Sisters of Saint Andrew

Tuesday Meditative Evening Prayer including Taizé Chants
2024-11-26 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-01-28 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-02-25 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-03-25 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-04-29 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-05-27 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-06-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-09-30 19:00 - 20:30 UTC and 3 more dates | St Andrew’s, 99 Belmont Hill, Lewisham, SE13 5DY, United Kingdom
The time of prayer begins at 7.30 pm and lasts until about 8.30 pm.
At 7.00 pm there is a song practice, for those who wish.

After the prayer, quiet music is played in the chapel. People are welcome to stay and pray silently and leave quietly when ready.
You are welcome to join the sisters for refreshments in the ground floor meeting room.

There is no need to book, all are welcome.

Every last Tuesday of the month, except July, August and December.

Advent Quiet Day
2024-11-30 10:00 - 16:00 | St Andrew’s, 99 Belmont Hill, Lewisham, SE13 5DY, United Kingdom
A Day of Prayer and Reflection
‘‘From Advent to Christmas’

With Sister Christiane
Arrivals from 10am for a 10.30 start finishing at 4pm
Please bring a packed lunch
Suggested donation: £ 20 – £ 30

For the Feast of St Andrew, the Sisters invite you to their Open Afternoon
2024-12-01 14:30 - 17:30 | St Andrew’s, 99 Belmont Hill, Lewisham, SE13 5DY, United Kingdom
Come any time between 2.30pm and 5.30pm
Enjoy * Relax * Spend time together * Games *
Mini Craft Market * Refreshments
4.30 – 5.00pm Prayer with the community
Train: Lewisham or Blackheath. Bus 54, 89 or 108 Stop at St Margaret
Church/Brandram Road. Car park available.
No need to book. Everybody welcome! If you know you will be coming please let us know.

Tuesday Meditative Evening Prayer including Taizé Chants * Advent
2024-12-10 19:00 - 20:30 | St Andrew’s, 99 Belmont Hill, Lewisham, SE13 5DY, United Kingdom

Epiphany Retreat
2025-01-05 08:00 - 2025-01-14 17:00 | St Andrew’s, 99 Belmont Hill, Lewisham, SE13 5DY, United Kingdom
A Silent Retreat with personal accompaniment
(Individually Guided Retreat)
Between Sunday 5 January 5pm and Tuesday 14 January morning
Come for a minimum of two nights or up to an 8-Day Retreat.
Suggested donation: £40 – £70 per 24 hours (self-catering only)
Early booking essential. Please book before 20th December 2024
Contact us about your retreat and once we have confirmed that there is a place, please fill this form to book.

Steeping Stones into Silence
2025-02-14 17:00 - 2025-02-16 17:00 | St Andrew’s, 99 Belmont Hill, Lewisham, SE13 5DY, United Kingdom
A silent retreat with personal accompaniment (Individually Guided Retreat) Friday 5pm to Sunday 5pm.
Self-Catering only.

‘Keeping Track of Lent’
2025-03-15 10:00 - 16:00 | St Andrew’s, 99 Belmont Hill, Lewisham, SE13 5DY, United Kingdom
A Quiet Day offering stillness and prayerful spaces in which to notice the ‘Waymarks’ of the Lenten journey, tracing a path within the movements of light and shade of this season which culminates in Holy Week and Easter.
Using the art materials provided, it is not necessary to have any artistic skill or to have had any previous art experience, you are just invited to reflect and respond visually, making simple marks or images, noticing where you find yourself to be now, and using Ignatian ‘trail markers’, or praying methods, to equip and enable you to receive more of Lent.
Arrival 10 am for 10.30 am start. Ends 4pm. Please bring a packed lunch.
Suggested donation £25-£40
Mary Chamberlin is an experienced Spiritual Director/Accompanier having trained on the London Course in Ignatian Spirituality and the Art of Spiritual Direction. She worked as an Art Therapist in Adult Mental Health in the NHS and values the use of art making processes to access and explore thoughts and feelings that may be hard to articulate in a purely verbal way.

Three days of silent prayer and reflection at the beginning of Holy Week
2025-04-13 17:00 - 2025-04-17 10:00
From Sunday 13 April 5pm until Maundy Thursday 17 April 10am.
At 10 am every morning there will be an introduction to prayer, reflection and silence. At 6.30pm you are welcome to join the Evening Prayer of the community in the Chapel. With Sister Christiane and Sister Regula.
Self-catering only.
Suggested donation: £160 – £180 (for the full retreat)

Consider the Lilies
2025-05-10 10:00 - 16:00
A day to celebrate the beauty of Creation
This day will be an opportunity to ‘stand still and learn to be astonished’ (in the words of American poet, Mary Oliver) by the abundance of God’s love in nature. There will be opportunities for personal space and silence, and to explore the beautiful wild garden of the Sisters of St Andrew. Bring clothes and shoes appropriate to the weather forecast!
The day will be facilitated by Mary Lean, who is a writer, editor and spiritual director, living in Oxford.
10 arrivals, 10.30 start, 4.00pm end.
Suggested donation £25 – £40
Please bring a packed lunch.
Contact us before filling your online booking form, Thank you.

