Pluscarden

Most people value their holidays as a time to unwind and relax. But holidays can be stressful too – delayed flights, cranky kids, crowded places all take their toll.

Spiritual Healing

A monastic retreat, on the other hand, offers not only a calm environment, but spiritual healing. Whether you decide simply to stay in a monastery for a few days, or to join an organised retreat, you’ll be refreshed and energised by the experience.

Pluscarden Abbey, in Scotland, was founded in the thirteenth century. Though like other monasteries in Britain it was disbanded at the Reformation, it returned to monastic use in 1948 when the owner of the buildings gave them to a community of monks. They’re still restoring the abbey.