Retreat for Extroverts

Retreat for Extroverts 15-16 May led by Revd Matt Woodcock Coming up next month Revd Matt Woodcock will be leading a new venture for Parcevall – a Retreat for Extroverts. This 24 hour retreat is designed for people who find restoration and renewal in the company of others, and who...

Image for April in the Poustinia

St John of the Cross Salvador Dali   Salvador Dali’s painting of 1951 was purchased by Glasgow Art Gallery amidst condemnation from art critics – ‘skilled sensationalist trickery’ and ‘calculated melodrama’. Despite this, the people of Glasgow flocked to see it – people of all faiths and none. Fifty thousand...

My Taize Pilgrimage

My Taize Pilgrimage Director of Parcevall Hall, Helen Reid, told the story of her pilgrimage to Taize in 2025 to the Pilgrimage Open Quiet Day in March 2025 We went as a family of four in a diocesan pilgrimage group of just over thirty people led by +Smitha. We hadn’t...

Keeping body and soul together – live an integrated life

Keeping body and soul together – live an integrated life  Helen Reid    When we talk about body and soul it is sometimes implied that the soul is the important thing because it is eternal, our connection with God, with who we really are; and that perhaps the body is...

Small building covered in snow

Poustinia Retreat at Parcevall Hall – Lent 2025

Poustinia Retreat at Parcevall Hall - Lent 2025 Led by Bishop David Hawkins A Poustinia is a hermitage, oratory or cell used by Russian Orthodox monks or nuns. The Russian word means ‘desert’. Whereas Coptic monks occupy cells or caves in the hot Egyptian  deserts, Russian hermits retreat into their...

Advent Retreat

Our Advent Retreat led by the Very Revd John Dobson starts today. Staff have been busy preparing the rooms, the food, and the chapel - with special thanks to Lizzie for the beautiful Advent wreath. The strong sense of preparation lays a good foundation for the four-day retreat when we...

STRENGTH- a weekend at Parcevall Hall for fitness and prayer

  This is a weekend retreat celebrating being active physically and spiritually.  The retreat will be led by personal trainer and Christian activist, Katherine Hogg, supported by Rev Annie Naish.  Join the stretch and weights classes, spend time outdoors in the Gardens and Dales, and take time to reflect on life...

REACH – a weekend at Parcevall Hall for fitness and prayer

This is a weekend retreat celebrating being active physically and spiritually.  The retreat will be led by personal trainer and Christian activist, Katherine Hogg, supported by Parcevall Hall Director Helen Reid.  Join the stretch and weights classes, spend time outdoors in the Gardens and Dales, and take time to reflect...

Warm welcome for the new Director of Parcevall Hall

17th July 2024  There was a service of welcome at Parcevall Hall, the Diocesan Retreat Centre, for the new Director, Helen Reid. Bishop Anna, who led the service said, "Parcevall Hall is a place of peace with a very warm welcome. We all enjoyed that afresh as we gathered as...