A wall calendar on a wooden door, marked with neat ink crosses on feast days and red ink for retreats.
In the diary

A quiet year. Sit at the back if you like.

All events are at Sarum College in the Salisbury Cathedral Close, unless otherwise marked. Public services are free. Retreats and study circles carry small fees; bursaries are available for those who would otherwise be priced out.

Weekly & regular

Things that happen every week.

TueWeekly

Compline at Eight — sung public evening prayer

20:00 · Sarum College Chapel · No booking · One candle · Free

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Monin term

"Reading the Rule slowly" — a study circle

19:30 · Powell Room · 8 evenings · £20 / £8 conc. · Booking required

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Satmonthly

Oblates' day — for current oblates and serious enquirers

09:30–16:00 · 4 Saturdays a year · Free · Oblates only · By letter

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Coming weeks

Spring & early summer 2026.

21May

Ascensiontide silent retreat — three nights

Thu evening – Sun lunch · Full board · £204 standard · 6 places

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02Jun

"Reading the Rule slowly" — Trinity term opens

Mondays through July · 19:30 · Powell Room · £20 / £8 conc.

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21Jun

"The Dawn Office" — single-day study at midsummer

Saturday · 07:00 Lauds · 18:00 close · £45 inc. lunch · Open to all

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11Jul

The Feast of Saint Benedict — Solemn Mass & lunch

Friday · 11:00 Mass (open) · 13:00 lunch (£15) · book lunch only

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Later in the year

Autumn & the long nights.

11Sep

Holy Cross silent retreat — five nights

Fri evening – Wed lunch · £340 standard · Bursaries available

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09Oct

The 2026 Gregory Dix Memorial Lecture — Prof. Sarah Coakley

Thursday · 18:30 · Salisbury Cathedral Chapter House · Free, ticketed · Drinks after

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01Nov

All Saints' Day Solemn Eucharist

Sunday · 11:00 Mass · Open to all · No booking

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21Nov

Advent retreat — six nights, in deep silence

Sat – Fri · £420 standard · 5 places · Application by letter

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24Dec

Christmas Eve — First Mass of the Nativity (Midnight)

23:30 Vigil · 00:00 Mass · Open to all · No booking

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28Jan ’27

Candlemas single-day retreat — "Light in the Darkest Month"

Wednesday 09:30 – 17:00 · £45 inc. lunch · 12 places

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A word about Compline at Eight

If you can only come once a year, come on a Tuesday.

It is the simplest service of our week. About twenty minutes. The chapel is small; sit anywhere. You may bring a child, or arrive late, or leave halfway through. There is one candle, and we shall be there next week too.