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Mixed 4 days

Individual retreat

4 days of pause, to take stock before entering Advent.

24 – November 27, 2026 Dombes Abbey Ain 10 places
Individual retreat

A few quiet days at the end of the year

This retreat is a week to step aside and gain some perspective from daily life.

The idea is to take advantage of the abbey's setting and the surrounding nature to find yourself alone before God and to offer him our prayers, to speak to him simply, as a friend speaks to a friend.

Programme

  • Each day, you may follow the abbey's liturgy (Lauds at 7:30 a.m., Eucharist at noon, Vespers at 6:30 p.m. followed by adoration), with your participation in these times being entirely free.

  • In between, you may choose whatever feels right for you: reading, walks, rest, meeting a priest for confession, meeting a brother or sister from the community, visiting the surrounding area with its ponds

Practical information

Practical details

  • For this week, please bring: sheets for a single bed or a sleeping bag, bath towels, walking shoes, a Bible or spiritual reading

  • Our rooms are equipped with 2 single beds, a desk, and a sink.

  • Bathroom facilities are shared

Suggested offering

  • For the contribution to expenses, plan between €150 and €255 per person for the 3 days.

  • We wish to live out sharing, which is why we offer a range so that you can give what you are able to give and so that the financial question is not an obstacle for anyone.

Getting there

Train

Take the train to Villars-les-Dombes station (the community can pick you up)

Car

A42 between Lyon and Geneva

Bike

Weaving through the thousand ponds