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Food for the Soul
2011-2012
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REGISTRATION & FEES: FOOD FOR THE SOUL
To register for all Food for the Soul events
Please fill out a separate form for each person and each event and mail to St. John’s Convent with your deposit: St. John’s Convent Guest House 233 Cummer Avenue Toronto, ON M2M 2E8.
View registration form here » / Download form here »
The registration form can also be requested from the Guest House office: 416-226-2201, ext. 305 or email ».
You may phone or e-mail to check whether the retreat is full, but to reserve a place, we MUST have your written registration form AND deposit.
Balance of payment is due when you check in. Please check in at the main Convent lobby, NOT the Guest House entrance.
Food for the Soul: Opportunities and Fees
Theme Retreats: These overnight retreats focus on a particular theme and include four or five talks over the course of two days, with ample time for personal reflection, reading, walking, and prayer. Participants are invited to join the Sisters for chapel services. Meals are eaten in silence, and the Guest House is a place of silence during the retreat. The fee and (nonrefundable) deposit is listed under the description for each retreat. Commuters are welcome if there is space. The fee is 55% of the overnight fee, and the deposit is the same as listed.
 Quiet Saturdays: These are one-day retreats, beginning with coffee and conversation at 9:30 am and ending by 3:30 pm. Each focusses on a particular theme, and the retreat leader gives two or three short talks during the day, leaving ample time for particpants' prayer and personal reflection. There is an opportunity for quiet conversation over a bag lunch or for an additional fee a hot (silent) dinner in the Refectory with the Sisters. Fees are listed under the description for each Quiet Saturday. No deposits are required for Quiet Saturdays.
Quiet Garden Days: The standard fee is $20 including coffee breaks, $5.00 of which goes to help support the Quiet Garden Trust. Bring a bag lunch; coffee and tea provided. (A hot meal is available in the refectory for an additional $15.00.) No deposit required.
Personal Retreats: Schedule your own retreat or come with a friend. Standard fee is $75 per night, including three meals. If you would like to have individual spiritual direction during your retreat, the cost is $25.00 per session.
Design your own program & Customized Sabbatical Programs, see here »
Seniors and Student Rates: A reduction of $10 per night is offered for seniors and full-time students.
Bursary Assistance: No one is turned away from a retreat because of inability to pay. Please let us know if you cannot afford the full cost of a retreat (even at senior / student rates). We can assist with a special bursary fund supported by donations for this purpose.
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For All Events: Please register at least one
week in advance, to be sure space is available and to help with our meal
planning.
For Personal Retreats and Sabbaticals: please phone or email to see when space is available and for more information: Phone: 416-226-2201, ext. 305
Fax: 416-226-2131
E-mail: guesthouse@ssjd.ca
CONTACT INFORMATION
St. John’s Convent
Guest House
233 Cummer Avenue
Toronto, ON M2M 2E8
Phone: 416-226-2201,
ext. 305
Fax: 416-226-2131
E-mail: guesthouse@ssjd.ca
Please note that there might be a slight increase in fees in 2012.
Overnight Retreats (including theme retreats) begin with Evensong at 5:00 pm on the first day. Please plan to
arrive by 4:00 pm if at all possible to have time to check into your room
and get settled.
Retreats end after the noon meal on the last day
(approximately 1:30 pm). For retreats ending on Sunday, there is an option
to stay for the afternoon and join the Sisters for Evensong and our weekly
supper-with-conversation.
All retreats have a limited number of
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