St Beuno's Jesuit Spirituality Centre: Our Wish List

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WISH LIST

Latest Wishes

Retreats and courses at St Beuno’s are subsidised by central Jesuit funds. There are increasing expenses in relation to insurance, keeping up with new health and safety regulations which though often very costly, offer little or no tangible benefit to those who come on retreats or longer programmes.

We have had to forgo many items which would be of immediate benefit to retreatants. Over the years there have been many generous donors who have given money for both bursaries and improvements to the house.

This wish list is an attempt to offer items which would improve the retreat experience at St Beuno’s offering new services or improving the environment. We invite those who could afford to make a donation to help us in our attempt to maintain St Beuno’s.

GIFT AID All donations can be Gift Aided to give a 25% increase in your donation with no extra cost to yourself.

THIS YEAR'S WISHES

Sponsor an Icon for the Rock Chapel: We have commisioned an Icon of Our Lady of Sorrows for the Rock Chapel. This was the original dedication of the chapel, which used to have a statue of Our Lady about the door. We felt that an icon to accompany the Bible and the new colours to the window would make the chapel look much more loved and give it a focus for prayer.

New Pathways: We need support to provide a new safe walkway to the Rock Chapel and to tarmac a path to make the Stations of the Cross in the grounds wheelchair friendly.

Sponsor a fountain: a simple water feature would look good in the knot garden.

Sponsor a Hymn Book: With the change in liturgy/Mass there is a need for new hymn books with the new words in. We are waiting for these books to be published, but it would be good to have some money available for when they are so we can purchase a set of them. These hymn books could be dedicated on the inside book cover with the name of a loved-one.

Bursary Fund
We always need extra money to support people who can't afford our offerings.

New Prayer Room
We would like to develop the small sacristy outside the St Agnes chapel into a new prayer-space. This would need a stud wall and a theme: it has been suggested a Creation Space - Environmental themed room.

Thanks for making last year's wishes come true.

Our sincere thanks to all the donors who in 2010-12 provided:

Most of the money towards the building of two new en-suite rooms in the Cottage area.
2 Beehives
New Stained Glass inserts for the Rock Chapel Windows.

Labyrinth
Our Labyrinth was completed last year and is well used. The Labyrinth retreat was a great success and the candlelight communal labyrinth walk quite spectacular. The money to lay it came from donations.

Summer Houses
We were left some money to remember Brother Joe Daly SJ, who spent many years in St Beuno's, in exile from his native Glasgow. We have bought two summer houses for the garden to act as shelter for retreatants from the chill winds and odd drop of rain that we occasionally get. These are proving popular.

Waters of Life
Two beautiful new ponds have been laid in the front of the house, again with some help from donations.

Gift Aid Form - You can make a donation via Paypal and send this form as an email attachment to gift-aid the donation.

Make a gift via Paypal to St Beuno's


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		WISH LIST
		Latest Wishes
		Retreats and courses at St Beuno’s are subsidised by central Jesuit funds. There are increasing expenses in relation to insurance, keeping up with new health and safety regulations which though often very costly, offer little or no tangible benefit to those who come on retreats or longer programmes. We have had to forgo many items which would be of immediate benefit to retreatants. Over the years there have been many generous donors who have given money for both bursaries and improvements to the house. This wish list is an attempt to offer items which would improve the retreat experience at St Beuno’s offering new services or improving the environment. We invite those who could afford to make a donation to help us in our attempt to maintain St Beuno’s. GIFT AID All donations can be Gift Aided to give a 25% increase in your donation with no extra cost to yourself. THIS YEAR'S WISHES Sponsor an Icon for the Rock Chapel: We have commisioned an Icon of Our Lady of Sorrows for the Rock Chapel. This was the original dedication of the chapel, which used to have a statue of Our Lady about the door. We felt that an icon to accompany the Bible and the new colours to the window would make the chapel look much more loved and give it a focus for prayer. New Pathways: We need support to provide a new safe walkway to the Rock Chapel and to tarmac a path to make the Stations of the Cross in the grounds wheelchair friendly. Sponsor a fountain: a simple water feature would look good in the knot garden. Sponsor a Hymn Book: With the change in liturgy/Mass there is a need for new hymn books with the new words in. We are waiting for these books to be published, but it would be good to have some money available for when they are so we can purchase a set of them. These hymn books could be dedicated on the inside book cover with the name of a loved-one. Bursary Fund We always need extra money to support people who can't afford our offerings. New Prayer Room We would like to develop the small sacristy outside the St Agnes chapel into a new prayer-space. This would need a stud wall and a theme: it has been suggested a Creation Space - Environmental themed room. Thanks for making last year's wishes come true. Our sincere thanks to all the donors who in 2010-12 provided: Most of the money towards the building of two new en-suite rooms in the Cottage area. 2 Beehives New Stained Glass inserts for the Rock Chapel Windows. Labyrinth Our Labyrinth was completed last year and is well used. The Labyrinth retreat was a great success and the candlelight communal labyrinth walk quite spectacular. The money to lay it came from donations. Summer Houses We were left some money to remember Brother Joe Daly SJ, who spent many years in St Beuno's, in exile from his native Glasgow. We have bought two summer houses for the garden to act as shelter for retreatants from the chill winds and odd drop of rain that we occasionally get. These are proving popular. Waters of Life Two beautiful new ponds have been laid in the front of the house, again with some help from donations. Gift Aid Form - You can make a donation via Paypal and send this form as an email attachment to gift-aid the donation. Make a gift via Paypal to St Beuno's

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