Date

Cost (all-inclusive)

Description

March 2012
Friday 16 to Monday 19

From £168.50 Full Board for 3 days*

Lent Retreat
Come as an individual, a couple or a small group and be part of a retreat led by the Warden.  Adjust your pace of life to a few days of saying Daily Office, Midday Eucharist, a daily devotional address, lots of time for reflection and recreation and good home-cooking.

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April 2012
Monday 2 to Monday 9

From £348 Full Board for 7 days* or £58 Full Board per day*

Holy Week and Easter Weekend
Join us for a week of worship, music and prayer in The Cathedral of The Isles. Bishop Kevin Pearson will preside from Monday to Wednesday with Choral Evensong each day sung by the Cathedral Choir. Bishop Idris Jones will take over on Wednesday for the traditional services and Easter Vigil culminating with Easter Day services sung by the Cathedral Choir directed by Alastair Chisholm with organist Jonathan Cohen.

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April 2012
Monday 23 to Thursday 26

From £188.50 Full Board for 3 days*
Non-residential £36

Spirituality and Poetry
Talks on spirituality based on the lives and writings of six Anglican poets – John Donne, George Herbert, John Keble, RS Thomas, TS Eliot and WH Auden.  One was a saint (Herbert), the rest had feet of clay.  All struggled with life and faith.  Led by the Reverend Ian Meredith.

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July to September 2012
Sunday afternoons at 3pm

Music for a Summer Afternoon
Every Sunday afternoon at 3pm throughout the months of July, August and September the Cathedral promotes a variety of concerts.  Watch for further details. 

July  2012
Thursday 5 to Monday 9

From £495 Full Board for 4 Days
Non-residential £345

Classical Guitar Retreat
Non-sharing residential participation fully booked, but for sharing and to register an interest for non-residential participation or possible cancellations, contact Matthew McAllister (info@cgretreat.com)

July 2012
Monday 16 to Friday 20

From £226.50 Full Board for 4 days*

Open Retreat
Come as an individual, a couple or a small group and be part of a retreat led by the Warden.  Adjust your pace of life to a few days of saying Daily Office, Midday Eucharist, a daily devotional address, lots of time for reflection and recreation and good home-cooking.

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August 2012
Wednesday 8 to Saturday 11

From £188.50 Full Board for 3 days*
Non-residential £36

Music Retreat
Richard Black (piano), Alastair Chisholm and Leslie McLeod (harpsichord) lead an exploration of the keyboard repertoire – JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Ronald Stevenson’s Passacaglia on DSCH – with a series of illustration talks culminating in public performances on Friday.

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September 2012
Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 or
Monday 17 to Thursday 20

From £188.50 Full Board for 3 days*
Non-residential £36

Coping with Stress
“We talk about stress quite openly now but what is 'stress'? How does it affect us physically, mentally, emotionally and socially?” Join us for this course and learn to understand stress: what the causes are and what techniques you can learn to help you cope with it.  Anthea Clarke leads.  Come midweek or at the weekend.

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September 2012
Friday 21 to Sunday 23

From £70 per person Bed and Breakfast for 2 nights

September Weekend
Come to Cumbrae for the annual weekend of festivities and fireworks that celebrates the end of the summer season in Millport. The College offers Bed and Breakfast for a two night minimum stay.  To book accommodation contact the College on 01475 530353 or email cathedral_cumbrae@btconnect.com

October 2012
Friday 26 to Sunday 28

From £116 Full Board for 2 days*

Friends’ Weekend
Join the Friends of The Cathedral of The Isles and The College of The Holy Spirit for their Annual General Meeting and a weekend of activities.   To join the Friends contact Anne Morton 01475 530478 or email anne@millport.net.  Watch for further details. 

December 2012
Sunday 2 at 11am and 3pm

Advent Sunday
The Cathedral Choir leads a Sung Eucharist at 11am followed by an Advent Carol Service at 3pm.  Watch for further details.