Category Archives: Savio House

Back to the Future

By admin | Published: 28/02/2013

22nd-25th November Back to the Future took place at Savio House in Bollington, UK. Although the weather was wet and a little cold the participants were full of life, energy and enthusiasm to explore the idea of taking their voluntary experiences and building the future. 25 Participants from 8 countries took part. We were pleased [...]

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Easter Retreat 2013

By admin | Published: 28/01/2013

If you are interested in taking part in this retreat, then attached below, is the booking form. If you have any questions about the retreat then please contact Sue: sue@salesianyouthministy.org.uk Easter 2013 Booking Form

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Volunteering Page!

By admin | Published: 14/07/2011

A new section of the website is launched today, a section which hopes to promote the volunteering opportunities that the Salesians have available. The main ways to volunteer with the Salesians of Don Bosco are through BOVA (which offers an overseas volunteering experience) and at Savio House (a year of retreat work). Savio House works [...]

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Three Islands Meeting

By Megan Russell | Published: 28/06/2011

After the success of the 3-Islands meeting in Bollington last year, the Youth Ministry teams of the British, Irish and Maltese Provinces descended upon Maynooth for a weekend of sharing and learning. The working motif for the weekend was ‘a journey to, in and from the desert’, as in the desert, our questions may not [...]

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CYMFed: A Prophetic Voice In Our Midst

By Jess Barnett | Published: 08/04/2011

CYMFed is “a prophetic voice in our midst.” A bold statement to make about a national congress that’s only in it’s early years, but is it true? I would argue yes. The meeting in Euston on Saturday 12th March was, for me, a very powerful experience, not only for the key note speakers, but for [...]

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Fresh Ideas at Savio House!

By Gina Hindley | Published: 31/03/2011

It has been an exciting year at Savio so far.  With a completely new team (except for Fr Bernard and Fr Graham) the want and need for development has really taken off.  Since September members of the team have been coming up with new retreat ideas and ways to develop existing retreats to bring them [...]

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‘Snow Stopping Savio Volunteers

By Daniel Antonio | Published: 27/01/2010

The volunteers of Savio House, Bollington, kicked 2010 off in style when they took a trip to The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, earlier this month to join volunteers from Catholic Youth Ministry Centres from all around the country to take part in the annual Volunteers‟ Gathering. Daniel Antonio, Chloe Ceirns, Amy Flood, Jonny Dearden, Judy [...]

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Festival Sanctus

By Sam Brewin | Published: 12/11/2009

This summer, a week after I left the Savio House retreat team, I headed down south and arrived at the Sion Community‘s base in Brentwood, Essex to pitch my tent in their garden and join a hundred or so others for ―Festival Sanctus‖; a week of worship, teaching, food, prayer, small group discussions and of [...]

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Celebrating Salesian Volunteering in Pictures

By admin | Published: 23/04/2009
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Celebrating Salesian Volunteering!

By Scott Fitzgerald | Published: 22/04/2009

On the 16th until the 18th of January, Savio House hosted the “Celebrating Salesian Volunteering” Weekend. I was lucky enough to have the time to go, along with Carmela, my wife. We were quite late and arrived in the middle of the evening social at 11pm (I say the middle, it was just beginning!). The [...]

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