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Desert Retreats
Participants: 35-40 Members of L’Arche from around the world
Project timeline: 11 days of formation per retreat
Participants: 35-40 Members of L’Arche from around the world
Project timeline: 11 days of formation per retreat

What it is
- An opportunity for 35-40 members of L’Arche communities to gather together at L’Arche Trosly, the founding L’Arche community, for eleven days of guided inner reflection.
- Long-term leaders in L’Arche guide the participants.
- Participants spend the majority of the time in silent reflection, which is interspersed by intentional times of small group sharing and one-on-one guidance.
- Themes often include: understanding and living your mission, transformative effects of mutual relationship in L’Arche, navigating the challenges associated with life in community, reconciliation, and more.
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"The retreat has reached me... in the depths of my being. Thank you!” - Wendy, Desert Retreats Participant
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