgrounds.

Some retreats are designed as group experiences, where input from facilitators, group work, and private time in silence weave together to create an enriching experience.

The main chapel

Other retreats are individually-guided, and enable a deep spiritual encounter to happen in solitude, helped by daily meetings with a guide, where there is an opportunity to talk about the day's experiences, and clarify the next step of the prayer journey.

The daily liturgies in the chapel form a gentle thread underpinning all the activities at Launde. People on retreat are welcome to attend, but there is no pressure to be involved — freedom is an essential part of of the retreat experience.

The core ingredients of a retreat vary form person to person, and retreat to retreat, but they bring together in different proportions silence, interacting with others, creativity, prayer, the beauty of nature, periods of meditation and liturgy, to create the space for deep and fulfilling spiritual nourishment.

More information on retreats can be found via the articles page.