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Programme for 2011
Download the full programme here
OPEN HOUSE @ losOlivos |
Courses
Price includes course fees, accommodation and full board.
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| Dec 31 - Jan 2 | New Year's Special A special break for those who wish to welcome in the new year in Sierra Nevada. Including a new year´s eve party at losOlivos and organised walks in the park. (Open House days can be added either side of this break). |
€250 (DB) €300 (IN) |
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| Feb 1-25 | Eco-Holidays Come to relax and enjoy losOlivos in this fun, olive picking holiday. It includes work in the farm (4 hours/day), a weekly visit to an olive oil mill and Spanish home cooked meals. |
€40 per night |
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| Feb 25-28 | "Landscapes of Andalucia" Creative Retreat Creative retreat with Carmen Vargas aimed at beginners who wish to learn the basics of acrylic painting, from composition to colours and painting. You will be able to paint both a still life of your choice and a personal landscape in the natural park. No painting experience required. Led by Pitti Vargas. |
€225 (DB) |
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| March 7-11 | The Al'Andalus Experience Photographic holiday with Guy Wynter capturing Christian and Islamic art and architecture in the Granada area. Including photographic tours of the Alhambra Palace and the Alpujarras white villages. No photography experience required. Just bring your digital camera and have some fun. |
€340 (DB) €370 (IN) |
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| March 14-18 | Christ in 3D A lent creative retreat with Jorge Conde and Daniel Muñoz exploring the person of Jesus in three dimensions: artistic, historical and spiritual. Includes painting a 3D relieve depicting an aspect of the passion story using traditional polychrome technique. No painting experience required. |
€320 (DB) €350 (IN) |
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| March 21-27 | The Art of Decision Making Discover how to make good decisions in life using some well-tested spiritual principles from the ancient source of Ignatian spirituality. Including workshops and one-to-one reflective sessions with spiritual director and transition coach Rosemary Moffat. |
€425 (DB) €475 (IN) |
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| April 18-24 | Enter the Passion A creative holy week retreat with Pitti Vargas and Daniel Muñoz. Including meditations on the passion of Christ, painting the story (paint your personal picture of the passion narrative), walking the journey (creating an interactive stations of the cross display), and a visit to Granada holy week processions. No painting experience necessary. |
€495 (DB) €550 (IN) |
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| May 2-6 | Ancient gifts for Modern Times Celtic Spirituality has seen a revival in interest in recent years. Some see this as escapism, but John Bell regards it as a well of spiritual and biblical insight into such diverse matters as personal prayer and global ecology. It revalues the vocation of God's laity and models how a truly ecumenical church is one in which world-wide connections enliven and deepen faith. |
€320 (DB) €350 (IN) |
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| May 9-13 | The Flavours of Andalucia A fun introduction to Spanish cooking, both traditional dishes and contemporary tapas (fusion cuisine). Including wine tasting in the Señorío de Nevada vineyard, a visit to an olive oil mill and food shopping in local markets. |
€340 (DB) €370 (IN) |
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| May 16-20 | Sea and Sierra Photographic holiday with Guy Wynter, including walking tours in the Sierra Nevada National Park, the Costa Tropical Cliffs and sunsets on Salobrena Beach. No photography experience required. Just bring your digital camera and have some fun. |
€340 (DB) €370 (IN) |
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| May 23-27 | Icons of Light A painting course for beginners who wish to learn the basics of icon painting. The course has two dimensions, spiritual and artistic. Participants will be able to choose a theme at the beginning of the week and to explore and develop it using basic skills in iconography. Led by Pitti Vargas. |
€300 (DB) €330 (IN) |
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| May 30 - June 3 | The Art of Sacred Spaces This course is aimed at creative people wishing to explore the use of art in the planning and creation of special spaces for contemplation (prayer gardens, meditation rooms, quiet chapels). It includes visits to special sites in the area and the creation of sacred spaces at Los Olivos. Led by Linda Scott. |
€320 (DB) €350 (IN) |
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June 6-10 St John of the Cross month |
Poetry through Flamenco A retreat-holiday with Daniel Muñoz exploring the spirituality of John of the Cross through poetry, music and personal space for reflection. John's poems will be interpreted in open-air, candle-light flamenco performances. Optional flamenco dance workshops will be available for those interested in learning the basics at an additional cost. |
€320 (DB) €350 (IN) |
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June 13-17 St John of the Cross month |
Poetry in Stone A creative retreat with Daphne Tengbergen and Daniel Muñoz exploring key themes in the poetry of John of the Cross through led meditations, silent prayer and sculpture (stone carving). No sculpting experience required. |
€320 (DB) €350 (IN) |
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June 20-24 St John of the Cross month |
Poetry as Spirituality An exploration of some of the best known poems of John of the Cross with the author of "Songs in the Night", Colin Thompson. This is a great introduction for those who wish to learn more about the poetry and spirituality of the Spanish mystic. |
€320 (DB) €350 (IN) |
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| Sept 5-9 | The Ancient Path of Intimacy A special retreat with Anglican priest and artist Ernesto Lozada based on his recent book “Five Stones and A Burnt Stick”. Ernesto will lead a series of daily spiritual explorations and meditations using our imagination, creativity and various spiritual disciplines on the theme of intimacy with God and intimacy with others. |
€320 (DB) €350 (IN) |
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| Sept 12-16 | Sustaining the
Sacred Centre This week offers time and space to glimpse God through a variety of writings including our own. Come and be inspired by poetry both ancient and modern, written wisdom, and creative space. A creative retreat with Archdeacon Karen Gorham (Diocese of Oxford). |
€320 (DB) €350 (IN) |
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| Sept 19-23 | The Flavours of Andalucia A fun introduction to Spanish Cooking, of both traditional style dishes and contemporary tapas (fusion cuisine). Including wine tasting in the Señorío de Nevada vineyard, a visit to an olive oil mill and food shopping in local markets. |
€340 (DB) €370 (IN |
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| Oct 10-14 | Discover the leader within you A time of theological reflection and conversation for Christian leaders. Experienced leadership coach and mentor Keith Lamdin (principal of one of the UK's leading centres for leadership training) will facilitate fun and interesting sessions to help you explore the sort of leader you are and how you can become more effective in your own leadership. |
€320 (DB) €350 (IN) |
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| Oct 17-31 | Eco-Holidays Come to relax and enjoy losOlivos in this fun, almond picking holiday. It includes work on the farm (4 hours/day) and Spanish home cooked meals. Including the possibility to learn special almond based recipes. |
€40 per night |
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| Dec 3-6 | Passion & Fire:
San Juan de la Cruz through flamenco Special retreat exploring some of John of the Cross´ best poems, through prayer, reflection and flamenco dance and music. Retreat in Spanish only. |
€225 (DB) €250 (IN) |
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