A total of 20 spirituality houses reopen their doors this summer with preventive measures due to the pandemic
12 Jul A total of 20 spirituality houses reopen their doors this summer with preventive measures due to the pandemic
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A total of 20 houses of spirituality in the diocese reopen their doors this summer to welcome all those people who want to spend a few days of prayer, maintaining preventive measures due to the pandemic.
Some of these houses offer spiritual exercises and retreats programmed by the religious, which allow you to share your daily activities with them, always consulting in advance the conditions, such as maximum number of people, hygienic measures or minimum stays that in some cases remain in force due to the pandemic.
Among these houses is La Purísima in Alaquás with a coexistence house for groups. They organize spiritual exercises led by Jesuits but this year it will only open in July for scheduled exercises. In Alcoi there is the Baradello de Moya, a house of spirituality and youth ministry for camps and gatherings.
Santa María de Gratia Dei is in Benaguasil with extensive camping facilities. They offer guided tours to learn about the monastery, its connection to the history of Valencia, and the life and work of the Cistercian sisters, with a tasting of the artisan products they make. Also in Benaguasil is the Nuestra Señora de Montiel Sanctuary guarded by the Capuchin Tertiaries.
Near Gandía is the house of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with a small house, dining rooms, classrooms and chapels. The Santo Espíritu del Monte house is in Gilet, located in the Calderona mountain range in an area suitable for walks, hiking and mountaineering.
In Godella there is the Abbey of San José, with facilities for events, it has hostels and also a chapel. In Godelleta there is the “Don Bosco” Salesian exercise house, located 25 kilometers from Valencia, which can be used as a venue for cultural visits.
The diocesan house Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles is located in Cabo de San Antonio in Jávea. This year it will be open in July. In Lliria there is the La Salle center for groups of coexistence, training courses, exercises, camps and celebrations. With “farm-school” and swimming pool. In L’Olleria is the Monastery of the Patron Saints of Europe of the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará.
Also in Moncada, Ontinyent, El Puig, Serra or Siete Aguas
In Moncada is the Casa Madre de Dios de las Obreras de la Cruz and it is located seven kilometers from Valencia. Also in Moncada there is also the Francisca Mother House where the Franciscans of the Immaculate open for groups, associations, parishes and educational centers.
Belonging to the Workers of the Cross in Ontinyent is “Tots Vent”, a camping area that has a living room, dining room, showers, swimming pool and sports court. The Virgen de la Paz Hostel in La Cañada in Paterna of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary offers a place for meeting, coexistence and celebrations near Valencia.
El Puig la Lloma is a meeting place for training, cultural exchange, coexistence, and rest. It is located at the foot of the Sierra Calderona and is a retreat and coexistence house of the Opus Dei. The Barefoot Carmelite Monastery of Santa Teresa and San José is located in the heart of the Sierra Calderona natural park, in Serra. They have an inn and prayer house. It consists of several rooms, a living room and a kitchen where everyone prepares their own food.
The Missionary Fraternity of Verbum Dei offers in Siete Aguas a privileged place of silence in the middle of nature for spiritual exercises, days of desert, spiritual retreats, coexistence, meetings, spiritual accompaniment, schools of the Word and schools of prayer. With several chapels and rooms for groups.
The House of the Dominicans of Torrent is for retreats, spiritual exercises, weekends, religious and cultural meetings. Surrounded by pine forests and recreation areas, it meets the conditions for personal and group prayer. Belonging to the San Pascual Baylón parish of Valencia is the Nuestra Señora de Aguas Blancas house in Viver. The accommodation is divided into rooms and a camping area. It has a swimming pool and sports fields.
