The Shoes of the Father

• Sanctum Retreat Centre - Monday to Friday, May 5-9, 2025
• Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre - Monday to Friday, May 12-16, 2025 

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Retreat begins on Monday at 6:30 pm with dinner and will end on the Friday with breakfast. You will need to bring your alb, stole, and breviary. 

Register online now

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COST: $475.00. Please have your parish issue the cheque payable to the retreat centre you have registered with. 

• Please bring the parish cheque with you, do not mail it in. 
• No-show registrants will still be charged the full amount.​

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• DIOCESAN PRIESTS:
  Please be reminded of the Diocesan Policy (applicable to Diocesan Priests only); that you are required to attend an Annual Diocesan Retreat. To attend an annual retreat elsewhere requires the permission of the Bishop and notification to the Chancellor as to the date and place of such a retreat.
  
• RETIRED DIOCESAN PRIESTS AND PRIESTS NOT IN PARISH MINISTRY:
  If registering for one of the retreats, please indicate on the form so that the cheque may be issued for your registration.
  
• RELIGIOUS PRIESTS:
  ​Priests who are members of Religious Communities are also welcome to take advantage of these retreats. The Order is responsible for the registration fee of retired religious priests.

Retreat Master

Bishop Gary Gordon
Bishop of Victoria

Bishop Gary Michael Gordon was born on June 10, 1957, in Vancouver, British Columbia. He attended Christ the King Seminary in Mission, British Columbia; Resurrection College in Waterloo, Ontario; and St. Peter’s Seminary in London, Ontario, where he graduated in 1982. Bishop Gary was ordained to the priesthood on May 22, 1982, by Archbishop James Carney at his home parish, St. Francis de Sales, Burnaby. On June 14, 2014, Pope Francis appointed Most Reverend Gary Gordon as the 17th Bishop of Victoria.