16–18 October 2026
In 2015 Pope Francis gave us the gift of his encyclical letter Laudato Si: On care for our common home. In this work Francis calls us to have a more passionate concern for the protection of our world. He invites us to realise that a healthy relationship with creation is an important dimension of overall personal conversion. He urges us to understand that in relation to ecology, we need a change of heart.
The beautiful gardens of the Monastery are an ideal place for prayer, and participants will be invited to explore their relationship with God through gazing upon, then photographing, the beauty of creation. We will explore visio divina through engaging photography as a contemplative prayer form.
Participants are asked to bring a mobile phone, tablet or digital camera on retreat.
1 Night
Retreat Option 1
Your retreat will commence with dinner on Friday night and conclude the following Saturday afternoon. All meals and linen are included.
$190.00 per person
2 Nights
Retreat Option 2
Your retreat will begin with dinner on Friday night continue on for a full day Saturday, and then conclude after lunch on Sunday afternoon. All meals and linen provided.
$290.00 per person
Each of these retreats, together with a 1,500 word reflection paper, has CESA approval as a SAM day for teachers.
Your Retreat Leaders
Ms Valerie De Brenni
Ms Valerie De Brenni, a wife, mother and grandmother, has been a spiritual director for fifteen years and has facilitated a variety of retreats during that time. She is the Coordinator of the Archdiocese of Adelaide Spiritual director formation program and has a special interest in supporting catholic teachers in their faith journey.
Fr Pastor Mumburi CP
Fr. Pastor Mumburi from Tanzania, East Africa, ministering here at The Monastery as the assistant to the parish priest. I have been the formation director in the seminary back in Tanzania before I came to Australia 8 years ago. I completed the Siloam program for Spiritual Directors in Melbourne and qualified as a spiritual director. Since then, I have worked in Melbourne in various formation roles, and served in several parishes in Melbourne, Hobart and back here in Adelaide. I am also a member of the Formation Commission for our Passionist Province.
