Earth Centred Healing Retreat at Baga

Earth Centred Healing Retreat.

A wonderful opportunity to heal your body and refresh your spirit.
The Retreat will commence on the 27th Oct at 7:00pm and will end with lunch on the 31st Oct 2010 at Xavier Retreat House Baga. Registration is Rs 2000/- includes Board/ lodge/ course fees and handouts etc. First come , first served... dont miss this opportunity

Inner Freedom Retreats

Fr. Vijayanand conducts Inner Freedom Retreats where he helps the Retreatant to get in touch with their feelings. He helps the retreatant to heal the hurtful experiences that bind and dominate their lives. Many have shared their testimonies of how they have been healed, liberated and have returned back relaxed and free. Discover for yourself.

For further information call Fr. Vijayanand at 9561735199. or 0832 2276048

Legal Title

The Xavier Retreat House is a subsidiary unit of the Goa Xavier Company Pvt Ltd. The Company is also registered under the section 12A of the Income Tax 1961 and enjoys exemption under section 11 of the income Tax Act 1961. The Income Tax Permanent Account Number is AAACT6291R.



Accounts

Honouring the sacrificial giving of the donors, the accounts of the Xavier Retreat House are audited annually by a registered Charted Accountant and presented to the board of the Goa Xavier Company Pvt Ltd, for security and review

Target Groups:

• Programmes are offered for Lay people, neighbouring fisher-folk communities, individual families, Teachers, Students both studying as well as working, Religious both men/women, Diocesan Clergy, including Lay Organizations/groups, Parish groups, animators and Catechists etc
  

• The Programme and activities of the Retreat House are open to all, irrespective of religion, caste, creed or colour.

Objectives of the Xavier Retreat House

• To provide a base for spiritual renewal programmes, catering to a large number of people both lay and religious, truly fulfilling Fr. Le Telliers' dream.
• To support and collaborate with individuals, groups, organizations seeking better alternatives for character development and growth of individuals.
• to provide counseling, undertake mediation and conflict resolution and thereby help people cope with and resolve their problems.
• To guide the youth of today to the right path and to make them responsible citizens and leaders of tomorrow.
• To provide relief and charity to the needy.
  

Xavier Retreat House, Baga

The Xavier Retreat House located on the very Picturesque peninsular end of the Calangute shore was one of four retreat houses constructed by Fr. Adrian Le Tellier S.J., a Belgian Jesuit belonging to the Province of Kolkata. The other centres are in Mumbai, Mangalore and Goa.

Convinced that the Baga hillock was the ideal location for the Retreat House, Fr. Le Tellier made fervent appeals, coupled with public prayers and penance to convince Prof. Christovao Egypsy, who was the owner of the property, to donate the land for the purpose. He was able to start the construction of the project when providentially, his niece in Belgium joined the Carmelites and donated the money that had been assigned for her dowry (should she have married) for the building of the Retreat House. In fact, she was later permitted to visit Goa to see the fruit of her gift when it was in the process of coming up.

The Xavier Retreat House in fact, stands as a testimony to the wonderful community spirit of those times, with the local residents active and enthusiastic participants in the endeavour. In responce to Fr. Le Tellier's pleas, parishinors voluntarily carried a stone each time they came up to attend daily mass. By 1951, the Retreat House stood complete - a tribute to the skills and the materials used at that time, with an aura of prayer surrounding the place - indeed, a true labour of love and participation.

Subsequently, six rooms and a hall ( today know as the "Lower Hall") were added on by Fr Irineu Lobo, through funds donated by the Figueiredo family of Loutolim, in memory of Jose Philomeno Figueiredo, who drowned tragically at Canacona.

Today, the Xavier Retreat House serves as a base for spiritual renewal programmes, catering to a large number of people both lay and religious, truly fulfilling Fr. Le Tellier's noble dream.Keeping in mind this noble vision, the idea today behind the Retreat House is that every retreatant can start to build a new society when they begin putting right what is wrong in their own lives.