Journeying with Icons has been postponed to 2026
2025-05-23 17:00 - 2025-05-26 15:00 | St Andrew’s, 99 Belmont Hill, Lewisham, SE13 5DY, United Kingdom
postponed to 2026
A themed silent retreat.
From Friday 23, 5pm to Monday 26, 3pm
Suggested donation: £120-£210
We will take space and time to rest and deepen our relationship with God. Each morning at 10 am there will be an input introducing one or two icons to feed the day of prayer and silence. In the evening, there will be a time of sharing (optional) and a meditative worship at 6.30pm. With Sister Marie-Christine
Sister Marie-Christine is a sister of St Andrew and a member of the team helping with receiving guests, leading retreats and giving spiritual accompaniment. Praying with art is part of her spirituality.
Please contact us before filling your online booking form.

Sacred Sculptor
2025-06-14 10:00 - 16:00 | St Andrew’s, 99 Belmont Hill, Lewisham, SE13 5DY, United Kingdom
A quiet day using the sculpture of Imogen Stuart, a German by birth. She lived in Ireland most of her life and was deeply influenced by Celtic spirituality. She produced work for many churches throughout Ireland.
The day will be led by Kathleen O Sullivan an Ignatian accompanier with Celtic roots.
10 arrivals, 10.30 start, 4.00pm end.
Suggested donation £25 – £40
Please bring a packed lunch.
Contact us before filling your online booking form, Thank you.

An Urban Oasis Silent Retreat
2025-07-27 17:00 - 2025-08-05 10:00
A silent retreat with personal accompaniment (Individually Guided Retreat). 3 to 8-Day retreat. 2 nights minimum.
Self catering only.

Stewardship and/or Kinship
2025-09-27 10:00 - 16:00 | St Andrew’s, 99 Belmont Hill, Lewisham, SE13 5DY, United Kingdom
Exploring and praying our relationship with Creation.
A Quiet Day in the Season of Creation.
With Sister Regula.
10 arrivals, 10.30 start, 4.00pm end.
Suggested donation £25 – £40
Please bring a packed lunch.
Contact us before filling your online booking form, Thank you.

Stepping Stones into Silence
2025-10-24 17:00 - 2025-10-26 17:00
A silent retreat with personal accompaniment (Individually Guided Retreat) Friday 5pm to Sunday 5pm.
Self catering only.

The Drama Triangle and the Winner's Triangle
2025-11-08 10:00 - 16:00 | St Andrew’s, 99 Belmont Hill, Lewisham, SE13 5DY, United Kingdom
During this workshop we will first reflect and get more familiar with the three roles of the drama triangle: rescuer, victim, persecutor and the three roles of the winner’s triangle: responsible, vulnerable, assertive. We will then look at how these roles are at play in relationships in the gospel and in our lives.
With Sister Christiane
10 arrivals, 10.30 start, 4.00pm end.
Suggested donation £25 – £40
Please bring a packed lunch.
Contact us before filling your online booking form, Thank you.

For the Feast of St Andrew, the Sisters invite you to their Open Afternoon
2025-11-30 14:30 - 17:30 | St Andrew’s, 99 Belmont Hill, Lewisham, SE13 5DY, United Kingdom
Unfortunately, we had to cancel the Open Afternoon 2025.
Come any time between 2.30pm and 5.30pm
Enjoy * Relax * Spend time together * Games *
Mini Craft Market * Refreshments
4.30 – 5.00pm Prayer with the community
Train: Lewisham or Blackheath. Bus 54, 89 or 108 Stop at St Margaret
Church/Brandram Road. Car park available.
No need to book. Everybody welcome! If you know you will be coming please let us know.

Anticipating Hope
2025-12-06 10:00 - 16:00 | St Andrew’s, 99 Belmont Hill, Lewisham, SE13 5DY, United Kingdom
A quiet day to reflect on the promise of hope in Advent.
This day will be an opportunity to step aside from the business of life and reflect on and pray with the themes of Advent, especially that of waiting, of hope and of finding light in the deepest darkness. There will be opportunities for personal space and silence. The day will be facilitated by Sheelagh Daly, who is a counsellor and spiritual director, living in Blackheath.
10 arrivals, 10.30 start, 4.00pm end.
Suggested donation £25 – £40
Please bring a packed lunch.
Contact us before filling your online booking form, Thank you.

Tuesday Meditative Evening Prayer including Taizé Chants
2026-01-27 19:30

SABBATH
2026-01-31 10:00 - 16:00
With Sheelagh Daly, counsellor and spiritual director

A day to reflect on what Sabbath means to us:

A chance to recharge our batteries? An act of witness against a culture that values busyness above all things?
Arrival 10am for a 10.30am start. Ends 4pm.

Please bring a packed lunch

Suggested donation: £25 – £40
Please book in advance.
To book, contact us at : welcome@sisters-of-st-andrew.com

Stepping Stones into Silence
2026-02-06 17:00 - 2026-02-08 17:00
A silent retreat with personal accompaniment (Individually Guided Retreat)
Friday 5pm to Sunday 5pm.
Arriving Friday 6 to Sunday 8th February 2026
Donation £80-£140 (residential, self-catering only)
For more information and booking, please contact us by email: welcome@sisters-of-st-andrew.com
