Catholic Writer's Retreat in Walsingham
About this event
Come away for a few days to create, write and pray...
A Catholic Writers' retreat in Walsingham
during the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham
Dates: Weds 23-Sun 27 September 2026
You are warmly invited by Justin and Charlotte Harmer to their Bed & Breakfast and home at The Old Bakehouse, Walsingham, for a Catholic Writers' retreat with our resident poet and bard, Sarah de Nordwall, leading the daily creative writing classes and offering one to one tuition.
Come and enkindle your writing gifts in a prayerful atmosphere in England's Nazareth, Be encouraged by fellowship with other Catholics and Christian writers and creatives while staying in our uniquely beautiful and enchanting Bed & Breakfast opposite the Abbey Grounds, where the Holy House of Our Lady was built by Angels, according to tradition, in 1061.
During the four-day retreat, Sarah will offer optional one to one tuition and conversation to help you develop your writing, whatever stage you are at. There will also be an optional daily creative writing class for those wishing to reawaken and deepen their gifts, or you may simply use the peaceful surroundings to make progress on your own writing project.
You will be warmly welcomed by your hosts:
Justin Harmer - professional singer and musician
Charlotte Harmer - professional painter, photographer and psychotherapist
Share the joy of an enchanting Catholic and creative household, where hospitality, beauty and faith come together to nourish both the soul and the imagination
Invitation from Sarah
"Words that connect with the power of the truth have never been more needed and many of them are still inside you, waiting to be revealed. For this process, you may just need a Bard!"
Testimonials
"Sarah is attuned to inner truth and she teaches us how to reach down and find that eternal spring within."
- Noel & Lynne Schorl, Annantée, Botten USA
"I would have paid Sarah double what she charged for this experience."
Chris Fleming, Poet, Calligrapher & Semiotician
"We can't fault The Old Bakehouse - it is utterly unique and refreshingly unusual. Beautiful surroundings and atmosphere. Lovely hosts who were completely natural and accommodating and genuine human beings."
Sophie
What's Included
Four nights' Bed & Breakfast
Fellowship with Catholic writers
Optional daily creative writing class
Optional 1:1 mentoring with Sarah
Daily Mass; Pilgrim Way walks; time for prayer
Cafes and pubs in the village or use of kitchenette to prepare meals
Two 3 course dinners at The Bakehouse
£675 per person or £500 per person if sharing in a double or twin
Charlotte Harmer 07958 235 270