Autumn Sabbatical Course

Download the course details: Booking are now open for 14th October-28th November 2024. These prayerful and relaxing courses are designed for those looking for a course with a focus on personal renewal through prayer and reflection. One of the course highlights is a pilgrimage to St. Columba’s Island of Iona. 2024’s Autumn Sabbatical takes place from 14th October-28th November (7 weeks) …

Summer Sabbatical Course

This course is fully subscribed   The programme is repeated in the Summer and Autumn, each year. Download the course details: Booking are now open for 14th October-28th November 2024. These prayerful and relaxing courses are designed for those looking for a course with a focus on personal renewal through prayer and reflection. One of the course highlights is a pilgrimage …

Silent Advent Retreat

This Retreat will be lead by the Community Friday 13th – Sunday 15th December Cost £216 To book: email info@kinnoullmonastery.co.uk

Exploring Mindfulness, Psychology and the Christian life

Be still and know that I am God’: Exploring Mindfulness, Psychology and the Christian life St Mary’s Monastery and Retreat Centre, Kinnoull, Perth, Scotland  Thursday 11th (arrivals late afternoon) – Sunday 14th July 2024 (depart after lunch) This weekend explores the human condition through your own life story, in the context of the Gospel story and the Christian spiritual life, using mindfulness skills and contemplative …

An ‘architectural gem’

St. Mary’s Monastery was built by the Redemptorists in the 1860s as a centre for missions and retreats. In the words of a spokesperson for the Catholic Church in Scotland it has “been central in the development of the spiritual lives of most of our priests in Scotland over the years – as well as, of course, helping tremendous numbers …

Our B-Listed Gothic building

An ecumenical religious retreat, St Mary’s Monastery is run by the Redemptorist Order (more formally known as the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer). The development was privately funded and built by local architect Andrew Heiton.  The B-listed Gothic structure consists of four-storey buildings arranged in a U-plan.  The first buildings were completed in 1868, with the community taking up …