Guild of St Clare Spring Sewing Retreat 2027 at Kairos Centre

A retreat with the Traditional Mass where participants make and mend vestments. The mission of the Guild of St Clare is to assist priests who celebrate the Traditional Mass by repairing vestments and undertaking commissions for vestments and liturgical furnishings. The Sewing Retreat is an opportunity to form a community of people around the Traditional Mass who are keen to help in this work, while enjoying the benefits and graces of the devotions and spiritual conferences from our chaplain. The schedule is a fairly relaxed one, to allow plenty of time for sewing and discussion, and the weekend works best when all retreatants attend as many as possible of the sewing sessions, talks and most importantly, the Mass. The Guild is affiliated to the Latin Mass Society. What kind of sewing we do The greater part of our work consists of repairs to vestments: stitching trim back into place, for example, or patching holes in worn-out silks. We also occasionally make vestments from scratch to commission, sometimes first creating our own patterns when needed. The work ranges from very easy sewing indeed to an intermediate standard. No one need be put off owing to lack of experience! About the liturgy Our chaplain celebrates Traditional Low Mass (1962 Missal, Latin) each of the three days. We also have daily Rosary, we say Compline each evening, and have Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament on the Saturday. It is our considered view that the quiet contemplative spirituality of Low Mass is best suited to the devotional nature of the Retreat.