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Advent Retreat in Daily Life

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4 weeks

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Advent 2026
1 Dec to 22 Dec (4 sessions)
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- Dec1
  Tue, Dec 1 • 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST
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- Dec8
  Tue, Dec 8 • 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST
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- Dec15
  Tue, Dec 15 • 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST
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- Dec22
  Tue, Dec 22 • 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST
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Description

Join spiritual director Kristi Johnson for an Advent Retreat in Daily Life

January 2027 Group Sessions, 4-6pm GMT (UK Time) // 11am-1pm Eastern

Tuesday 1 December

Tuesday 8 December

Tuesday 15 December

Tuesday 22 December

Please confirm that you will be availabe to attend all sessions before applying.

The Advent Retreat in Daily Life involves two components:

Six days per week : Thirty to Forty-five minutes of daily personal prayer, with suggested Contemplative at Home meditations and reflection questions.

One day per week : A two-hour Zoom call, to share with other pilgrims who are on retreat with you. Kristi will host these sessions in a group spiritual direction format.

Who is this for? This retreat is suitable for anyone who has an established practice of prayer, and would like to bring that into the Advent season. Perhaps you recognise yourself as someone who:

Would like to find contemplative space in the midst of December

Would like to more mindfully and prayerfully engage with Advent themes

Would like to share the Advent journey with others

Already enjoys Contemplative at Home meditations and would like to connect with fellow pilgrims during Advent

Prayer Material

Meditations from the Contemplative at Home archives are suggested for five days of the week, with an Examen or review practice on the sixth day of the week. Each of the three weeks follows a slightly different theme.

Daily prompts for reflection will be provided. Most of the meditations are around twenty minutes in length, with a suggested 15 minutes after the audio meditation for journalling or reflecting on your prayer experience. It is suggested that you set aside around 45 minutes/day for prayer.

There will be three weeks of guided prayer, from 1 to 22 December, with a few suggestions for meditations you may wish to use through Christmas, once the retreat has finished

Further Details and Commitment

The times listed on the sign up link above reflect the time for the group calls. Please be aware of your local time zone. Kristi is in the Eastern time zone and call times may be listed for that region.

There will be one call before the retreat begins, and one at the end of each week, for a total of 4 calls.

There will be a maximum of six participants in the group.

Please check that you are able to attend all of the group sessions before you apply.

The daily prayer can be done at any time that suits you but, if you don't already have a 30-45 minute window of time devoted to prayer each day, do take some time to think about when you might fit it in, for example: will you wake up earlier? Will you do it at lunch time? in the evening? How realistic is this? Is there a place in your house where you could sit to pray? Will those you share space with will be able to respect your commitment to the retreat?

This won't be for everyone, but for those who are drawn to take part in this prayer experience, I have no doubt that it will be a positive and enriching time. You are warmly welcome!