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Holland House Bursary Scheme: We can give up to 25% off at your request if our retreats are too expensive for you.
Please contact reservations@hollandhouse.org to book. If you need a more generous bursary, please email the Warden, Helen Stanton via warden@hollandhouse.org
Please pay what you can so others may benefit from our bursary scheme. Thank you.
A Weekend Retreat at Holland House
Friday 7th – Sunday 9th March 2025.
Stopping Places The Stations of the Cross by Mary Flitcroft.
Stopping places are a series of 14 art works in clay responding to the biblical narrative of the Way of Sorrows. Follow Jesus’ journey, from Gethsemane to the tomb, through porcelain clay which is folded, torn and cut; stained, coloured and marked.
Join Mary Flitcroft at the beginning of your lenten journey to pray, reflect, and respond, walking the Stations of the Cross.
The weekend will include periods of quiet and private reflection with simple collective worship.
Mary Flitcroft is an artist whose deep interest in spirituality informs her work.
She writes: ‘’Several years ago I began a journey that was to lead me to creating mixed media works: The Stations of the Cross. This Via Dolorosa, or Way of Sorrows, follows Jesus’s journey from the Garden of Gethsemane to the tomb. I see the pieces as ‘Stopping Places’ on this journey of love. My hope for the work is that it will in some way allow the viewer time to stop: to reflect and contemplate, bringing them closer to the mystery and love of God.’’
These Stations of the Cross have been used for prayer and contemplation in a number of churches across the West Midlands as well as at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (2019)
Mary is the Bishop’s Advisor for Spirituality in the Diocese of Worcester, as well as a spiritual director and a retreat leader. She works as an artist- working with both clay and paint in abstract contemplative works.
For further details and to register your place contact Holland House at https://www.hollandhouse.org or Mary Flitcroft at maryflitcroft@live.co.uk or at spirituality@cofe-worcester.org.uk
Please note that Holland House does not provide a choice menu at meal times and it is therefore very important that you note any food types that you are unable to eat due to an allergy or you can advise of a dietary preference of vegetarian, pescatarian, dairy free, gluten free or vegan.