On the 25th-26th of May 2011, a meeting was held in the Titus Brandsma Institute of Nijmegen (Netherlands) regarding a Carmelite retreat project. Sanny Bruijns (Neer), Charlo Camilleri (Mel) and Günter Benker (GerS) presented three retreat models, which emerged out of a formation context and inspired by the Carmelite retreat tradition, and were developed especially in the context of the Reform of Touraine. The three models were integrated together into one final model and discussed with Hein Blommestijn (Neer). It is hoped that in the near future the final model will be developed for the Order to be used in spiritual guidance and retreat work.

(photo: Carmelite Retreat Center in Mahwah, New Jesey)