by Nicola Pitt | May 25, 2024 | Latest News
Latest News Campfire’s new gift shop 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 for all to enjoy. We have t-shirts available for $30 each (or...
by Nicola Pitt | May 20, 2024 | Latest News
Latest News Presents from a path of presence 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 the Sacred Centre”. The week was...
by Nicola Pitt | May 16, 2024 | Latest News
Latest News Poem by Dominica 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 my heart moving, at a quickening pace! I first came for a campfire...
by Nicola Pitt | Apr 20, 2024 | Latest News
Latest News Why we became oblates 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 of the Cauvery River learning to say our mantra and listening to the...
by Nicola Pitt | Apr 12, 2024 | Latest News
Latest News Benedictines at the Billabong 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 is characterised by dry sandy creek beds, giant ranges of...
