Church Times Stop Press for Launde Abbey 16 April 2009

The importance of the Save Launde Abbey Appeal became clear as the April edition of the Church Times stopped the press to squeeze a small, but extremely important article into its columns. The message simply reads

'Seeking Support: health and safety regulations mean that the retreat house Launde Abbey, in Leicestershire, need to raise £1 million by the end of September for renovation work'

Thank you Church Times. 

Launde Abbey Featured in The Times 16 April 2009

A spiritual retreat in Leicestershire

Why not head to an abbey and try a spiritual spa or a spot of 'internal tourism' - it is Holy Week after all.

Somehow I got it into my head that this was going to be a silent retreat, with not a syllable spoken: - a potential challenge for interviews. A whole new world of Marcel Marceau journalism seemed to loom ahead.

In the event it was silent (for some of us) only during meals at Launde Abbey, the Leicestershire retreat centre near Melton Mowbray. Almost hidden in a landscaped park, it lurks down twisting, hawthorn-hedged lanes that become narrower by the half-mile. Sheep graze in the park, geese bustle around the ponds; the only noise is birdsong. Idyllic? Absolutely.

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