Programs & Events

Silence will be our teacher during these days of solitude in the land, forest and shoreline of Galilee retreat Centre. You are invited to set time apart to enter the silent land of Divine Mystery, allowing for inward-facing, heart-opening spaciousness. Held in the companioning presence of each other we will “sit in the tension of the Dark and the Light in ourselves and in our world”.

Date: Monday, November 2, 2026 Time: 10:30 am All are warmly invited to a commemorative All Souls Day Mass at De Mazenod Chapel, Galilee Centre, on November 2 at 10:30 a.m. Father David Perrin will preside as we remember and pray for deceased members of the Galilee Community. Praying for the deceased members of our … Read More!

(This is a community led event hosted at Galilee Centre) This retreat is created to offer widows a gentle and welcoming space where peace, connection, and healing can be found. It is a time to be surrounded by support, reminded that you are not alone, and to share in comfort with others who understand. Dates: … Read More!

(This is a community program hosted at Galilee Centre) What cannot always be spoken can still be made. Join us as we learn how to return to ourselves through art and storytelling. Using Art, recovery, and the stories we carry without words. Join us for a Transformative Art Therapy Retreat for Addiction & Recovery with facilitator … Read More!

A unique and interactive experience for people who have entered their older adult years (over 40!), and are noticing subtle whisperings of soul; perhaps stronger desires to go within and new desires beckoned by the horizon of their furthest decades. 

You are invited to spend an Advent Day in quiet reflection, group prayer and meditation, with time to walk the land of Galilee or indoor labyrinth, journal and rest. This retreat day will include the Contemplative practice of Lectio Divina, receiving nourishment from the Advent scripture readings.

Wonder is the foundation of a spiritual life. Explore how experiences of awe and beauty in nature ground us, deepen our spiritual awareness, and awaken our care for the earth.

This winter we invite you to pause – amidst the noise and busyness of life – and come away to a protected sacred space with time for rest, reflection, and renewal.

This Lenten Retreat will visit the original meanings of crucifixion to reinform what we understand about the cross and to renew its revolutionary properties. 

Save the Date for our Holy Week Day Retreat led by Susan Kehoe: March 23, 10am-4pm (lunch included). More details coming soon.

Register your interest for Galilee’s annual 7-Day Preached & 7-Day Directed Retreats. Sunday, July 18 – Saturday, July 24, 2027

This is a community event hosted at Galilee Centre. Friday Mornings 10:00-11:00 AM Facilitator: Christin Smith Yin Yoga is a quiet, calming practice to help balance today’s fast and at times stressful world filled with over stimulation. Here you settle down into fewer passive postures for longer periods of time. Poses are primarily done seated or laying … Read More!