What We Offer
Daily Mass and Prayer
Visitors and retreatants are welcome to join the Salesian Community for daily Mass, the recitation of Morning and Evening Prayer and meditation. Our programme occasionally various depending upon community commitments. Weekday morning programme commences at 7:3am in the school holidays.
Day | Time | Service |
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Sunday | 10:00am | Mass |
Monday and Tuesday | 7:30am | Mass, followed by Morning Prayer and Meditation |
Wednesday | 7:30am | Morning Prayer and Meditation |
Wednesday | 5:15pm | Mass |
Thursday and Friday | 7:30am | Morning Prayer and Meditation |
Saturday | 7:30am | Mass followed by Morning Prayer |
A venue for your own programme
Don Bosco is the ideal venue for youth, school and adult groups to conduct their own retreats, staff seminars and workshops, personal development activities, training programmes, leadership courses, etc. Whether you are conducting a one day or overnight programme, our facilities will suit groups of between 10 – 60 people, even more for single day activities.
Please see the Facilities section for information about our chapel, conference room, dining room, games room, accommodation options and other facilities. We can cater for you or you can self-cater.
Spiritual Direction
Spiritual direction is available. Please Contact Us for further details.
Retreat Facilitation
The Don Bosco Retreat Centre team is available to facilitate your retreat experience. We regularly facilitate sacramental preparation programmes for Catholic primary schools, as well as youth, young adult and adult retreats.
Please Contact Us to discuss your goals and ideas.
Retreats
We offer a wide range of retreats and seminars including our Triduum Retreat, preached retreats, youth retreat weekends, young adult retreat weekends, adult retreat weekends, and Salesian spirituality retreat weekends.
Salesian Studies Seminars
These seminars are designed for anyone interested in deepening their knowledge of St Francis de Sales, St John Bosco, St Maria Mazzarello, Salesian spirituality and the Salesian charism. We offer a sequential series of programmes devised to promote the progressive appreciation of the depth, beauty and richness of the Salesian tradition. We have submitted applications for these seminars to be used by teachers seeking accreditation to teach in a Catholic school and / or teach Religious Education in a Catholic school.