"COME TO ME, ALL YOU WHO LABOUR AND ARE BURDENED, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST." (MATTHEW 11:28)"

Welcome to Divine Retreat Centre!

The Divine Retreat Centre is blessed to receive you into the portals of our website, as we have been receiving God’s people over the last three decades at our retreat centre, week after week. The arms of God are ever open and welcoming to those who seek His face and His healing touch. Jesus as He walked this earth assured the multitudes who approached Him, “I will not send anyone who comes to me empty handed” (John 6:37). Indeed, everyone who came to Him experienced new life. As the Lord ascended, He commissioned His disciples to continue His mission in the power of the Holy Spirit. Under the direction of the Catholic Church, the Divine Retreat Centre has been graced by the Holy Spirit to be the open arms of the Lord to receive and convey the peace and healing of the Lord Jesus. We pray that as you browse through these pages, the healing Word and renewing power of the Lord will encourage and inspire you.

About Divine Retreat Centre

Divine Retreat Center, a Catholic retreat centre for the spiritual renewal of the people, is located in the peaceful, breathtaking setting, on the banks of the river Chalakudy in Kerala. It is run by the Fathers of the Vincentian Congregation’s Mary Matha Province, with the blessing of the Catholic Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly.

Ministries of Divine Retreat Centre

Divine Retreat Centre
- the Journey

We trace the prophetic journey of the Divine Retreat Centre from its beginnings and the unmistakable hand of God that stretches out to raise a house of prayer to channel His healing and salvation for all humankind.

 

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Daily Word

Promise of the Day

“Surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”
(Jeremiah 29:11)

Promise of the Day

“Surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”
(Jeremiah 29:11)

Promise of the Day

“Surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”
(Jeremiah 29:11)

Promise of the Day

“Surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”
(Jeremiah 29:11)

Promise of the Day

“Surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”
(Jeremiah 29:11)

Promise of the Day

“Surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”
(Jeremiah 29:11)

Promise of the Day

“Surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”
(Jeremiah 29:11)

Soul Food

The Holy Father calls for a Lenten journey of conversion and freedom, inspired by the theme of liberation from slavery. He urges us to: Open our eyes to reality. Challenge personal idols. Practice true love. Make communitarian decisions. Embrace joyful hope.

Despite challenges, despair isn't fitting for believers. Find hope in faith and the Holy Spirit, who fuels joy even in suffering. Be a "paraclete," offering comfort and hope to others, just like the Spirit does for you. Enter the New Year as a missionary of hope, spreading joy instead of despair.

Christmas is the celebration of God's uncalculated generosity towards the helpless and ungodly. St Paul gives an apt description of this mercy. "The love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been given to us. For Christ, while we were still helpless, yet died at the appointed time for the ungodly" (Rom 5:5,6). The birth, life and death of Jesus confirm in our hearts the abundant mercy of God. 

Fr Mathew Naickomparambil VC  We have to know the ways in which the Holy Spirit guides an individual and how to listen to the voice of  God.  God teaches us to pray in our afflictions and sufferings. What should we pray for? Should we pray that  …

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