The image of the Living Well comes from John’s Gospel where Jesus encounters a foreign woman at the well. They have a discussion about human thirst, longing, meaning and direction in life.

This centre seeks to offer a place where people might still meet Jesus and share with him the deepest places of their lives. We believe that for each person to be “living well” they must be attending to every aspect of life, including their spirituality. 

For many years the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne offered at the Retreat House in Cheltenham a ministry of spirituality, direction and retreats.

At the end of 2000 Retreat House was closed and the ministry was transferred to a new base in the context of this inner city parish. Since its commencement it has developed as a partnership with the parish community.

The ministry and teaching team comprises a number of lay and ordained folk who hold the license of the Archbishop of Melbourne for this ministry.

Director: John W Stewart

Spiritual Directors: Christina Fox, Val Dyke, Marjorie Houston, John Stuart, John Steward, Jean Penman, Tom Brown,  Michael Mosley, Ross Byrne, Kenyon McKie, Heather Northwood, Diana Cherry, Felicity Wiltshire

Psychologist and Creative Arts Therapist: Jenny Hill

We are currently offering:

• One to one spiritual direction - Download the 2008 Brochure of Fees
• Training Spiritual Directors
  1. Thursday program - Program for 2009 (2).doc
  2. Companioning Formation
  3. Training course - Download Brochure 2009 and Download Application 2009
  4. Supervision groups
• Retreats and Quiet Days
• Enneagram workshop is to be held Thursday 26 and Friday 27 June 2008.  It will be led by John Stuart a member of the ministry team at the Centre.  Full details and bookings directly to us by the Contact link at the Home Page.
• Focussing workshops
• Inter-faith dialogue, particularly with the Buddhist community.
• A library of reference material, journals and books on spirituality