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Tune into ABC Radio National's 'Soul Search' program this week to hear Donna Mulhearn interviewed by Meredith Lake while she was recently here in Alice Springs...

We now have a small gift shop inside the retreat centre, so that visitors can take home a memento with them! All proceeds go to keeping Campfire a beautiful place...

by Sarah Bishop.  What follows are vignettes and reflections from a pilgrim at the recent Campfire retreat "Exploring the Pilgrim Path of the Labyrinth - A call to...

Campfire in the Heart, well where do I start? A summary would sound tart, yet I want to speak from my heart… My first touch with the flame, of this special placeGot...

It was in Shantivanam, Fr Bede Griffith’s ashram in India, that we learned of Christian mediation over thirty years ago. Each morning and evening we sat on the banks...

In July 2023, 14 oblates from around Australia responded to a call to be pilgrims at Alice Springs in Central Australia, on a national oblate retreat. This landscape...

Dear friends of Campfire in the Heart, Greetings from the Campfire community as we gradually transition to cooler weather and enter into a new season of retreat...

It was my delight to volunteer for a month at Campfire in the Heart in October 2023.  After attending a retreat there in July 2023 with our David’s Place community,...

Our hosts for the Pilgrimage to Alice Springs, Judi and Paul Taylor asked me to keep a journal of the happenings and movements for the week. I must say I enjoy...