Location & Facilities

Santa Teresa is located to the east of Brisbane at Ormiston, some 30 kms from both the CBD and Brisbane airport – approximately a 40 minute drive. There is a train service from the City to Ormiston, (Cleveland line) where guests who do not wish to take the 25 minute gentle walk to Santa Teresa might, by prior arrangement, be collected at the station by a staff member from the Centre.

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Santa Teresa provides:

• 30 modern ensuited rooms (18 rooms with queen bed accommodation)
• Santa Teresa chapel accommodating up to 50 people for prayer, liturgy and spiritual formation
• A Blessed Sacrament chapel for up to 10 people available at all times for silent prayer
• Outdoor prayer spaces (Labyrinth, Cana, Hermitage, Yarning Circle, prayer walks)
• 4 formation spaces allowing for groups of up to 50, 30, 20 and 15 respectively
• 2 dining spaces (Cenacle dining room and the Moongalba verandah)
• Santa Teresa is a fully catered facility
• Beautifully landscaped grounds overlooking Moreton Bay
• Walks to the Carmelite monastery, church and the historic Ormiston House next door

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• This place is just heaven on earth
• A delightful oasis of peace, a beautiful sense of the sacred. A great level of comfort and care!
• I have felt that I have been in a truly sacred place while I have been here. Thoroughly nurtured and cared for.
• The service and the hospitality are superb. We are so grateful. The buildings are beautiful and practical. Individual rooms excellent and having an ensuite is a luxury.
• We’ve used lots of retreat/spirituality centres over the last 18 years and I don’t think we’ve ever been somewhere so attuned to being hospitable, welcoming and creating an environment attuned to fostering the spiritual journey. Can’t thank you enough for your generosity.
• Beautiful, beautiful grounds, surrounds, and…….that view!!

Groups or individuals can undertake a variety of spiritual exercises including:

• A parish one day reflection activity
• An ecumenical group weekend retreat
• An extended thematic retreat
• Teacher spiritual formation
• A lay association renewal program
• An annual clergy/religious retreat
• A few days of solitude and prayer

Staff can advise you about spiritual directors and facilitators to guide you on your spiritual journey.