Everyman

The Retreat (1986x12)

Air date: Nov 02, 1986

Arthur Kirkby: a sculptor from, Merseyside is trying to cope with religious doubts. Peter: Distribution Manager for a small firm near Newcastle, needs to rethink his priorities at home and at work. Elizabeth: hopes to find the spiritual resources to face her cancer. All of them go on retreat. For five days at St Beuno's College, North Wales, they follow St Ignatius's spiritual exercises, a blend of devotion and psychological exploration. The aim is 'to enable them to distinguish between their positive and creative feelings and their negative and destructive ones'. Peter, Arthur and Elizabeth speak frankly and movingly about what it is like to be exposed to five days of silence and solitude in search of the will of God.