An article in the Independent titled “Holidays: the Appeal of Silence” summarizes the growing interest in retreat settings:
Monasteries and convents are reporting a surge in enquiries for their “tester” long weekends, where spiritually-hungry visitors can sample a life of silence. Secular retreat centres are also booming. And on the internet, would-be hermits can now book solitude by the week.
Mentions Father Cyril, novice master of the Carthusian St. Hugh’s Charterhouse in England and Canadian Anglican priest Cynthia Bourgeault.
URL: http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/holidays-the-appeal-of-silence-1631232.html