The criteria for participants are as follows.
 Participants must have announced a covenant in L’Arche
 Participants must be ready to share their prayer and life experience
 Participants must be confirmed by the Community leader and/or Community Council to attend the retreat (Community leaders are asked for affirmation by their Regional Council before announcing the Covenant).

Practical details:
Date: from 13 May 2009 (4 p.m.) to 19 May May (after breakfast).
Location: Communauté de Grandchamp - CH 2015 Areuse
Tel. 00 41 32 84 22 492 Fax 00 41 32 84 22 474 www.grandchamp.org

Leaders Michel Bacq s.j. (a Jesuit priest who is a long term member of L’Arche Brussels and who has preached several covenant retreats)
Luisa Rossi (a long term member of L’Arche Trosly, Il Chicco and now La Corolle ; she was a member of the International Covenant Commission and has given the word with Jean Vanier at several retreats)
Language: French with English translation
Fee: Swiss francs: 450.- per participant (€ 300.-)
Deadline for registration: 20 March 2009
Number of participants: 20 persons


Registration process:
1. Complete the application form and send before 20 March 2009 to:

Luisa Rossi - La Corolle – Chemin d’Ecogia 26 – CH - 1290 VERSOIX
Phone: 0041 22 304 11 99 – 0041 76 51 65 852
Luisa.rossi@arche-corolle.ch


2. Applicants will receive confirmation of their participation as well as additional information at the beginning of April. They will be asked to complete a registration form which includes their arrival time in Grandchamp. Each participant is asked to make their own way to the retreat centre. Directions to the retreat centre will be included with the confirmation letter.

You may wish to make an initial booking so you can get a good price, but please do not confirm your flights until you receive a notice of acceptance.
Thank you in advance for inviting and encouraging members of your community to attend this retreat and for the work required of you in the process.
Let us pray that this retreat may bear much fruit.

Yours sincerely,

Luisa Rossi , Odile Skjellaug


Grandchamp
“In the 1930’s a few women in the Reformed Church in French-speaking Switzerland were rediscovering the importance of silence for their life of faith and for letting the Word of God to resonate within themselves to allow it to bear fruit in their daily life. They prepared spiritual retreats, at first once a year, in a house at Grandchamp. In the course of time, retreats became more frequent and opened up to other people. The first sisters, taking root in meditation on the Word of God, also returned to the tradition of the Church as a source of ways to a community life under the guidance of the Spirit. Through the friendship and support of Anglican, Orthodox and Catholic communities, they rediscovered the stream of monastic life. Thus they carried within them, from the beginning, a concern for prayer for the unity of the Church. In 1952 the first sisters committed themselves for life. Shortly thereafter they adopted the rule of Taizé and its daily Offices as the basis for their life in community and liturgical prayer.”www.grandchamp.org