Vision

S.E.N.T. is a place where people from all walks of life come to seek God and to search for the spiritual in their lives. They come to a place many have called a 'thin place between heaven and earth'. Into this welcoming and safe environment, guests can explore their relationship with God, deepen their prayer life and grab spiritual respite from the busy world, either through retreat or a training course.  Sion Community has come to see that it is essential that retreatants should be warm, comfortable and well fed.

S.E.N.T. is a place of peace to be still in the presence of God and rediscover the power of his love, a place of song and joy to raise the roof in praise of his unconditional love. Our spacious and beautiful Chapel provides a focus for groups to encounter that stillness and reconnect with God through adoration or communal prayer. It is a sacred space, both part of the world, but away from its pressures, suffused with the light of Christ.

Through the generosity of the Sisters of Mercy we are the guardians of this spiritual treasure, and we wish to ensure its future within the Diocese of Brentwood and the wider community. Our vision for this wonderful resource is to both build on the past and take a leap into the future, helping individuals to grow in their faith, and equipping them for the journey now and for the days and years ahead.

S.E.N.T. continues the vision of those who came here in 1990, as a place of peace but also alive with the voices of all ages, whether it be the very young on family days, the youth on school retreat days or adults on individual or group retreats.  Here we can all come into the presence of God and rediscover the power of his love.