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This is the entrance to Glastonbury Hermitage (header image), located at Ellenborough on the NSW mid-north coast. Through the gate is an avenue of English Oak trees grown from acorns taken from the MSC Daramalan College residence garden in Canberra.  In 12 years they have grown twenty foot or more. They connect my story through so many avenues - family, religion, spiritual hunger, mythology, cosmology ....
Want to know about the call and life-style at Glastonbury Hermitage, click "Why A Hermit?".

May 2012 Glastonbury Hermitage moves to Shoreham, Victoria

Flowing from a wonderfully open and engaged process of discernment, which beckoned for a wholehearted living of eremitical life, the MSC house "The Cliffs", at Shoreham on the Mornington Peninsula south of Melbourne, will be Glastonbury's new home. For those who know the beauty and richness of Ellenborough and the proximity of the hermitage to the river, "The Cliffs" overlooks Westernport Bay and in the distance Phillip Island. For retreatants and those seeking spiritual accompaniment there are two self-contained cottages and two rooms in the main house with stunning views of the Shoreham Foreshore Reserve and Bay. Most importantly this sea-change, away from the river and rural setting of Ellenborough, manifests outwardly the interior movements of a heart given over to the leadings of God. How blessed we are to have such guidance!

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2012 Retreat & Program Opportunities

Interested in Retreats, Seminars or Programmes facilitated by Chris Chaplin?
Posted in Retreats - January 20, 2012

2012 Men's Weekends

Posted in Men's Journey - January 21, 2012

Slow Movement

Posted in Mindfulness and Meditation - November 11, 2011

The Practice of Meditation

Posted in Mindfulness and Meditation - November 9, 2011

For David's 60th

Posted in Men's Journey - October 8, 2011

Steve Nolan Anniversary

Posted in Men's Journey - October 8, 2011

For Solitude

Posted inContemplative Solitude - October 9, 2011

Men's Weekend, 24 November 2011

Posted in Men's Journey - October 1, 2011

Chief Raoni cries - Belo Monte Dam

Posted in Ecology - October 2, 2011

To Be Love - St. Therese Lisieux

Posted in Contemplative Solitude - October 1, 2011

Personal Structure and Love - C. Martini

Posted in Heart Spirituality - October 1, 2011

Devotedness to God brings Contemplation

Posted in Contemplative Solitude - October 1, 201

Labyrinth - Journey into the Heart

Posted in Heart Spirituality - September 30, 2011

The Invitation

Posted in Contemplative Solitude - September 30, 2011

Wangari Maathai Dies

Posted in Ecology - September 28, 2011

Foundations in Mindfulness

Posted in Mindfulness & Meditation - September 28, 2011

Douglas Park & Hartzer Retreats

Posted in Retreats & Seminars - September 23, 2011.

Seminars at Heart of Life Spirituality Centre

Posted in Retreats & Seminars - August 10, 2011