Savio House is a residential centre for young people aged 14-25 who want to develop their awareness of their own unique story, their gifts and their direction in life. It provides programmes for searching experience through adventure, conversation and stillness. It reaches beneath the normal level of awareness by using the images and stories of the Gospels and invites young people, as far as they are ready, to experience the mystery present at the centre of their lives.
The centre is staffed with a youth team and is set in stunning scenery in the foothills of the Pennine Hills between Buxton and Macclesfield. Savio is also the base for Salesian Youth Ministry in the UK and hosts many other branches of the Salesian network through the year. It is a place of friendship and hospitality.
Groups wanting to engage with Savio need to get in touch with Fiona fiona@saviohouse.org.uk
For more information and retreat photos please visit http://www.virtualsavio.com/
Most Recent Savio Stories
Volunteering Page!
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 closely with Brettargh Holt, the retreat centre of the Salesian sisters, so the opportunity to volunteer at this centre is also advertised. (more…)
Three Islands Meeting
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 have answers, but it is a place where we can search and explore our questions. (more…)
CYMFed: A Prophetic Voice In Our Midst
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 the reassurance that we are not the only ones working with and for young people in our country. It was also a chance to learn more about the vision for CYMFed and how they want us to be a part of that vision. (more…)
Fresh Ideas at Savio House!
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 up to date and accommodate young people in the best way possible.
The chance for our creativeness as a team to show was given when Battersea were about to arrive. It was decided that we were going to create a new retreat specifically designed with Battersea in mind, looking at the needs of what forty 15 year old lads would want to do. With an initial concept given to us by Fr Bernard and Jess ‘Our Home’ was ready to be developed. (more…)
‘Snow Stopping Savio Volunteers
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 Oliver, and Polly Witter with Fr Martin Coyle SDB (Rector) and Jessica Wilkinson (Retreat Team Leader) arrived on Sunday 3rd January, the second day of the event, due to heavy snow preventing the team from travelling on the Saturday, when the conference was scheduled to start. This unfortunately meant that they missed two of the three talks delivered by the events key speaker, Monsignor Mark Crisp, which explored the theme of the weekend, “God Speaks”. (more…)
