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Through guided prayer, meaningful conversation and quiet time for personal contemplation, participants are invited to step away from the pace of everyday life and to reconnect with faith, meaning and wellbeing. Each retreat provides a welcoming and supportive environment for people at every stage of their spiritual journey.
Discover The Retreat VillageThere are moments in life when something within us longs to step aside from the noise…to rest, to pray, to simply be.
At Knock Shrine, we now offer the opportunity for personal, self-directed retreat stays in the simple and peaceful surroundings of the Retreat Village. These stays are gently held but lightly structured, offering you space to shape your own rhythm of prayer and rest. Whether you come seeking stillness, healing, or a deeper awareness of God’s presence in your life, this is a place where you can begin… or begin again.
What is offered
A gentle rhythm
There is no programme to follow, only an invitation: to walk the grounds, to sit in silence, to linger with scripture, to rest. You may wish to join the daily life of the Shrine… or simply remain in stillness. Both are welcome.
Price: €70.00 per night to includes single occupancy and continental breakfast
“Come Away to a Quiet Place”
4-Day Directed Retreats
8–12 June | 6–10 July | 14–18 Sept | 7–11 Dec (Advent)
€380 per person
4 nights | Continental Breakfast | Single occupancy
A spacious, prayerful retreat with daily one-to-one spiritual companionship, silence, reflection, and rest.
Held gently within the rhythm of Knock Shrine, these days offer space simply to pause and be renewed.
Includes:
A deeper residential experience alongside the Week of Ignatian Spirituality:
Jesus, If People Only Knew You
An invitation not simply to attend the week, but to dwell prayerfully within it.
Includes:
Guided by acclaimed iconographer Mihai Cucu, this retreat invites participants into the contemplative tradition of sacred icon writing.
Through colour, silence, and patient attention, participants are invited into a deeply prayerful creative journey.
A contemplative weekend inspired by the global Season of Creation movement and this year’s theme: Living Water.
Together we will slow down, notice deeply, and rediscover creation as gift, sacrament, and sacred invitation.
Includes:
A contemplative retreat inspired by the wisdom and spirituality of Daniel O’Leary.
Through video reflections, poetry, silence, and shared conversation, participants explore a spirituality of incarnation and the sacredness of ordinary life.
A hopeful and spacious retreat for those longing to encounter the Divine woven through everyday life.
Set in the peaceful surroundings of the Retreat Village at Knock Shrine, Beautiful Words is a small-group weekend (limited to 10 participants) shaped around scripture, reflective readings, silence, and simple embodied practices.
Across these two days, John and Mary guide participants into a calm, prayerful rhythm that helps you slow down, listen more deeply, and rest in Christ’s renewing love.
A gentle silent retreat during the Advent season, inviting participants into stillness, prayer, and quiet attentiveness to the presence of God.
In the silence of Advent, we make room once more for hope, longing, and the quiet coming of Christ.
Facilitated by the Retreat Village team
During this retreat Deirdre will take us on a journey to the well of our own hearts and through music, scripture, reflection and prayer, rest assured of the gift of new birth and hope in our lives.
In the silence of Advent, we make room once more for hope, longing, and the quiet coming of Christ. The retreat concludes with attending Knock Shrine’s wonderful Carols by Candlelight on the 20th of December.
The team at Knock Youth Ministry will facilitate you with personalising your residential retreat programme. Residential retreats allow you to journey more deeply into the conversations of faith begun during a day retreat. These retreats include all the elements of a day retreat, along with additional workshops and extended time for reflection and group engagement.
Knock Youth Ministry also collaborate with other organisations to support students on their journey of faith, including Community Cenacolo and the Carmelite Sisters. These partnerships enrich the experience by offering powerful witness, prayer, and opportunities for meaningful encounter.
As each guest is received personally, all bookings are arranged directly.
This allows us to welcome you with care and to ensure the space is right for you at this time.
Contact: John Farrelly, Retreat Village Manager
Tel: 086 010 8623 Email: [email protected]
Knock Shrine
Ireland's International
Eucharistic and Marian Shrine,
Knock, Claremorris, Co. Mayo,
F12 Y226, Ireland
